linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Simplify the kobject

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:46:34 +0800
From:	don <haodong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Simplify the kobject_init function.

于 2012年07月18日 00:40, Greg KH 写道:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 02:09:35PM +0800, Dong Hao wrote:
>> The printk() function at the end of function kobject_init() already had '\n',
>> so remove it.
>>
>> While the kobject has been initialized, assign error string and
>> jump to error case directly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dong Hao<haodong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   lib/kobject.c |    9 ++++-----
>>   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
>> index 05de4dc..7b8a09c 100644
>> --- a/lib/kobject.c
>> +++ b/lib/kobject.c
>> @@ -278,14 +278,13 @@ void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
>>   		goto error;
>>   	}
>>   	if (!ktype) {
>> -		err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!\n";
>> +		err_str = "must have a ktype to be initialized properly!";
>>   		goto error;
>>   	}
>>   	if (kobj->state_initialized) {
>> -		/* do not error out as sometimes we can recover */
>> -		printk(KERN_ERR "kobject (%p): tried to init an initialized "
>> -		       "object, something is seriously wrong.\n", kobj);
>> -		dump_stack();
>> +		err_str = "tried to init an initialized "
>> +			"object, something is seriously wrong.";
>> +		goto error;
> You were already told why this patch is incorrect, why are you resending
> it two more times?  That's a bit annoying and rude, don't you think?
>
> Sorry, I can't take this, please read the code you are modifying.
>
> greg k-h
>
Greg, sorry for the noise caused by wrong configuration of email client.
Let me change it according to the given suggestion and come up with a
new version against the patch if you agree.


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