Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 23/34] merging pick_link() with get_link(), part 6

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 5:23 PM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> -       err = pick_link(nd, &path, inode, seq);
> -       if (err > 0)
> -               return get_link(nd);
> -       else
> -               return ERR_PTR(err);
> +       return pick_link(nd, &path, inode, seq);

Yay! It's like Christmas.

Except honestly, I think I'd have been happier if the intermediate
points didn't have that odd syntax in them. Even if it then gets
removed in the end.

               Linus