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DateMon, 3 Dec 2007 23:46:56 -0800
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: The use of KOBJ_NAME_LEN
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 01:50:53AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Dave Young wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > Does the KOBJ_NAME_LEN really means the limit of kobject name length? seems not . And if it's true, is the KOBJ_NAME_LEN of 20 enough to use?
> >
> > In the kobject_set_name, the limit is 1024. Looks like either the comment or the code should be updated.
> >
> > /**
> >  *      kobject_set_name - Set the name of an object
> >  *      @kobj:  object.
> >  *      @fmt:   format string used to build the name
> >  *
> >  *      If strlen(name) >= KOBJ_NAME_LEN, then use a dynamically allocated
> >  *      string that @kobj->k_name points to. Otherwise, use the static
> >  *      @kobj->name array.
> >  */
> 
> the comment seems fairly clear -- if the name is sufficiently short,
> it's stored in the static array.  if not, then it's stored in
> dynamically allocated space.

Unfortunately, it's totally wrong, the code was updated by the comment
wasn't, sorry.  See my patch to fix this.

thanks,

greg k-h


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