Re: securityfs_create_dir strange comment

[Jan Engelhardt]

Hello Greg,


On Feb 20 2007 20:05, Greg KH wrote:
>
>Try this instead:
>	if (!de)
>		return -ENOMEM;
>	if ((IS_ERR(de)) && (PTR_ERR(de) != -ENODEV))
>		return PTR_ERR(de);
>	return 0;
>
>That should cover everything properly, right?

In case memory could not be allocated, why does not securityfs_*() return
ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) then? (I think, that's the quintessential question after
all. And thanks for giving an example what to do in the ENODEV case.)


Jan
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