Make the function available for outside use and fortify it against NULL
kobject.
CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kobject.h | 2 ++
lib/kobject.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index e6284591599e..ca85cb80e99a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ extern int __must_check kobject_rename(struct kobject *, const char *new_name);
extern int __must_check kobject_move(struct kobject *, struct kobject *);
extern struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj);
+extern struct kobject * __must_check kobject_get_unless_zero(
+ struct kobject *kobj);
extern void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj);
extern const void *kobject_namespace(struct kobject *kobj);
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 445dcaeb0f56..763d70a18941 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -601,12 +601,15 @@ struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);
-static struct kobject * __must_check kobject_get_unless_zero(struct kobject *kobj)
+struct kobject * __must_check kobject_get_unless_zero(struct kobject *kobj)
{
+ if (!kobj)
+ return NULL;
if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&kobj->kref))
kobj = NULL;
return kobj;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get_unless_zero);
/*
* kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
--
2.10.2
