| Message ID | 20230202093256.32458-2-zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Delegated to: | viresh kumar |
| Headers | show |
| Series | some minor fixes of error checking about debugfs_rename() | expand |
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c index 2e8e112b1993..58a35afb7c5d 100644 --- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c @@ -802,8 +802,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_lookup_and_remove); * exist for rename to succeed. * * This function will return a pointer to old_dentry (which is updated to - * reflect renaming) if it succeeds. If an error occurs, %NULL will be - * returned. + * reflect renaming) if it succeeds. If an error occurs, %ERR_PTR(-ERROR) + * will be returned. * * If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be * returned.
Since commit ff9fb72bc077 ("debugfs: return error values, not NULL") changed return value of debugfs_rename() in error cases from %NULL to %ERR_PTR(-ERROR), the comment of debugfs_rename should also be updated so as not to mislead readers. Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com> --- fs/debugfs/inode.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)