From: Laurent Georget Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 06:58:40 +0000 (+0200) Subject: securityfs: fix securityfs_create_dir comment X-Git-Tag: v4.9-rc1~89^2~4 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b4606511d11075a2cb61485b359555aba65fc2d;p=linux.git securityfs: fix securityfs_create_dir comment If there is an error creating a directory with securityfs_create_dir, the error is propagated via ERR_PTR but the function comment claims that NULL is returned. This is a similar commit to 88e6c94cda322ff2b32f72bb8d96f9675cdad8aa ("fix long-broken securityfs_create_file comment") that did not fix securityfs_create_dir comment at the same time. Signed-off-by: Laurent Georget Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c index 28414b0207ce..a09639bd1398 100644 --- a/security/inode.c +++ b/security/inode.c @@ -156,12 +156,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(securityfs_create_file); * 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 will be returned. + * you are responsible here). If an error occurs, the function will return + * the error 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_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent) {