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/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index b754b7721f51..707d605bf769 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1037,15 +1037,11 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
                         return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                 }
                 inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-                        if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
-                                EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
-                                                 "deleted inode referenced: %u",
-                                                 ino);
-                                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
-                        } else {
-                                return ERR_CAST(inode);
-                        }
+                if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
+                        EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
+                                         "deleted inode referenced: %u",
+                                         ino);
+                        return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                 }
         }
         return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);