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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xattr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xattr.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c index 86668d2ce268..28f61fcb8f69 100644 --- a/fs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/xattr.c @@ -368,11 +368,12 @@ out_noalloc: * vfs_getxattr_alloc - allocate memory, if necessary, before calling getxattr * * Allocate memory, if not already allocated, or re-allocate correct size, - * before retrieving the extended attribute. + * before retrieving the extended attribute. The xattr value buffer should + * always be freed by the caller, even on error. * * Returns the result of alloc, if failed, or the getxattr operation. */ -ssize_t +int vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, char **xattr_value, size_t xattr_size, gfp_t flags) |