On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:51 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:33 AM Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > There is a merge conflict in fs/ceph/dir.c because Jeff's inode > > type handling patch went through the vfs tree together with Al's > > inode_wrong_type() helper. for-linus-merged has the resolution. > > Actually, the linux-next resolution looks wrong - or at least > unnecessary - to me. > > The conversion to d_splice_alias() means that the IS_ERR() test is now > pointless, because d_splice_alias() handles an error-pointer natively, > and just returns the error back with ERR_CAST(). > > So the proper resolution seems to be to just drop the IS_ERR(). > > Adding Jeff and Al just as a heads-up. I did it mechanically and then cross-checked against Jeff's patch: https://lore.kernel.org/ceph-devel/20210316203919.102346-1-jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u I guess neither Jeff nor I noticed that ERR_CAST() is redundant because previously ceph_get_snapdir() didn't have any error handling and the explicit check (which Jeff added in another patch that went through Al's tree) felt "precious". Thanks, Ilya
