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/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 546849b..a314199 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -72,12 +72,7 @@
return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
ino = nilfs_inode_by_name(dir, &dentry->d_name);
- inode = NULL;
- if (ino) {
- inode = nilfs_iget(dir->i_sb, NILFS_I(dir)->i_root, ino);
- if (IS_ERR(inode))
- return ERR_CAST(inode);
- }
+ inode = ino ? nilfs_iget(dir->i_sb, NILFS_I(dir)->i_root, ino) : NULL;
return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
}