Re: [-mm3 PATCH] (Retry) Check the return value of kobject_add and etc.

[WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:11:42AM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:54:11 +0800,
>WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> --- linux-2.6.21-rc5-mm3/fs/partitions/check.c.orig	2007-03-30 21:35:45.000000000 +0800
>> +++ linux-2.6.21-rc5-mm3/fs/partitions/check.c	2007-04-02 21:29:02.000000000 +0800
>> @@ -385,10 +385,18 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
>>  	p->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj;
>>  	p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_part;
>>  	kobject_init(&p->kobj);
>> -	kobject_add(&p->kobj);
>> +	if (kobject_add(&p->kobj)) {
>> +		kfree(p);
>> +		return;
>> +	}
>>  	if (!disk->part_uevent_suppress)
>>  		kobject_uevent(&p->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
>> -	sysfs_create_link(&p->kobj, &block_subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem");
>> +	if (sysfs_create_link(&p->kobj, &block_subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem")) {
>> +		kobject_uevent(&p->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
>> +		kobject_del(&p->kobj);
>> +		kfree(p);
>
>You should use kobject_put instead of kfree, since someone could have
>(theoretically) obtained a reference on the object after the
>kobject_add. (Or just use kobject_unregister, if the delete uevent
>isn't suppressed anyway.)
>

I can't understand that. The memory pointed by 'p' is obtained via kmalloc(), _not_ kobject_get. How can we use kobject_put instead? 

Thanks!