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| author |   Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-03-30 14:04:53 +1100 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-03-30 14:04:53 +1100 |
| commit | 9ff9a26b786c35ee8d2a66222924a807ec851a9f (patch) | |
| tree | db432a17bccca1ca2c16907f0ee83ac449ed4012 /security/inode.c | |
| parent | Merge commit 'kumar/next' into next (diff) | |
| parent | Merge branch 'bzip2-lzma-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
Manual merge of:
arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c
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, |