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kobject: Improve doc clarity kobject_init_and_add()

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Function kobject_init_and_add() is currently misused in a number of
places in the kernel.  On error return kobject_put() must be called but
is at times not.

Make the function documentation more explicit about calling
kobject_put() in the error path.

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Tobin C. Harding 2019-04-28 09:56:52 +10:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 92067f8438
commit 1fd7c3b438
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@ -450,9 +450,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
* @parent: pointer to the parent of this kobject.
* @fmt: the name of the kobject.
*
* This function combines the call to kobject_init() and
* kobject_add(). The same type of error handling after a call to
* kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
* This function combines the call to kobject_init() and kobject_add().
*
* If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to
* properly clean up the memory associated with the object. This is the
* same type of error handling after a call to kobject_add() and kobject
* lifetime rules are the same here.
*/
int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)