Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:02:00 -0500 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | [patch] kobject: don't oops on null kobject.name |
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kobject_get_path() will oops if one of the component names is NULL. Fix that by returning NULL instead of oopsing.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> ---
Helge, this fixes your "2.6.15 OOPS while trying to mount cdrom".
Probably not the best fix, but It Works For Me (TM).
--- 2.6.15a.orig/lib/kobject.c +++ 2.6.15a/lib/kobject.c @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static int get_kobj_path_length(struct k * Add 1 to strlen for leading '/' of each level. */ do { + if (kobject_name(parent) == NULL) + return 0; length += strlen(kobject_name(parent)) + 1; parent = parent->parent; } while (parent); @@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *k int len; len = get_kobj_path_length(kobj); + if (len == 0) + return NULL; path = kmalloc(len, gfp_mask); if (!path) return NULL; -- Chuck Currently reading: _Olympos_ by Dan Simmons - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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