linux-ext4 - [patch] ext4: checking NULL instead of ERR

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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:16:54 +0200
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] ext4: checking NULL instead of ERR_PTR

d_path() returns an ERR_PTR and it doesn't return NULL.  This is in
ext4_error_file() and no one actually calls ext4_error_file().

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2614774..efaa27e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void ext4_error_file(struct file *file, const char *function,
 	save_error_info(inode->i_sb, function, line);
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	path = d_path(&(file->f_path), pathname, sizeof(pathname));
-	if (!path)
+	if (IS_ERR(path))
 		path = "(unknown)";
 	printk(KERN_CRIT
 	       "EXT4-fs error (device %s): %s:%d: inode #%lu "
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