This patch (as1020) adds a check to kobject_init() to insure that the
ktype field is not NULL.  This is just for safety's sake; as far as I
know there are no remaining places where the field is left unset.  But
ironically, kset_init() did fail to set it!  The patch fixes that and
removes some redundant initialization in kset_createa().

The patch also fixes up elevator_init(), where ktype was set after
calling kobject_init() instead of before.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---

Here is the check we discussed.  I'm a little behind on Kay's most 
recent updates; I hope this doesn't clash with them.

There may be some other places where ktype gets set after 
kobject_init() rather than before.  My testing can't be termendously 
thorough.  But they should all be easy to fix (like elevator.c was).


Index: usb-2.6/lib/kobject.c
===================================================================
--- usb-2.6.orig/lib/kobject.c
+++ usb-2.6/lib/kobject.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ void kobject_init(struct kobject * kobj)
                return;
        WARN_ON(atomic_read(&kobj->kref.refcount));
        verify_dynamic_kobject_allocation(kobj);
+       WARN_ON(!kobj->ktype);
        kref_init(&kobj->kref);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
        kobj->kset = kset_get(kobj->kset);
@@ -624,18 +625,6 @@ struct kobject *kobject_create_and_regis
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_create_and_register);
 
-/**
- *     kset_init - initialize a kset for use
- *     @k:     kset 
- */
-
-void kset_init(struct kset * k)
-{
-       kobject_init(&k->kobj);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
-       spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
-}
-
 /* default kobject attribute operations */
 static ssize_t kobj_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
                              char *buf)
@@ -751,6 +740,19 @@ static struct kobj_type kset_ktype = {
 };
 
 /**
+ *     kset_init - initialize a kset for use
+ *     @k:     kset
+ */
+
+void kset_init(struct kset * k)
+{
+       k->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
+       kobject_init(&k->kobj);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
+       spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
+}
+
+/**
  * kset_create - create a struct kset dynamically
  *
  * @name: the name for the kset
@@ -779,12 +781,10 @@ static struct kset *kset_create(const ch
        kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;
 
        /*
-        * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong to
-        * no kset itself.  That way we can properly free it when it is
+        * The kobject of this kset will have a type of kset_ktype and belong
+        * to no kset itself.  That way we can properly free it when it is
         * finished being used.
         */
-       kset->kobj.ktype = &kset_ktype;
-       kset->kobj.kset = NULL;
 
        return kset;
 }
Index: usb-2.6/block/elevator.c
===================================================================
--- usb-2.6.orig/block/elevator.c
+++ usb-2.6/block/elevator.c
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ static elevator_t *elevator_alloc(struct
 
        eq->ops = &e->ops;
        eq->elevator_type = e;
-       kobject_init(&eq->kobj);
        kobject_set_name(&eq->kobj, "%s", "iosched");
        eq->kobj.ktype = &elv_ktype;
+       kobject_init(&eq->kobj);
        mutex_init(&eq->sysfs_lock);
 
        eq->hash = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct hlist_head) * ELV_HASH_ENTRIES,

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