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-rw-r--r--kernel/params.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 97e092312155..1078b148ca80 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -561,11 +561,9 @@ static void __init kernel_param_sysfs_setup(const char *name,
mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
mk->kobj.kset = module_kset;
- mk->kobj.ktype = &module_ktype;
- kobject_set_name(&mk->kobj, name);
- kobject_init(&mk->kobj);
- ret = kobject_add(&mk->kobj);
+ ret = kobject_init_and_add(&mk->kobj, &module_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
if (ret) {
+ kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
printk(KERN_ERR "Module '%s' failed to be added to sysfs, "
"error number %d\n", name, ret);
printk(KERN_ERR "The system will be unstable now.\n");