Re: [PATCH] kobject: make sure kobj->ktype is set before kobject_init

Kay Sievers
2007-11-29T20:27:06Z

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 21:20 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 15:09 -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Kay Sievers wrote:

> > > > There's another good reason for not assigning the name in
> > > > kobject_init(): Code that uses kobjects (like the driver core) doesn't
> > > > set the name until later.
> > >
> > > That can be done at any stage, I guess. We will rip out the name in the
> > > struct device anyway.
> >
> > Are you also going to change all the places in the kernel where the
> > device name (.bus_id) isn't set until after device_initialize() has
> > been called?
>
> Yes, I already have a patch that does that for all stuff that was needed
> on my boxes.

To be exact, bus_id will be removed from the device, and the device name
will be set and retrieved directly from the kobject.

Kay