linux-kernel - Re: kobject_add unreachable code

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Date:	Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:50:44 +0100
From:	Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-kernel@...fdietsche.de>
To:	Martin Stoilov <mstoilov@...sys.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kobject_add unreachable code

Martin Stoilov <mstoilov@...sys.com> writes:

> The following code in kobject_add
>     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;
>     }
>
> doesn't look right to me. The second 'if' statement looks useless after
> the assignment in the first one. May be it was meant to be like:
> if (!*kobj->k_name)

The second test is true, if kobj->name is NULL as well.

Regards, Olaf.
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