1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 0f607ce89acc..cd76d4fdf4a4 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write,
 #endif
 
 /* Find an unused file structure and return a pointer to it.
- * Returns NULL, if there are no more free file structures or
- * we run out of memory.
+ * Returns an error pointer if some error happend e.g. we over file
+ * structures limit, run out of memory or operation is not permitted.
  *
  * Be very careful using this.  You are responsible for
  * getting write access to any mount that you might assign
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ struct file *get_empty_filp(void)
 {
         const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
         static long old_max;
-        struct file * f;
+        struct file *f;
+        int error;
 
         /*
          * Privileged users can go above max_files
@@ -122,13 +123,16 @@ struct file *get_empty_filp(void)
         }
 
         f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (f == NULL)
-                goto fail;
+        if (unlikely(!f))
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         percpu_counter_inc(&nr_files);
         f->f_cred = get_cred(cred);
-        if (security_file_alloc(f))
-                goto fail_sec;
+        error = security_file_alloc(f);
+        if (unlikely(error)) {
+                file_free(f);
+                return ERR_PTR(error);
+        }
 
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&f->f_u.fu_list);
         atomic_long_set(&f->f_count, 1);
@@ -144,12 +148,7 @@ over:
                 pr_info("VFS: file-max limit %lu reached\n", get_max_files());
                 old_max = get_nr_files();
         }
-        goto fail;
-
-fail_sec:
-        file_free(f);
-fail:
-        return NULL;
+        return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ struct file *alloc_file(struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
         struct file *file;
 
         file = get_empty_filp();
-        if (!file)
+        if (IS_ERR(file))
                 return NULL;
 
         file->f_path = *path;