On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Dave Young wrote: > Hi, > Does the KOBJ_NAME_LEN really means the limit of kobject name length? seems > not . And if it's true, is the KOBJ_NAME_LEN of 20 enough to use? > > In the kobject_set_name, the limit is 1024. Looks like either the comment or > the code should be updated. > > /** > * kobject_set_name - Set the name of an object > * @kobj: object. > * @fmt: format string used to build the name > * > * If strlen(name) >= KOBJ_NAME_LEN, then use a dynamically allocated > * string that @kobj->k_name points to. Otherwise, use the static > * @kobj->name array. > */
the comment seems fairly clear -- if the name is sufficiently short, it's stored in the static array. if not, then it's stored in dynamically allocated space. rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== -- 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/
