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-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c28
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 21dee7c19afd..e07ee1fcd6f1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ static int populate_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
{
int error = 0;
- if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
- error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
- if (!error) {
- error = populate_dir(kobj);
- if (error)
- sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
- }
+ error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
+ if (!error) {
+ error = populate_dir(kobj);
+ if (error)
+ sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
}
return error;
}
@@ -192,14 +190,14 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
/* be noisy on error issues */
if (error == -EEXIST)
- printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s with "
- "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
- "the same name in the same directory.\n",
- __func__, kobject_name(kobj));
+ WARN(1, "%s failed for %s with "
+ "-EEXIST, don't try to register things with "
+ "the same name in the same directory.\n",
+ __func__, kobject_name(kobj));
else
- printk(KERN_ERR "%s failed for %s (%d)\n",
- __func__, kobject_name(kobj), error);
- dump_stack();
+ WARN(1, "%s failed for %s (error: %d parent: %s)\n",
+ __func__, kobject_name(kobj), error,
+ parent ? kobject_name(parent) : "'none'");
} else
kobj->state_in_sysfs = 1;
@@ -634,7 +632,7 @@ struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
/**
* kobject_create_and_add - create a struct kobject dynamically and register it with sysfs
*
- * @name: the name for the kset
+ * @name: the name for the kobject
* @parent: the parent kobject of this kobject, if any.
*
* This function creates a kobject structure dynamically and registers it