On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:22:11 -0700, Dirk Hohndel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<only commenting on the kobject part...> > @@ -390,20 +390,31 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, > sector_t start, sector_t len, > p->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj; > p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_part; > kobject_init(&p->kobj); > - kobject_add(&p->kobj); > + if (kobject_add(&p->kobj)) > + return -1; > if (!disk->part_uevent_suppress) > kobject_uevent(&p->kobj, KOBJ_ADD); > - sysfs_create_link(&p->kobj, &block_subsys.kobj, "subsystem"); > + if(sysfs_create_link(&p->kobj, &block_subsys.kobj, "subsystem")) { > + kobject_del(&p->kobj); > + kfree(p); > + return -1; > + } - This is missing a KOBJ_DEL uevent if you did a KOBJ_ADD uevent. - Calling kfree() after you already registered the kobject via kobject_add() is wrong, since someone else might already have obtained a reference. You must drop your reference after kobject_del() and let the release mechanism take care of it. <I think I'm having some kind of deja vu, since it seems I've already pointed that out a couple of times to different people :) > > if (flags & ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK) { > static struct attribute addpartattr = { > .name = "whole_disk", > .mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, > }; > > - sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &addpartattr); > + if (sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &addpartattr)) { > + kobject_del(&p->kobj); > + kfree(p); > + return -1; > + } Same here. You should probably also delete the link you created above. > } > partition_sysfs_add_subdir(p); > disk->part[part-1] = p; > + > + return 0; > } > > static char *make_block_name(struct gendisk *disk) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/