1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index fbf0ae282376..ae6bb900bfb6 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -387,6 +387,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_init_and_add);
  * kobject_rename - change the name of an object
  * @kobj: object in question.
  * @new_name: object's new name
+ *
+ * It is the responsibility of the caller to provide mutual
+ * exclusion between two different calls of kobject_rename
+ * on the same kobject and to ensure that new_name is valid and
+ * won't conflict with other kobjects.
  */
 int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
 {
@@ -401,19 +406,6 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
         if (!kobj->parent)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        /* see if this name is already in use */
-        if (kobj->kset) {
-                struct kobject *temp_kobj;
-                temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
-                if (temp_kobj) {
-                        printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
-                               "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
-                               kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
-                        kobject_put(temp_kobj);
-                        return -EINVAL;
-                }
-        }
-
         devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!devpath) {
                 error = -ENOMEM;