3 files changed, 6 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index faba4d69fe9..dd03e680f8f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -529,8 +529,7 @@ static loff_t cifs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
                 /* some applications poll for the file length in this strange
                    way so we must seek to end on non-oplocked files by
                    setting the revalidate time to zero */
-                if(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)                
-                        CIFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->time = 0;
+                CIFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->time = 0;
 
                 retval = cifs_revalidate(file->f_path.dentry);
                 if (retval < 0)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 2d3275bedb5..914b449f202 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -792,12 +792,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
         int xid, long_op;
         struct cifsFileInfo *open_file;
 
-        if (file->f_path.dentry == NULL)
-                return -EBADF;
-
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
-        if (cifs_sb == NULL)
-                return -EBADF;
 
         pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
 
@@ -807,14 +802,9 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
 
         if (file->private_data == NULL)
                 return -EBADF;
-        else
-                open_file = (struct cifsFileInfo *) file->private_data;
+        open_file = (struct cifsFileInfo *) file->private_data;
         
         xid = GetXid();
-        if (file->f_path.dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
-                FreeXid(xid);
-                return -EBADF;
-        }
 
         if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
                 long_op = 2; /* writes past end of file can take a long time */
@@ -908,12 +898,7 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct file *file, const char *write_data,
         int xid, long_op;
         struct cifsFileInfo *open_file;
 
-        if (file->f_path.dentry == NULL)
-                return -EBADF;
-
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
-        if (cifs_sb == NULL)
-                return -EBADF;
 
         pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
 
@@ -922,14 +907,9 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct file *file, const char *write_data,
 
         if (file->private_data == NULL)
                 return -EBADF;
-        else
-                open_file = (struct cifsFileInfo *)file->private_data;
+        open_file = (struct cifsFileInfo *)file->private_data;
         
         xid = GetXid();
-        if (file->f_path.dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
-                FreeXid(xid);
-                return -EBADF;
-        }
 
         if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
                 long_op = 2; /* writes past end of file can take a long time */
@@ -957,11 +937,6 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct file *file, const char *write_data,
                                         return -EBADF;
                         }
                         if (open_file->invalidHandle) {
-                                if ((file->f_path.dentry == NULL) ||
-                                   (file->f_path.dentry->d_inode == NULL)) {
-                                        FreeXid(xid);
-                                        return total_written;
-                                }
                                 /* we could deadlock if we called
                                    filemap_fdatawait from here so tell
                                    reopen_file not to flush data to 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 2a374d5215a..3fab8ed697d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -444,9 +444,6 @@ static int initiate_cifs_search(const int xid, struct file *file)
         cifsFile->invalidHandle = TRUE;
         cifsFile->srch_inf.endOfSearch = FALSE;
 
-        if(file->f_path.dentry == NULL)
-                return -ENOENT;
-
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
         if(cifs_sb == NULL)
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -618,20 +615,10 @@ static int cifs_entry_is_dot(char *current_entry, struct cifsFileInfo *cfile)
    whether we can use the cached search results from the previous search */
 static int is_dir_changed(struct file * file)
 {
-        struct inode * inode;
-        struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsInfo;
-
-        if(file->f_path.dentry == NULL)
-                return 0;
-
-        inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-
-        if(inode == NULL)
-                return 0;
-
-        cifsInfo = CIFS_I(inode);
+        struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+        struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsInfo = CIFS_I(inode);
 
-        if(cifsInfo->time == 0)
+        if (cifsInfo->time == 0)
                 return 1; /* directory was changed, perhaps due to unlink */
         else
                 return 0;
@@ -851,9 +838,6 @@ static int cifs_filldir(char *pfindEntry, struct file *file,
         if((scratch_buf == NULL) || (pfindEntry == NULL) || (pCifsF == NULL))
                 return -ENOENT;
 
-        if(file->f_path.dentry == NULL)
-                return -ENOENT;
-
         rc = cifs_entry_is_dot(pfindEntry,pCifsF);
         /* skip . and .. since we added them first */
         if(rc != 0) 
@@ -997,11 +981,6 @@ int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir)
 
         xid = GetXid();
 
-        if(file->f_path.dentry == NULL) {
-                FreeXid(xid);
-                return -EIO;
-        }
-
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
         pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
         if(pTcon == NULL)