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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-04-05 08:14:15 +0200
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-04-05 08:14:15 +0200
commit478c6a43fcbc6c11609f8cee7c7b57223907754f (patch)
treea7f7952099da60d33032aed6de9c0c56c9f8779e /security/inode.c
parentMerge branch 'misc' into release (diff)
parentMerge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kern... (diff)
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Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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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,