Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc2' into core/locking

Conflicts:
	arch/um/include/asm/system.h

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index 51a8021ee532..f5d2aad65a67 100644
--- 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.