From ef79df263062fd04fe9db4ee1b9f014a87a8e924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 03:37:16 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] sysdev: fix problem with sysdev_class being re-registered We need to initialize the kobject for a sysdev_class as it could have been recycled (stupid static kobjects...) We also do the same thing in case sysdev devices are being re-registered. Thanks to Balaji Rao for pointing out the problem. Signed-off-by: Balaji Rao Tested-by: Mikael Pettersson Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/sys.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c index 2f79c55acd..8e13fd9421 100644 --- a/drivers/base/sys.c +++ b/drivers/base/sys.c @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_class * cls) pr_debug("Registering sysdev class '%s'\n", kobject_name(&cls->kset.kobj)); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->drivers); + memset(&cls->kset.kobj, 0x00, sizeof(struct kobject)); cls->kset.kobj.parent = &system_kset->kobj; cls->kset.kobj.ktype = &ktype_sysdev_class; cls->kset.kobj.kset = system_kset; @@ -227,6 +228,9 @@ int sysdev_register(struct sys_device * sysdev) pr_debug("Registering sys device '%s'\n", kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj)); + /* initialize the kobject to 0, in case it had previously been used */ + memset(&sysdev->kobj, 0x00, sizeof(struct kobject)); + /* Make sure the kset is set */ sysdev->kobj.kset = &cls->kset; -- 2.39.5