3 files changed, 23 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 901bad1e5f12..af2c05235cc8 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -120,12 +120,11 @@ static void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode)
  * These are initializations that need to be done on every inode
  * allocation as the fields are not initialised by slab allocation.
  */
-struct inode *inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
+int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 {
         static const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
         static struct inode_operations empty_iops;
         static const struct file_operations empty_fops;
-
         struct address_space *const mapping = &inode->i_data;
 
         inode->i_sb = sb;
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ struct inode *inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
         inode->dirtied_when = 0;
 
         if (security_inode_alloc(inode))
-                goto out_free_inode;
+                goto out;
 
         /* allocate and initialize an i_integrity */
         if (ima_inode_alloc(inode))
@@ -198,16 +197,12 @@ struct inode *inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
         inode->i_fsnotify_mask = 0;
 #endif
 
-        return inode;
+        return 0;
 
 out_free_security:
         security_inode_free(inode);
-out_free_inode:
-        if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode)
-                inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode(inode);
-        else
-                kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, (inode));
-        return NULL;
+out:
+        return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_init_always);
 
@@ -220,9 +215,18 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
         else
                 inode = kmem_cache_alloc(inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-        if (inode)
-                return inode_init_always(sb, inode);
-        return NULL;
+        if (!inode)
+                return NULL;
+
+        if (unlikely(inode_init_always(sb, inode))) {
+                if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode)
+                        inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode(inode);
+                else
+                        kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, inode);
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        return inode;
 }
 
 void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 5fcec6f020a7..719c85b155f4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ xfs_inode_alloc(
         ip = kmem_zone_alloc(xfs_inode_zone, KM_SLEEP);
         if (!ip)
                 return NULL;
+        if (inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip))) {
+                kmem_zone_free(xfs_inode_zone, ip);
+                return NULL;
+        }
 
         ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_iocount) == 0);
         ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
@@ -105,17 +109,6 @@ xfs_inode_alloc(
 #ifdef XFS_DIR2_TRACE
         ip->i_dir_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_DIR2_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
-        /*
-        * Now initialise the VFS inode. We do this after the xfs_inode
-        * initialisation as internal failures will result in ->destroy_inode
-        * being called and that will pass down through the reclaim path and
-        * free the XFS inode. This path requires the XFS inode to already be
-        * initialised. Hence if this call fails, the xfs_inode has already
-        * been freed and we should not reference it at all in the error
-        * handling.
-        */
-        if (!inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip)))
-                return NULL;
 
         /* prevent anyone from using this yet */
         VFS_I(ip)->i_state = I_NEW|I_LOCK;
@@ -167,7 +160,7 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(
                  * errors cleanly, then tag it so it can be set up correctly
                  * later.
                  */
-                if (!inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip))) {
+                if (inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip))) {
                         error = ENOMEM;
                         goto out_error;
                 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a36ffa5a77a4..0c3b5e58a986 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@ extern loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 
 extern loff_t vfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 
-extern struct inode * inode_init_always(struct super_block *, struct inode *);
+extern int inode_init_always(struct super_block *, struct inode *);
 extern void inode_init_once(struct inode *);
 extern void inode_add_to_lists(struct super_block *, struct inode *);
 extern void iput(struct inode *);