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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/kcore.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index c6a5ec731972..70733780fdd9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ static int __init proc_kcore_init(void)
{
proc_root_kcore = proc_create("kcore", S_IRUSR, NULL,
&proc_kcore_operations);
+ if (!proc_root_kcore) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "couldn't create /proc/kcore\n");
+ return 0; /* Always returns 0. */
+ }
/* Store text area if it's special */
proc_kcore_text_init();
/* Store vmalloc area */
@@ -615,7 +619,6 @@ static int __init proc_kcore_init(void)
/* Store direct-map area from physical memory map */
kcore_update_ram();
hotplug_memory_notifier(kcore_callback, 0);
- /* Other special area, area-for-module etc is arch specific. */
return 0;
}