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/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index ed5c5d4..d60b709 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -67,15 +67,11 @@
inode = NULL;
if (ino) {
inode = ext2_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
- ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
- "deleted inode referenced: %lu",
- (unsigned long) ino);
- return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
- } else {
- return ERR_CAST(inode);
- }
+ if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
+ ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+ "deleted inode referenced: %lu",
+ (unsigned long) ino);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
}
return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);