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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jason Noakes <jjnoakes@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kobject_init and the zeroed-out-memory requirement
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 16:24:57 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141005232457.GA22525@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN2+FEKvNz1eCUyThPs3qoX+uG__KzTu67egnu-pz7hxmM9Jjw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 06:13:05PM -0400, Jason Noakes wrote:
> > No driver should be working with "raw" kobjects.
> 
> I don't agree, but it's irrelevant.

Not at all.  I'd wager that if a driver is messing around with a "raw"
kobject, it is doing something seriously wrong.  Of course there are
exceptions, but those are very rare, and exceptions.  A driver should be
using the driver core, and the functions and objects provided there, and
provided by the bus it lives on.

So, have a pointer to some driver code that is calling
kobject_initialize()?  I'd love to see it.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-05 23:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAN2+FEJY29jDF2PkGAYcG_0z=VQ4T+y7Ro56aeqrhSPYQ6ZEdw@mail.gmail.com>
2014-10-05 20:05 ` Fwd: kobject_init and the zeroed-out-memory requirement Jason Noakes
2014-10-05 20:28 ` Greg KH
2014-10-05 20:47   ` Jason Noakes
2014-10-05 21:51     ` Greg KH
2014-10-05 22:13       ` Jason Noakes
2014-10-05 23:24         ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-10-06  2:09           ` Guenter Roeck
2014-10-06  3:25             ` Greg KH
2014-10-06  5:18               ` Guenter Roeck

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