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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-07 12:24:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-07 12:24:08 -0700
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
Pull trivial updates from Jiri Kosina: "The usual rocket science from the trivial tree" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: tracing/syscalls: fix multiline in error message text lib/Kconfig.debug: fix DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH description doc: vfs: fix fadvise() sycall name x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in documentation securityfs: fix securityfs_create_dir comment irq: Fix typo in tracepoint.xml
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-rw-r--r--security/inode.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index e3df905ab5b1..acc3e9c8d5a7 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)
{