linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] integrity: IMA display

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:14:11 -0500
From:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"<David Safford" <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>, Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] integrity: IMA display

On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 20:18 +1100, James Morris wrote:
> 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

Thanks!

Mimi

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