Re: [patch] kobject: don't oops on null kobject.name

[Chuck Ebbert]

In-Reply-To: <20060113143013.0ed0f9c0.akpm@xxxxxxxx>
References: <20060110184624.GA6721@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Why did you choose kobject_get_path()?

This is the piece of code that was oopsing in Helge Hafting's
bug report: "2.6.15 OOPS while trying to mount cdrom".  This
patch solves that by fixing the symptoms.

Details are in that thread.
-- 
Chuck
Currently reading: _Olympos_ by Dan Simmons
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