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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kobject.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index c97b5729f94d..a30ee0467942 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -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, ...) |