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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 9500339ae024..4a310e55a886 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -232,60 +232,53 @@ int kobject_register(struct kobject * kobj)
return error;
}
+/**
+ * kobject_set_name_vargs - Set the name of an kobject
+ * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
+ * @fmt: format string used to build the name
+ * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
+ */
+static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
+ va_list vargs)
+{
+ va_list aq;
+ char *name;
+
+ va_copy(aq, vargs);
+ name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
+ va_end(aq);
+
+ if (!name)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
+ kfree(kobj->k_name);
+
+ /* Now, set the new name */
+ kobj->k_name = name;
+
+ return 0;
+}
/**
* kobject_set_name - Set the name of a kobject
- * @kobj: kobject to name
+ * @kobj: struct kobject to set the name of
* @fmt: format string used to build the name
*
* This sets the name of the kobject. If you have already added the
* kobject to the system, you must call kobject_rename() in order to
* change the name of the kobject.
*/
-int kobject_set_name(struct kobject * kobj, const char * fmt, ...)
+int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, ...)
{
- int error = 0;
- int limit;
- int need;
va_list args;
- char *name;
+ int retval;
- /* find out how big a buffer we need */
- name = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!name) {
- error = -ENOMEM;
- goto done;
- }
va_start(args, fmt);
- need = vsnprintf(name, 1024, fmt, args);
+ retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(kobj, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
- kfree(name);
- /* Allocate the new space and copy the string in */
- limit = need + 1;
- name = kmalloc(limit, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!name) {
- error = -ENOMEM;
- goto done;
- }
- va_start(args, fmt);
- need = vsnprintf(name, limit, fmt, args);
- va_end(args);
-
- /* something wrong with the string we copied? */
- if (need >= limit) {
- kfree(name);
- error = -EFAULT;
- goto done;
- }
-
- /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
- kfree(kobj->k_name);
-
- /* Now, set the new name */
- kobj->k_name = name;
-done:
- return error;
+ return retval;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_set_name);