linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix kobject_rename and !CONFIG

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 16:18:55 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Randy Dunlap <RANDY.DUNLAP@...CLE.COM>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@...l.net>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix kobject_rename and !CONFIG_SYSFS v3

> Changelog:
> v3:	Documentation typo fixes

Inserted/attached wrong patch file?
I don't see any text changes.


> diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
> index bf3256e..79184b4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
> @@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ the name of the kobject, call kobject_rename():
>  
>      int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char
> *new_name);
>  
> +Note kobject_rename does perform any locking or have a solid
> notion of
> +what names are valid so the provide must provide their own
> sanity checking
> +and serialization.
> +
>  There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is
> legacy cruft and
>  is being removed.  If your code needs to call this function,
> it is
>  incorrect and needs to be fixed.

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