linux-kernel - [PATCH V3] fs: befs: Insert NULL inode to dentry

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Message-Id: <1465071642-30375-1-git-send-email-salah.triki@acm.org>
Date:	Sat,  4 Jun 2016 21:20:42 +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 V3] fs: befs: Insert NULL inode to dentry

As VFS expects, lookup inserts NULL inode to dentry when the named inode
does not exist.

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

diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index c734f21..2fea87b 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -184,6 +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);
+		d_add(dentry, NULL);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	} else if (ret != BEFS_OK || offset == 0) {
-- 
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