[PATCH] binfmt_elf: fix documented return value for load_elf_phdrs()

From: Rolf Eike Beer
Date: Wed Oct 19 2022 - 03:43:08 EST


This function has never returned anything but a plain NULL.

Fixes: 6a8d38945cf4 ("binfmt_elf: Hoist ELF program header loading to a function")
Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 63c7ebb0da89..cfd5f7ad019d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static unsigned long maximum_alignment(struct elf_phdr *cmds, int nr)
*
* Loads ELF program headers from the binary file elf_file, which has the ELF
* header pointed to by elf_ex, into a newly allocated array. The caller is
- * responsible for freeing the allocated data. Returns an ERR_PTR upon failure.
+ * responsible for freeing the allocated data. Returns NULL upon failure.
*/
static struct elf_phdr *load_elf_phdrs(const struct elfhdr *elf_ex,
struct file *elf_file)
--
2.37.3

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