Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:30:32 +0100 | From | Cornelia Huck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kobject: make sure kobj->ktype is set before kobject_init |
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:26:40 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 21:20 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 15:09 -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > > > > There's another good reason for not assigning the name in > > > > > kobject_init(): Code that uses kobjects (like the driver core) doesn't > > > > > set the name until later. > > > > > > > > That can be done at any stage, I guess. We will rip out the name in the > > > > struct device anyway. > > > > > > Are you also going to change all the places in the kernel where the > > > device name (.bus_id) isn't set until after device_initialize() has > > > been called?
Hmpf, ccw does this as well...
> > > > Yes, I already have a patch that does that for all stuff that was needed > > on my boxes. > > To be exact, bus_id will be removed from the device, and the device name > will be set and retrieved directly from the kobject.
I guess you'll have accessor functions for the bus id for use by higher level code? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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