Re: [PATCH 06/11] gfs2: d_splice_alias() cant return error

From: Steven Whitehouse
Date: Mon Sep 16 2013 - 09:56:28 EST


Hi,

On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 15:35 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 02:17:49PM +0100, Steven Whitehouse wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 14:52 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > 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).
> > >
> > That makes send to me:
> >
> > Acked-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I can put this in the gfs2 tree if that makes sense to do,
>
> Sure, please do.
>
> Thanks,
> Miklos
>
Ok. I'll add the patches shortly. I need to try and wrap my brain around
patch 8 too,

Steve.

>
> > Steve.
> >
> > > 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;
> >
> >


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