diff options
author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100 |
---|---|---|
committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-31 08:31:57 +0100 |
commit | a9de18eb761f7c1c860964b2e5addc1a35c7e861 (patch) | |
tree | 886e75fdfd09690cd262ca69cb7f5d1d42b48602 /Documentation/kobject.txt | |
parent | b2aaf8f74cdc84a9182f6cabf198b7763bcb9d40 (diff) | |
parent | 6a94cb73064c952255336cc57731904174b2c58f (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector
Conflicts:
arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h
kernel/fork.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kobject.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kobject.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt index 51a8021ee53..f5d2aad65a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/kobject.txt +++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt @@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ the name of the kobject, call kobject_rename(): int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name); +Note kobject_rename does perform any locking or have a solid notion of +what names are valid so the provide must provide their own sanity checking +and serialization. + There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is legacy cruft and is being removed. If your code needs to call this function, it is incorrect and needs to be fixed. |