Supporting ERR/NULL names in putname() makes callers code cleaner, and is what some other path walking functions already support for the same reason. This also removes a few existing IS_ERR checks before putname(). Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/CAHk-=wgCac9hBsYzKMpHk0EbLgQaXR=OUAjHaBtaY+G8A9KhFg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kadashev <dkadashev@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 79b0ff9b151e..70caf4ef1134 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ getname_kernel(const char * filename) void putname(struct filename *name) { + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(name)) + return; + BUG_ON(name->refcnt <= 0); if (--name->refcnt > 0) @@ -4718,11 +4721,9 @@ int do_renameat2(int olddfd, struct filename *from, int newdfd, goto retry; } put_both: - if (!IS_ERR(from)) - putname(from); + putname(from); put_new: - if (!IS_ERR(to)) - putname(to); + putname(to); return error; } -- 2.30.2
