linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Kobject: bail early if no new_parent in kobject

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Message-ID: <20091001144933.GA4222@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2009 07:49:33 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Kobject: bail early if no new_parent in
 kobject_move()

On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 05:50:48PM +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:
> From: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
> 
> In the absense of kobj->kset, new_parent would remain NULL.
> NULL-dereference shenanighans then ensues in the subsequent
> sysfs_move_dir(..., new_parent) call. Bail early instead.

What caller causes this to happen?

thanks,

greg k-h
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