dentry_open() can now just call path_open(). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/open.c | 15 +-------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 244cd2ecfefd..1d4bc541c619 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -935,25 +935,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_open); struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags, const struct cred *cred) { - int error; - struct file *f; - validate_creds(cred); /* We must always pass in a valid mount pointer. */ BUG_ON(!path->mnt); - f = get_empty_filp(); - if (IS_ERR(f)) - return f; - - f->f_flags = flags; - error = vfs_open(path, f, cred); - if (error) { - put_filp(f); - return ERR_PTR(error); - } - return f; + return path_open(path, flags, d_backing_inode(path->dentry), cred, true); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_open); -- 2.14.3