linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 1/3] fs: befs: Lookup must return error code only on real error

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Date:	Sat,  4 Jun 2016 20:57:02 +0100
From:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2 1/3] fs: befs: Lookup must return error code only on real error

File not found is not an error and lookup must return error code only
on real error, otherwise creating inodes with functions like create,
mkdir and so on will fail.

Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
---
 fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index c734f21..e0bd6c7 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ befs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 
 	if (ret == BEFS_BT_NOT_FOUND) {
 		befs_debug(sb, "<--- %s %pd not found", __func__, dentry);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		return NULL;
 
 	} else if (ret != BEFS_OK || offset == 0) {
 		befs_warning(sb, "<--- %s Error", __func__);
-- 
1.9.1