d_alloc_name() returns NULL on error. Also I changed the error code from -ENOSPC to -ENOMEM to reflect that we were short on RAM not disk space. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c index 71bf5f4..6a4123d 100644 --- a/fs/pstore/inode.c +++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c @@ -345,9 +345,8 @@ int pstore_mkfile(enum pstore_type_id type, char *psname, u64 id, int count, mutex_lock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex); - rc = -ENOSPC; dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name); - if (IS_ERR(dentry)) + if (!dentry) goto fail_lockedalloc; memcpy(private->data, data, size); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html