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kobject_init() always succeeds and sets the reference count to 1. It allows to always free the structures via kobject_put() and the related release callback. Note that the custom kobject state handling was used only because we did not know that kobject_put() can and actually should get called even when kobject_init_and_add() fails. The patch should not change the existing behavior. Suggested-by: "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.