Re: [PATCH] Simplify the kobject_init function.

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jul 17 2012 - 12:40:25 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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
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