make d_splice_alias(ERR_PTR(err), dentry) = ERR_PTR(err)
... and simplify the living hell out of callers
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/exofs/namei.c b/fs/exofs/namei.c
index 4d70db1..b54c437 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/namei.c
@@ -55,12 +55,7 @@
return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
ino = exofs_inode_by_name(dir, dentry);
- inode = NULL;
- if (ino) {
- inode = exofs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
- if (IS_ERR(inode))
- return ERR_CAST(inode);
- }
+ inode = ino ? exofs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino) : NULL;
return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
}