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>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index ed5c5d496ee9..d60b7099e2db 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -67,15 +67,11 @@ static struct dentry *ext2_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
         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);