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[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / Documentation / kobject.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index 51a8021ee532bc03e4e530dd724f3e42ae737bc4..f5d2aad65a672ce65082769b835d621bac11e59a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ the name of the kobject, call kobject_rename():
 
     int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name);
 
+Note kobject_rename does perform any locking or have a solid notion of
+what names are valid so the provide must provide their own sanity checking
+and serialization.
+
 There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is legacy cruft and
 is being removed.  If your code needs to call this function, it is
 incorrect and needs to be fixed.