On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:11:39 -0800,
Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > foo->kobj.kset = example_kset;
> > > foo->kobj.ktype = &foo_ktype;
> > >
> > > /*
> > > * Register the kobject with the kernel, all the default files will
> > > * be created here and the uevent will be sent out. If we were to
> > > * call kobject_init() and then kobject_add() we would be
> > > * responsible for sending out the initial KOBJ_ADD uevent.
> > > */
> > > retval = kobject_register(&foo->kobj);
> > > if (retval) {
> > > kfree(foo);
> >
> > kobject_put(foo) is needed since it gets you through kobject_cleanup()
> > where the name can be freed.
>
> No, kobject_register() should have handled that for us, right?
kobject_register() doesn't do a kobject_put() if kobject_add() failed.
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