If an error occurs, modpost will fail anyway. Do not write out any content (, which might be invalid). Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 141370ebbfd3..f0d48f65fb33 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -2333,6 +2333,9 @@ static void write_buf(struct buffer *b, const char *fname) { FILE *file; + if (error_occurred) + return; + file = fopen(fname, "w"); if (!file) { perror(fname); -- 2.32.0