The kobject is embedded in mapped device struct, so code do not need to release memory explicitly here. This patch just removes annoying warning: kobject: 'dm': does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c b/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c index 4b04590..b000de3 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c @@ -80,12 +80,20 @@ static struct sysfs_ops dm_sysfs_ops = { }; /* + * The sysfs structure is embedded in md struct, nothing to do here + */ +static void dm_sysfs_release(struct kobject *kobj) +{ +} + +/* * dm kobject is embedded in mapped_device structure * no need to define release function here */ static struct kobj_type dm_ktype = { .sysfs_ops = &dm_sysfs_ops, .default_attrs = dm_attrs, + .release = dm_sysfs_release }; /* -- 1.6.5 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel