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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-31 13:53:43 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-31 13:53:43 +0200
commit7bee946358c3cb957d4aa648fc5ab3cad0b232d0 (patch)
tree693061ebde2abc35ecc846e5084630d7225aaaff /security/inode.c
parentd820ac4c2fa881079e6b689d2098adce337558ae (diff)
parent15f7176eb1cccec0a332541285ee752b935c1c85 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into locking-for-linus
Conflicts: lib/Kconfig.debug
Diffstat (limited to 'security/inode.c')
-rw-r--r--security/inode.c7
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,