Re: [PATCH 3/6] integrity: IMA display

From: James Morris
Date: Fri Jan 30 2009 - 04:21:15 EST


On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Mimi Zohar wrote:

> +int ima_fs_init(void)
> +{
> + ima_dir = securityfs_create_dir("ima", NULL);
> + if (!ima_dir || IS_ERR(ima_dir))
> + return -1;
> +
> + binary_runtime_measurements =
> + securityfs_create_file("binary_runtime_measurements",
> + S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP, ima_dir, NULL,
> + &ima_measurements_ops);
> + if (!binary_runtime_measurements || IS_ERR(binary_runtime_measurements))
> + goto out;

You should not be checking for NULL returns from securityfs_create_file(),
because it does not return NULL (the documentation is wrong).


- James
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