From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964789AbWANQWZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:22:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964798AbWANQWZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:22:25 -0500 Received: from liaag1ad.mx.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.30]:57814 "EHLO liaag1ad.mx.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964792AbWANQWX (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:22:23 -0500 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:18:25 -0500 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [patch] kobject: don't oops on null kobject.name To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Message-ID: <200601141121_MC3-1-B5DD-2BA3@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060114034404.GA23061@kroah.com> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Greg KH wrote: > > I applied your patch to prevent registration of objects with null names on > > top of my patch, then applied this to see if my test still triggered, and > > the message was printed: > > What was the message? What traceback? > > So, I think the point is that it isn't a kobject_add() issue, right? My message was printed: get_kobj_path_length: encountered NULL name So an uninitialized kobject was passed to kobject_get_path(). This is likely a problem somewhere in IDE when "hdx=ide-scsi' is used. -- Chuck Currently reading: _Olympos_ by Dan Simmons