Re: [PATCH] Fix kobject_rename and !CONFIG_SYSFS v2

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:55:45AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

When looking at kobject_rename I found two bugs with
that exist when sysfs support is disabled in the kernel.

<snip>

Better, but can you address Randy's objections?

thanks,

greg k-h
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