Merge tag 'v3.9' into v4l_for_linus

Linux 3.9

* tag 'v3.9': (1099 commits)
  Linux 3.9
  vm: add no-mmu vm_iomap_memory() stub
  efivars: only check for duplicates on the registered list
  TTY: fix atime/mtime regression
  aio: fix possible invalid memory access when DEBUG is enabled
  parisc: use spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore for PTE updates
  parisc: disable -mlong-calls compiler option for kernel modules
  parisc: uaccess: fix compiler warnings caused by __put_user casting
  parisc: Change kunmap macro to static inline function
  parisc: Provide __ucmpdi2 to resolve undefined references in 32 bit builds.
  sparc64: Fix missing put_cpu_var() in tlb_batch_add_one() when not batching.
  Revert "gpio: pxa: set initcall level to module init"
  efi: Check EFI revision in setup_efi_vars
  x86, efi: Fix a build warning
  Revert "MIPS: page.h: Provide more readable definition for PAGE_MASK."
  kernel/hz.bc: ignore.
  Linux 3.9-rc8
  events: Protect access via task_subsys_state_check()
  net: fix incorrect credentials passing
  x86, microcode: Verify the family before dispatching microcode patching
  ...

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index e07ee1fcd6f1..a65486613d79 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -529,6 +529,13 @@ struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
 	return kobj;
 }
 
+static struct kobject *kobject_get_unless_zero(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&kobj->kref))
+		kobj = NULL;
+	return kobj;
+}
+
 /*
  * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
  * @kobj: object to cleanup
@@ -751,7 +758,7 @@ struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
 		if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
-			ret = kobject_get(k);
+			ret = kobject_get_unless_zero(k);
 			break;
 		}
 	}