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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kobject.c | 13 |
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; |