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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-28 23:05:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-28 23:05:50 +0100 |
| commit | b0d44c0dbbd52effb731b1c0af9afd56215c48de (patch) | |
| tree | 3237c0087d91a5390aed05689b9f610ba16fa116 /security/inode.c | |
| parent | dma-debug: make memory range checks more consistent (diff) | |
| parent | Merge branch 'percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm... (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into core/iommu
Conflicts:
arch/x86/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'security/inode.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/inode.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c index 007ef252dde7..f3b91bfbe4cb 100644 --- a/security/inode.c +++ b/security/inode.c @@ -202,12 +202,11 @@ static int create_by_name(const char *name, mode_t mode, * This function returns a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. This * pointer must be passed to the securityfs_remove() function when the file is * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded, - * you are responsible here). If an error occurs, %NULL is returned. + * you are responsible here). If an error occurs, the function will return + * the erorr value (via ERR_PTR). * * If securityfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value %-ENODEV is - * returned. It is not wise to check for this value, but rather, check for - * %NULL or !%NULL instead as to eliminate the need for #ifdef in the calling - * code. + * returned. */ struct dentry *securityfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode, struct dentry *parent, void *data, |