d_splice_alias() does the right thing when given ERR_PTR(-E...) for inode. No need for gotos, multiple returns, etc. in there. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/namei.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/namei.c index 546a47156101..8cf0617d4ea0 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/erofs/namei.c +++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/namei.c @@ -223,18 +223,13 @@ static struct dentry *erofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, if (err == -ENOENT) { /* negative dentry */ inode = NULL; - goto negative_out; - } else if (unlikely(err)) - return ERR_PTR(err); - - debugln("%s, %s (nid %llu) found, d_type %u", __func__, - dentry->d_name.name, nid, d_type); - - inode = erofs_iget(dir->i_sb, nid, d_type == EROFS_FT_DIR); - if (IS_ERR(inode)) - return ERR_CAST(inode); - -negative_out: + } else if (unlikely(err)) { + inode = ERR_PTR(err); + } else { + debugln("%s, %s (nid %llu) found, d_type %u", __func__, + dentry->d_name.name, nid, d_type); + inode = erofs_iget(dir->i_sb, nid, d_type == EROFS_FT_DIR); + } return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); }