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-rw-r--r--net/socket.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 6bae8ce7059e..9c92c0e6c4da 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ static struct file_system_type sock_fs_type = {
*
* Returns the &file bound with @sock, implicitly storing it
* in sock->file. If dname is %NULL, sets to "".
- * On failure the return is a ERR pointer (see linux/err.h).
+ *
+ * On failure @sock is released, and an ERR pointer is returned.
+ *
* This function uses GFP_KERNEL internally.
*/
@@ -1638,7 +1640,6 @@ static struct socket *__sys_socket_create(int family, int type, int protocol)
struct file *__sys_socket_file(int family, int type, int protocol)
{
struct socket *sock;
- struct file *file;
int flags;
sock = __sys_socket_create(family, type, protocol);
@@ -1649,11 +1650,7 @@ struct file *__sys_socket_file(int family, int type, int protocol)
if (SOCK_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK && (flags & SOCK_NONBLOCK))
flags = (flags & ~SOCK_NONBLOCK) | O_NONBLOCK;
- file = sock_alloc_file(sock, flags, NULL);
- if (IS_ERR(file))
- sock_release(sock);
-
- return file;
+ return sock_alloc_file(sock, flags, NULL);
}
int __sys_socket(int family, int type, int protocol)