The d_hash_and_lookup() function returns either an error pointer or NULL. It might be more appropriate to check error using IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). Fixes: 4b9a445e3eeb ("sunrpc: create a new dummy pipe for gssd to hold open") Signed-off-by: Yan Zhen <yanzhen@xxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: - Rewrite the "fixes". - Using ERR_CAST(gssd_dentry) instead of ERR_PTR(-ENOENT). net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c index 910a5d850d04..13e905f34359 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c @@ -1306,8 +1306,8 @@ rpc_gssd_dummy_populate(struct dentry *root, struct rpc_pipe *pipe_data) /* We should never get this far if "gssd" doesn't exist */ gssd_dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(root, &q); - if (!gssd_dentry) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(gssd_dentry)) + return ERR_CAST(gssd_dentry); ret = rpc_populate(gssd_dentry, gssd_dummy_clnt_dir, 0, 1, NULL); if (ret) { @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ rpc_gssd_dummy_populate(struct dentry *root, struct rpc_pipe *pipe_data) q.name = gssd_dummy_clnt_dir[0].name; q.len = strlen(gssd_dummy_clnt_dir[0].name); clnt_dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(gssd_dentry, &q); - if (!clnt_dentry) { + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clnt_dentry)) { __rpc_depopulate(gssd_dentry, gssd_dummy_clnt_dir, 0, 1); pipe_dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); goto out; -- 2.34.1