linux-ext4 - ext4_readdir ignores filldir error code

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Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:47:24 +0300
From:	"Kasatkin, Dmitry" <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>
To:	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: ext4_readdir ignores filldir error code

Hello,

I noticed following in ext4_readdir() and in other file systems..

filldir returns error in "error":
       error = filldir(dirent, de->name, ...)

But function itself returns "ret"

What I can see is that when filldir fails, ext4_readir quits, but with
no error....
       while (!error && !stored && filp->f_pos < inode->i_size) {


Is it by design or an error?

- Dmitry
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