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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: kobject_init and the zeroed-out-memory requirement
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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