[PATCH] smb: client: Simplify a return statement in get_smb2_acl_by_path()

[Markus Elfring]

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 21:56:34 +0200

Return an error pointer without referencing another local variable
in an if branch of this function implementation.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 7c3e96260fd4..bb5eda032aa4 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -3216,9 +3216,8 @@ get_smb2_acl_by_path(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 
 	utf16_path = cifs_convert_path_to_utf16(path, cifs_sb);
 	if (!utf16_path) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		free_xid(xid);
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
 	oparms = (struct cifs_open_parms) {
-- 
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