KEYS: Call ->free_preparse() even after ->preparse() returns an error

Call the ->free_preparse() key type op even after ->preparse() returns an
error as it does cleaning up type stuff.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@primarydata.com>
Reviewed-by: Sage Weil <sage@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
index 315cf96..8727c19 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
@@ -1176,7 +1176,9 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory:
      This method is only required if the preparse() method is provided,
      otherwise it is unused.  It cleans up anything attached to the
      description, type_data and payload fields of the key_preparsed_payload
-     struct as filled in by the preparse() method.
+     struct as filled in by the preparse() method.  It will always be called
+     after preparse() returns successfully, even if instantiate() or update()
+     succeed.
 
 
  (*) int (*instantiate)(struct key *key, struct key_preparsed_payload *prep);