linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] kobject: add kobject_init_ng and kobject_init_and

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:48:19 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] kobject: add kobject_init_ng and kobject_init_and_add
	functions

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 04:19:53PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > > My suggestion: Have kobject_init_ng() accept a ktype pointer but not a 
> > > parent or name.  Instead, make kobject_add_ng() take the parent and 
> > > name (possibly a kset also).  Then when kobject_init_and_add() 
> > > encounters an error, it shouldn't do a _put() -- the caller can either 
> > > do the _put() or just do a kfree().
> > 
> > Why not the parent for init()?  Isn't it always known at that time?
> > I'll dig to be sure.
> 
> Specifying the parent during _add() is more logical, because a kobject
> doesn't actually _do_ anything to the parent until it is registered in
> the parent's directory.  Or to put it another way, an unregistered
> kobject can't have a parent in any meaningful sense so there's no point
> specifying the parent in the _init() call.

Ok, how about this:
	void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct ktype *ktype);

and then:
	int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...);

After we call kobject_init() we HAVE to call kobject_put() to clean up
properly.  So, if kobject_add() fails, we still need to clean up with
kobject_put();

That means we _can_ create a:
	int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct ktype *ktype, struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...);

and if that fails, then again, you have to call kobject_put() to clean
things up, right?

Does this look sane?

thanks,

greg k-h
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