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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2009-03-28 20:29:51 +0000
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2009-03-28 20:29:51 +0000
commited40d0c472b136682b2fcba05f89762859c7374f (patch)
tree076b83a26bcd63d6158463735dd34c10bbc591dc /security/inode.c
parent9e495834e59ca9b29f1a1f63b9f5533bb022ac49 (diff)
parent5d80f8e5a9dc9c9a94d4aeaa567e219a808b8a4a (diff)
Merge branch 'origin' into devel
Conflicts: sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-i2s.c
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 007ef252dde..f3b91bfbe4c 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,