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-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 718e5101c263..744401571ed7 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -216,13 +216,19 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
va_list vargs)
{
- /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
- kfree(kobj->name);
+ const char *old_name = kobj->name;
+ char *s;
kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
if (!kobj->name)
return -ENOMEM;
+ /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
+ s = strchr(kobj->name, '/');
+ if (s)
+ s[0] = '!';
+
+ kfree(old_name);
return 0;
}
@@ -439,6 +445,7 @@ out:
return error;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);
/**
* kobject_move - move object to another parent
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