livepatch: make kobject in klp_object statically allocated

Make kobj variable (of type struct kobject) statically allocated in klp_object structure. It will allow us to move in the func-object-patch hierarchy through kobject links. The only reason to have it dynamic was to not have empty release callback in the code. However we have empty callbacks for function and patch in the code now, so it is no longer valid and the advantage of static allocation is clear. Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]>
jledet · May 19, 2015 · cad706d · cad706d
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diff --git a/include/linux/livepatch.h b/include/linux/livepatch.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct klp_object {
 	struct klp_func *funcs;
 
 	/* internal */
-	struct kobject *kobj;
+	struct kobject kobj;
 	struct module *mod;
 	enum klp_state state;
 };

diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -651,6 +651,15 @@ static struct kobj_type klp_ktype_patch = {
 	.default_attrs = klp_patch_attrs,
 };
 
+static void klp_kobj_release_object(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+}
+
+static struct kobj_type klp_ktype_object = {
+	.release = klp_kobj_release_object,
+	.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
+};
+
 static void klp_kobj_release_func(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 }
@@ -695,7 +704,7 @@ static void klp_free_objects_limited(struct klp_patch *patch,
 
 	for (obj = patch->objs; obj->funcs && obj != limit; obj++) {
 		klp_free_funcs_limited(obj, NULL);
-		kobject_put(obj->kobj);
+		kobject_put(&obj->kobj);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -713,7 +722,7 @@ static int klp_init_func(struct klp_object *obj, struct klp_func *func)
 	func->state = KLP_DISABLED;
 
 	return kobject_init_and_add(&func->kobj, &klp_ktype_func,
-				    obj->kobj, "%s", func->old_name);
+				    &obj->kobj, "%s", func->old_name);
 }
 
 /* parts of the initialization that is done only when the object is loaded */
@@ -753,9 +762,10 @@ static int klp_init_object(struct klp_patch *patch, struct klp_object *obj)
 	klp_find_object_module(obj);
 
 	name = klp_is_module(obj) ? obj->name : "vmlinux";
-	obj->kobj = kobject_create_and_add(name, &patch->kobj);
-	if (!obj->kobj)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&obj->kobj, &klp_ktype_object,
+				   &patch->kobj, "%s", name);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	for (func = obj->funcs; func->old_name; func++) {
 		ret = klp_init_func(obj, func);
@@ -773,7 +783,7 @@ static int klp_init_object(struct klp_patch *patch, struct klp_object *obj)
 
 free:
 	klp_free_funcs_limited(obj, func);
-	kobject_put(obj->kobj);
+	kobject_put(&obj->kobj);
 	return ret;
 }