Take the entire "if (IS_ERR(tmp))" block, and use a goto, instead. This should not make any functional changes. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lxc-dave/fs/namei.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/namei.c~sys_mkdir_at-move-cases fs/namei.c --- lxc/fs/namei.c~sys_mkdir_at-move-cases 2006-06-07 16:53:16.000000000 -0700 +++ lxc-dave/fs/namei.c 2006-06-07 16:53:16.000000000 -0700 @@ -1888,30 +1888,30 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mkdirat(int dfd, con { int error = 0; char * tmp; + struct dentry *dentry; + struct nameidata nd; tmp = getname(pathname); error = PTR_ERR(tmp); - if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) { - struct dentry *dentry; - struct nameidata nd; + if (IS_ERR(tmp)) + goto out_err; - error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd); - if (error) - goto out; - dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1); - error = PTR_ERR(dentry); - if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { - if (!IS_POSIXACL(nd.dentry->d_inode)) - mode &= ~current->fs->umask; - error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode); - dput(dentry); - } - mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); - path_release(&nd); -out: - putname(tmp); + error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd); + if (error) + goto out; + dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1); + error = PTR_ERR(dentry); + if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { + if (!IS_POSIXACL(nd.dentry->d_inode)) + mode &= ~current->fs->umask; + error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode); + dput(dentry); } - + mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); + path_release(&nd); +out: + putname(tmp); +out_err: return error; } _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html