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, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index b57aab9a1184..639d49162241 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ static struct dentry *ufs_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
         if (ino)
                 inode = ufs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
         unlock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-        if (IS_ERR(inode))
-                return ERR_CAST(inode);
         return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }