From: "Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] kobject: upgrade log of missing release func to warn
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:14:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230311-kobject-warning-v1-4-1ebba4f71fb5@weissschuh.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230311-kobject-warning-v1-0-1ebba4f71fb5@weissschuh.net>
The documentation is outspoken in its requirement for a release()
function. Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst:
One important point cannot be overstated: every kobject must have a
release() method, and the kobject must persist (in a consistent state)
until that method is called. If these constraints are not met, the code is
flawed. Note that the kernel will warn you if you forget to provide a
release() method. Do not try to get rid of this warning by providing an
"empty" release function.
So adapt the logging to actually provide the promised warning.
At the moment there are still kobjects that do not have a release()
function, notably integrity_ktype and acpi_hotplug_profile_ktype.
Therefore leave it at pr_warn().
When the remaining cases are fixed the message could be upgraded to
pr_err() and/or an -EINVAL could be returned.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
---
lib/kobject.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 68ff8a48b784..8723f477095e 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -215,9 +215,11 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (kobj->ktype && !kobj->ktype->release)
- pr_debug("'%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.\n",
- kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+ if (kobj->ktype && !kobj->ktype->release) {
+ pr_warn("'%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.\n",
+ kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+ dump_stack_lvl(KERN_WARNING);
+ }
parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
--
2.39.2
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-11 3:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-11 3:14 [PATCH 0/4] kobject: properly warn on missing release function Thomas Weißschuh
2023-03-11 3:14 ` [PATCH 1/4] kobject: define common logging prefix Thomas Weißschuh
2023-03-11 3:14 ` [PATCH 2/4] kobject: align stacktrace levels to logging message Thomas Weißschuh
2023-03-11 3:14 ` [PATCH 3/4] kobject: validate ktype release function during add Thomas Weißschuh
2023-03-11 8:10 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-03-11 3:14 ` Thomas Weißschuh [this message]
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