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SubjectRe: kobject_init and the zeroed-out-memory requirement
On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 04:24:57PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 06:13:05PM -0400, Jason Noakes wrote:
> > > No driver should be working with "raw" kobjects.
> >
> > I don't agree, but it's irrelevant.
>
> Not at all. I'd wager that if a driver is messing around with a "raw"
> kobject, it is doing something seriously wrong. Of course there are
> exceptions, but those are very rare, and exceptions. A driver should be
> using the driver core, and the functions and objects provided there, and
> provided by the bus it lives on.
>
> So, have a pointer to some driver code that is calling
> kobject_initialize()? I'd love to see it.
>

Lots to choose from. In drivers/:

$ git grep kobject_init | wc
65 289 4880
$ git grep kobject_init | grep -v base | wc
62 277 4694
$ git grep kobject_init_and_add | grep -v base | wc
47 232 3698
$ git grep kobject_add | grep -v base | wc
20 111 1486

Guenter


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