<This patch is the "pathological case" in the referenced mail.>
We leak a reference if we attempt to add a kobject with no name.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
lib/kobject.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- linux-2.6.21-rc6-mm1.orig/lib/kobject.c
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc6-mm1/lib/kobject.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *
if (!*kobj->k_name) {
pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
WARN_ON(1);
+ kobject_put(kobj);
return -EINVAL;
}
parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
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