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From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] driver: make dev_set_name(, NULL) work
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:36:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49F6B1E6.7050008@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49EA4EB9.2030307@kernel.org>


while looking dev_set_name() calling, there is one
	dev_set_name(&dev->dev, NULL)
to used to try to free the device name, before kfree that device.

need to move the check for device_add in
| commit 8a577ffc75d9194fe8cdb7479236f2081c26ca1f
| Author: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
| Date:   Sat Apr 18 15:05:45 2009 -0700
|
|    driver: dont update dev_name via device_add path
from kobject_set_name_vargs to kobject_add_vargs instead.

in kobject_set_name_vargs will check if fmt is NULL.

actually we need to use dev_set_name(,NULL) later on failing path
and release to prevent leaking

[ Impact: make dev_set_name(, NULL) could kfree old name ]

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>

---
 lib/kobject.c |   10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/lib/kobject.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/lib/kobject.c
+++ linux-2.6/lib/kobject.c
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobjec
 	const char *old_name = kobj->name;
 	char *s;
 
-	if (kobj->name && !fmt)
-		return 0;
+	if (!fmt)
+		goto out;
 
 	kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
 	if (!kobj->name)
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobjec
 	while ((s = strchr(kobj->name, '/')))
 		s[0] = '!';
 
+out:
 	kfree(old_name);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -301,11 +302,16 @@ static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobje
 {
 	int retval;
 
+	if (kobj->name && !fmt)
+		goto add_with_name;
+
 	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, vargs);
 	if (retval) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject: can not set name properly!\n");
 		return retval;
 	}
+
+add_with_name:
 	kobj->parent = parent;
 	return kobject_add_internal(kobj);
 }

  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-28  7:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <bug-11103-13546@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
     [not found] ` <200904101913.n3AJDhMm018684@demeter.kernel.org>
2009-04-10 20:27   ` [Bug 11103] Can't use framebuffer or vesa Xorg with two memory modules Yinghai Lu
2009-04-11  3:29     ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 20:49       ` [PATCH] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v2 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 20:50         ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 21:10           ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-14 21:27             ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-14 21:27             ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 22:35             ` Yannick Roehlly
2009-04-15  0:29             ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v2 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-15  0:41               ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v3 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-15  0:42                 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: fix -1 calling to e820_all_mapped with mmconfig Yinghai Lu
2009-04-16 16:31                 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v3 Jesse Barnes
2009-04-16 16:44                   ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-16 16:56                     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-16 17:18                       ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-16 17:27                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-16 17:38                           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-16 17:28                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-16 20:13                           ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v4 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-16 23:18                             ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-16 23:54                               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-17  0:24                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-17 13:16                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-17 21:59                                     ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-17 22:04                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-18  5:37                                       ` [PATCH] pci: keep pci device resource name pointer right Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18  7:51                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 16:05                                           ` Jesse Barnes
2009-04-18 18:42                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 19:19                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 19:23                                             ` Greg KH
2009-04-18 20:00                                               ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-18 20:27                                                 ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-18 20:37                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 22:05                                                     ` [PATCH] driver: dont update dev_name via device_add path Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28  7:36                                                       ` Yinghai Lu [this message]
2009-04-28  7:42                                                         ` [RFC PATCH] use dev_set_name(,NULL) to prevent leaking Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28  8:25                                                           ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 15:21                                                             ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:34                                                               ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:39                                                                 ` Greg KH
2009-04-28 15:51                                                                   ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:56                                                                     ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 16:08                                                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 16:15                                                                         ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 19:04                                                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 16:36                                                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 16:50                                                                         ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 14:52                                                           ` Greg KH
2009-04-28 14:51                                                         ` [PATCH] driver: make dev_set_name(, NULL) work Greg KH
2009-04-28 15:14                                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:39                                                             ` Greg KH
2009-04-18 21:07                                                   ` [PATCH] pci: keep pci device resource name pointer right Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 22:17                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 20:00                                               ` [PATCH] driver: dont update dev_name if it is not changed Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 20:11                                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 20:20                                                   ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 20:27                                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18  8:33                               ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v4 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18  9:22                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 17:07                                   ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 18:57                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 19:14                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 19:26                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 22:20                                         ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 22:31                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 20:13                                       ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-18 18:50                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 22:44                                   ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:01                                     ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:06                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 23:26                                         ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:30                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:04                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-19  0:32                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-19  4:50                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-19  5:26                                         ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-19 19:35                                           ` Yannick Roehlly
2009-04-19 19:59                                             ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-19 20:24                                               ` Yannick Roehlly
2009-04-19  9:02                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-19  9:06                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-19 17:52                                             ` Jesse Barnes
2009-04-20 22:33                                             ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-20 22:52                                               ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-21 10:54                                                 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-21  0:09                                               ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-21 10:56                                                 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-21 15:57                                                   ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-22 22:37                                                   ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v3 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-22 22:38                                                     ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] pci: try to assign res for device under transparent bridges Yinghai Lu
2009-04-22 22:49                                                     ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v3 Jesse Barnes
2009-04-23  0:49                                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23  1:05                                                         ` Jesse Barnes
2009-04-23  2:03                                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 12:58                                                             ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 15:30                                                               ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23  2:10                                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 13:22                                                             ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 15:13                                                               ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 22:19                                                                 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-24  3:48                                                                   ` [PATCH 1/4] pci/x86: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v4 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24  3:49                                                                     ` [PATCH 2/4] pci: try to assign res for device under transparent bridges -v2 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24  3:50                                                                     ` [PATCH 3/4] x86: reserve range near the ram Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24  3:50                                                                     ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v5 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24 13:16                                                                     ` [PATCH 1/4] pci/x86: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v4 Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-05-05 18:52                                                                     ` Jesse Barnes
2009-05-06 12:33                                                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-06 15:06                                                                         ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: reserve range near the ram Yinghai Lu
2009-05-11  9:51                                                                           ` [tip:x86/mm] x86, e820, pci: reserve extra free space near end of RAM tip-bot for Linus Torvalds
2009-05-06 15:07                                                                         ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v5 Yinghai Lu
2009-05-11  9:51                                                                           ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/pci: remove rounding quirk from e820_setup_gap() tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 12:36                                                     ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v3 Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 12:41                                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-23 13:09                                                         ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 15:05                                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-21 15:41                                               ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v4 Jesse Barnes

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