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-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 03d40360ff1..a7e3bf4d3c7 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -308,6 +308,19 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
if (!kobj->parent)
return -EINVAL;
+ /* see if this name is already in use */
+ if (kobj->kset) {
+ struct kobject *temp_kobj;
+ temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
+ if (temp_kobj) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' can not be renamed "
+ "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existance.\n",
+ kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
+ kobject_put(temp_kobj);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
+
devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!devpath) {
error = -ENOMEM;