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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4][Trivial] lib/kobject.c : Check ktype in kobject_add_internal
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 05:58:31PM +0800, yan wrote:
> If someone calls kobject_init with null kobj_type, kobject_init can
> detect it. But it does not have a return value, it just dumps stack.
> In this case, a kobject_add after that will result in:
> -->kobject_add_varg
> -->kobject_add_internal
> -->create_dir
> -->sysfs_create_dir
> -->sysfs_read_ns_type
> -->kobj_child_ns_ops
> In the end, it will call ->ktype->child_ns_type directly and we have
> an oops.
>
> Check ktype before really add a kobject.

But how can we add a kobject without a valid ktype?

At the most, I'd prefer to warn about this, much like we warn about not
having a name, and not just returning an error without a hint as to what
went wrong.

greg k-h


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