linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/36] kobject: catch kobjects that are not initialized

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Date:	Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:45:31 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 01/36] kobject: catch kobjects that are not initialized

Add warnings to kobject_put() to catch kobjects that are cleaned up but
were never initialized to begin with.

Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 lib/kobject.c |    9 ++++++++-
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 0d03252..60ae9e8 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -592,8 +592,15 @@ static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
  */
 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
-	if (kobj)
+	if (kobj) {
+		if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
+			       "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
+			       "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+			WARN_ON(1);
+		}
 		kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
+	}
 }
 
 static void dynamic_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
-- 
1.5.4.5

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