[PATCH] fs: Correctly check d_alloc_name() return code in devpts_pty_new

From: Andrey Vagin
Date: Thu Feb 03 2011 - 11:11:31 EST


d_alloc_name return NULL in case error, but we expect errno in
devpts_pty_new.

http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758

Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/devpts/inode.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index 1bb547c..8392c8c 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int devpts_pty_new(struct inode *ptmx_inode, struct tty_struct *tty)
mutex_lock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);

dentry = d_alloc_name(root, s);
- if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+ if (dentry) {
d_add(dentry, inode);
fsnotify_create(root->d_inode, dentry);
}
--
1.7.2.1

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