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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kobject.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index 3f4b7e95b0c2..f2ccdbac8ed9 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -416,8 +416,12 @@ static __printf(3, 0) int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, * to this function be directly freed with a call to kfree(), * that can leak memory. * - * If this call returns successfully and you later need to unwind - * kobject_add() for the error path you should call kobject_del(). + * If this function returns success, kobject_put() must also be called + * in order to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. + * + * In short, once this function is called, kobject_put() MUST be called + * when the use of the object is finished in order to properly free + * everything. */ int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...) |