From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> unless it was given an IS_ERR(inode), which isn't the case here. So clean up the unnecessary error handling in gfs2_create_inode(). This paves the way for real fixes (hence the stable Cc). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- fs/gfs2/inode.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c index 64915ee..6d7f976 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c @@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, if (!IS_ERR(inode)) { d = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); error = 0; - if (file && !IS_ERR(d)) { + if (file) { if (d == NULL) d = dentry; if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) @@ -593,8 +593,6 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, error = finish_no_open(file, d); } gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(ghs); - if (IS_ERR(d)) - return PTR_ERR(d); return error; } else if (error != -ENOENT) { goto fail_gunlock; -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html