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/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 34b6d9b..c095cf5 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1038,15 +1038,11 @@
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
inode = ext3_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
- ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
- "deleted inode referenced: %lu",
- ino);
- return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
- } else {
- return ERR_CAST(inode);
- }
+ if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
+ ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+ "deleted inode referenced: %lu",
+ ino);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
}
return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);