From 1350770112bd9bd5696cb52deb712370012d80e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Stoilov Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:15:23 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] kobject: kobj->k_name verification fix The function 'kobject_add' tries to verify the name of a new kobject instance is properly set before continuing. if (!kobj->k_name) kobj->k_name = kobj->name; if (!kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } The statement: if (!kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } is useless the way it is right now, because it can never be true. I think the code was intended to be: if (!kobj->k_name) kobj->k_name = kobj->name; if (!*kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } because this would make sure the kobj->name buffer has something in it. So the missing '*' is just a typo. Although, I would much prefer expression like: if (*kobj->k_name == '\0') { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } because this would've made the intention clear, in this patch I just restore the missing '*' without changing the coding style of the function. Signed-off-by: Martin Stoilov Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- lib/kobject.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index 2782f49e90..93685f43bb 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent) return -ENOENT; if (!kobj->k_name) kobj->k_name = kobj->name; - if (!kobj->k_name) { + if (!*kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; -- 2.39.5