make d_splice_alias(ERR_PTR(err), dentry) = ERR_PTR(err)
... and simplify the living hell out of callers
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index b754b77..707d605 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1037,15 +1037,11 @@
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
- EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
- "deleted inode referenced: %u",
- ino);
- return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
- } else {
- return ERR_CAST(inode);
- }
+ if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
+ EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
+ "deleted inode referenced: %u",
+ ino);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
}
return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);