Re: kobject_init and the zeroed-out-memory requirement

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Oct 05 2014 - 19:25:05 EST


On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 06:13:05PM -0400, Jason Noakes wrote:
> > No driver should be working with "raw" kobjects.
>
> I don't agree, but it's irrelevant.

Not at all. I'd wager that if a driver is messing around with a "raw"
kobject, it is doing something seriously wrong. Of course there are
exceptions, but those are very rare, and exceptions. A driver should be
using the driver core, and the functions and objects provided there, and
provided by the bus it lives on.

So, have a pointer to some driver code that is calling
kobject_initialize()? I'd love to see it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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