1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
index 4b8c6a9893e4..470e8829e7f4 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 
         if (!inode)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+        /*
+         * In case of an error, @inode carries the error value, and we
+         * have to return that as a(n invalid) pointer to dentry.
+         */
         if (IS_ERR(inode))
                 return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));