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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kobject.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kobject.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index fbf0ae28237..ae6bb900bfb 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -387,6 +387,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add); * kobject_rename - change the name of an object * @kobj: object in question. * @new_name: object's new name + * + * It is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual + * exclusion between two different calls of kobject_rename + * on the same kobject and to ensure that new_name is valid and + * won't conflict with other kobjects. */ int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name) { @@ -401,19 +406,6 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name) if (!kobj->parent) return -EINVAL; - /* see if this name is already in use */ - if (kobj->kset) { - struct kobject *temp_kobj; - temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name); - if (temp_kobj) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed " - "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n", - kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name); - kobject_put(temp_kobj); - return -EINVAL; - } - } - devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL); if (!devpath) { error = -ENOMEM; |