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Subject[PATCH] drivers: base: core: do not put noninitialized devices
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If kobject_set_name_vargs() fails then put_device() frees
device with zero kobj->state_initialized. This leads to WARN().
Divide device_register() call to device_initialize() call before
kobject_set_name_vargs() and device_add() call after it.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
---
Compile tested only.

drivers/base/core.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 46ff6c2..833ccf3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1424,11 +1424,12 @@ struct device *device_create_vargs(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
dev->release = device_create_release;
dev_set_drvdata(dev, drvdata);

+ device_initialize(dev);
retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(&dev->kobj, fmt, args);
if (retval)
goto error;

- retval = device_register(dev);
+ retval = device_add(dev);
if (retval)
goto error;

--
1.7.0.4


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