1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index dcade0543bd2..bd732ffebc85 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -164,9 +164,8 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
                 return -ENOENT;
 
         if (!kobj->name || !kobj->name[0]) {
-                pr_debug("kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
+                WARN(1, "kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty "
                          "name!\n", kobj);
-                WARN_ON(1);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
@@ -216,13 +215,19 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct kobject *kobj)
 static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
                                   va_list vargs)
 {
-        /* Free the old name, if necessary. */
-        kfree(kobj->name);
+        const char *old_name = kobj->name;
+        char *s;
 
         kobj->name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
         if (!kobj->name)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
+        /* ewww... some of these buggers have '/' in the name ... */
+        s = strchr(kobj->name, '/');
+        if (s)
+                s[0] = '!';
+
+        kfree(old_name);
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -577,12 +582,10 @@ static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)
 void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
         if (kobj) {
-                if (!kobj->state_initialized) {
-                        printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
+                if (!kobj->state_initialized)
+                        WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not "
                                "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being "
                                "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
-                        WARN_ON(1);
-                }
                 kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
         }
 }