user/sven/linux.git/lib/kobject.c, branch v5.4.69

kobject: Restore old behaviour of kobject_del(NULL)

2020-09-17T11:47:52Z

commit 40b8b826a6998639dd1c26f0e127f18371e1058d upstream. The commit 079ad2fb4bf9 ("kobject: Avoid premature parent object freeing in kobject_cleanup()") inadvertently dropped a possibility to call kobject_del() with NULL pointer. Restore the old behaviour. Fixes: 079ad2fb4bf9 ("kobject: Avoid premature parent object freeing in kobject_cleanup()") Cc: stable Reported-by: Qu Wenruo Cc: Heikki Krogerus Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200803082706.65347-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Avoid premature parent object freeing in kobject_cleanup()

2020-08-19T06:16:11Z

[ Upstream commit 079ad2fb4bf9eba8a0aaab014b49705cd7f07c66 ] If kobject_del() is invoked by kobject_cleanup() to delete the target kobject, it may cause its parent kobject to be freed before invoking the target kobject's ->release() method, which effectively means freeing the parent before dealing with the child entirely. That is confusing at best and it may also lead to functional issues if the callers of kobject_cleanup() are not careful enough about the order in which these calls are made, so avoid the problem by making kobject_cleanup() drop the last reference to the target kobject's parent at the end, after invoking the target kobject's ->release() method. [ rjw: Rewrite the subject and changelog, make kobject_cleanup() drop the parent reference only when __kobject_del() has been called. ] Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju Reported-by: kernel test robot Fixes: 7589238a8cf3 ("Revert "software node: Simplify software_node_release() function"") Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1908555.IiAGLGrh1Z@kreacher Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

lib : kobject: fix refcount imblance on kobject_rename

2019-06-19T17:27:39Z

the kobj refcount increased by kobject_get should be released before error return, otherwise lead to a memory leak. Signed-off-by: Lin Yi Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: clean up the kobject add documentation a bit more

2019-05-03T06:26:51Z

Commit 1fd7c3b438a2 ("kobject: Improve doc clarity kobject_init_and_add()") tried to provide more clarity, but the reference to kobject_del() was incorrect. Fix that up by removing that line, and hopefully be more explicit as to exactly what needs to happen here once you register a kobject with the kobject core. Acked-by: Tobin C. Harding Fixes: 1fd7c3b438a2 ("kobject: Improve doc clarity kobject_init_and_add()") Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Fix kernel-doc comment first line

2019-05-02T07:28:18Z

kernel-doc comments have a prescribed format. This includes parenthesis on the function name. To be _particularly_ correct we should also capitalise the brief description and terminate it with a period. In preparation for adding/updating kernel-doc function comments clean up the ones currently present. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Remove docstring reference to kset

2019-05-02T07:24:06Z

Currently the docstring for kobject_get_path() mentions 'kset'. The kset is not used in the function callchain starting from this function. Remove docstring reference to kset from the function kobject_get_path(). Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: fix dereference before null check on kobj

2019-05-01T13:08:38Z

The kobj pointer is being null-checked so potentially it could be null, however, the ktype declaration before the null check is dereferencing kobj hence we have a potential null pointer deference. Fix this by moving the assignment of ktype after kobj has been null checked. Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check") Fixes: aa30f47cf666 ("kobject: Add support for default attribute groups to kobj_type") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Improve doc clarity kobject_init_and_add()

2019-04-28T16:16:03Z

Function kobject_init_and_add() is currently misused in a number of places in the kernel. On error return kobject_put() must be called but is at times not. Make the function documentation more explicit about calling kobject_put() in the error path. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Improve docs for kobject_add/del

2019-04-28T16:16:03Z

There is currently some confusion on how to wind back kobject_init_and_add() during the error paths in code that uses this function. Add documentation to kobject_add() and kobject_del() to help clarify the usage. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kobject: Add support for default attribute groups to kobj_type

2019-04-25T20:06:10Z

kobj_type currently uses a list of individual attributes to store default attributes. Attribute groups are more flexible than a list of attributes because groups provide support for attribute visibility. So, add support for default attribute groups to kobj_type. In future patches, the existing uses of kobj_type’s attribute list will be converted to attribute groups. When that is complete, kobj_type’s attribute list, “default_attrs”, will be removed. Signed-off-by: Kimberly Brown Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman