1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index ad1adce6541d..dd2b35f78b09 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_ns_link_inode_operations = {
         .setattr        = proc_setattr,
 };
 
-static int proc_ns_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
-        struct dentry *dentry, struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
+static struct dentry *proc_ns_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
+        struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
 {
         const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops = ptr;
         struct inode *inode;
         struct proc_inode *ei;
 
-        inode = proc_pid_make_inode(dir->i_sb, task, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO);
+        inode = proc_pid_make_inode(dentry->d_sb, task, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO);
         if (!inode)
-                return -ENOENT;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
         ei = PROC_I(inode);
         inode->i_op = &proc_ns_link_inode_operations;
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ static int proc_ns_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
         pid_update_inode(task, inode);
 
         d_set_d_op(dentry, &pid_dentry_operations);
-        d_add(dentry, inode);
-        return 0;
+        return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 static int proc_ns_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
@@ -144,12 +143,10 @@ const struct file_operations proc_ns_dir_operations = {
 static struct dentry *proc_ns_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir,
                                 struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
-        int error;
         struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(dir);
         const struct proc_ns_operations **entry, **last;
         unsigned int len = dentry->d_name.len;
-
-        error = -ENOENT;
+        struct dentry *res = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
         if (!task)
                 goto out_no_task;
@@ -164,11 +161,11 @@ static struct dentry *proc_ns_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir,
         if (entry == last)
                 goto out;
 
-        error = proc_ns_instantiate(dir, dentry, task, *entry);
+        res = proc_ns_instantiate(dentry, task, *entry);
 out:
         put_task_struct(task);
 out_no_task:
-        return ERR_PTR(error);
+        return res;
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations proc_ns_dir_inode_operations = {