Re: [PATCH 1/1] Kobject: bail early if no new_parent in kobject_move()

Greg KH
2009-10-01T14:52:32Z

On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 05:50:48PM +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:
> From: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
>
> In the absense of kobj->kset, new_parent would remain NULL.
> NULL-dereference shenanighans then ensues in the subsequent
> sysfs_move_dir(..., new_parent) call. Bail early instead.

What caller causes this to happen?

thanks,

greg k-h