Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 2f79c55acdcc..8e13fd942163 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_class * cls)
         pr_debug("Registering sysdev class '%s'\n",
                  kobject_name(&cls->kset.kobj));
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->drivers);
+        memset(&cls->kset.kobj, 0x00, sizeof(struct kobject));
         cls->kset.kobj.parent = &system_kset->kobj;
         cls->kset.kobj.ktype = &ktype_sysdev_class;
         cls->kset.kobj.kset = system_kset;
@@ -227,6 +228,9 @@ int sysdev_register(struct sys_device * sysdev)
 
         pr_debug("Registering sys device '%s'\n", kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
 
+        /* initialize the kobject to 0, in case it had previously been used */
+        memset(&sysdev->kobj, 0x00, sizeof(struct kobject));
+
         /* Make sure the kset is set */
         sysdev->kobj.kset = &cls->kset;