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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-22 13:13:47 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-22 13:13:47 -0700
commit53baaaa9682c230410a057263d1ce2922f43ddc4 (patch)
treef5cced5622130f780d76953b284a631c3d226488 /lib
parentf10140fbe5f97ecfeda986a12d0f1bad75642779 (diff)
parent3f9787046ea37a26170dc4439efa21f8d23a9978 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (79 commits) arm: bus_id -> dev_name() and dev_set_name() conversions sparc64: fix up bus_id changes in sparc core code 3c59x: handle pci_name() being const MTD: handle pci_name() being const HP iLO driver sysdev: Convert the x86 mce tolerant sysdev attribute to generic attribute sysdev: Add utility functions for simple int/ulong variable sysdev attributes sysdev: Pass the attribute to the low level sysdev show/store function driver core: Suppress sysfs warnings for device_rename(). kobject: Transmit return value of call_usermodehelper() to caller sysfs-rules.txt: reword API stability statement debugfs: Implement debugfs_remove_recursive() HOWTO: change email addresses of James in HOWTO always enable FW_LOADER unless EMBEDDED=y uio-howto.tmpl: use unique output names uio-howto.tmpl: use standard copyright/legal markings sysfs: don't call notify_change sysdev: fix debugging statements in registration code. kobject: should use kobject_put() in kset-example kobject: reorder kobject to save space on 64 bit builds ...
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug3
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c10
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject_uevent.c3
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index df27132a56f4..ba106db5a65b 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ config DEBUG_FS
debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and
write to these files.
+ For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see
+ Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.
+
If unsure, say N.
config HEADERS_CHECK
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index dcade0543bd2..744401571ed7 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -216,13 +216,19 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
va_list vargs)
{
- /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
- kfree(kobj->name);
+ const char *old_name = kobj->name;
+ char *s;
kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
if (!kobj->name)
return -ENOMEM;
+ /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
+ s = strchr(kobj->name, '/');
+ if (s)
+ s[0] = '!';
+
+ kfree(old_name);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 2fa545a63160..9f8d599459d1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
if (retval)
goto exit;
- call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv, env->envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+ retval = call_usermodehelper(argv[0], argv,
+ env->envp, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
}
exit: