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/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index c61edd03..41e2085 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1652,6 +1652,9 @@
 {
 	struct dentry *new = NULL;
 
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
+
 	if (inode && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		new = __d_find_alias(inode, 1);