The patch titled kobject: temporarily save k_name on cleanup for debug message. has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was kobject-temporarily-save-k_name-on-cleanup-for-debug-message.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kobject: temporarily save k_name on cleanup for debug message. From: Cornelia Huck <huckc@xxxxxxxxxx> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:02:05 +0200, Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > kobject drivers: cleaning up > > kobject '<NULL>' does not have a release() function, if this is not a directory kobject, it is broken and must be fixed. > > <Unrelated side note: We should probably save the kobject's name for > printing this debug message, it looks a bit odd :)> kobject: Temporarily save k_name on cleanup for debug message. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/kobject.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/kobject.c~kobject-temporarily-save-k_name-on-cleanup-for-debug-message lib/kobject.c --- a/lib/kobject.c~kobject-temporarily-save-k_name-on-cleanup-for-debug-message +++ a/lib/kobject.c @@ -493,23 +493,23 @@ struct kobject * kobject_get(struct kobj * @kobj: object. */ -void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject * kobj) +void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj) { - struct kobj_type * t = get_ktype(kobj); - struct kset * s = kobj->kset; - struct kobject * parent = kobj->parent; + struct kobj_type *t = get_ktype(kobj); + struct kset *s = kobj->kset; + struct kobject *parent = kobj->parent; + const char *k_name = kobj->k_name; pr_debug("kobject %s: cleaning up\n",kobject_name(kobj)); if (t && t->release) { t->release(kobj); - kfree(kobj->k_name); kobj->k_name = NULL; } else pr_debug("kobject '%s' does not have a release() function, " "if this is not a directory kobject, it is broken " "and must be fixed.\n", - kobject_name(kobj)); - + k_name); + kfree(k_name); if (s) kset_put(s); kobject_put(parent); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from huckc@xxxxxxxxxx are - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html