linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] fs/ntfs3: Add file operations and implementation

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Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:45:44 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@...agon-software.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        pali@...nel.org, dsterba@...e.cz, aaptel@...e.com,
        willy@...radead.org, rdunlap@...radead.org, joe@...ches.com,
        mark@...mstone.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] fs/ntfs3: Add file operations and implementation

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 07:39:32AM -0700, Konstantin Komarov wrote:

> +static struct dentry *__ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> +				    struct ntfs_fnd *fnd)
> +{
> +	struct dentry *d;
> +	struct inode *inode;
> +
> +	inode = dir_search(dir, &dentry->d_name, fnd);
> +
> +	if (!inode) {
> +		d_add(dentry, NULL);
> +		d = NULL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
> +		d = ERR_CAST(inode);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	d = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
> +	if (IS_ERR(d)) {
> +		iput(inode);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +out:
> +	return d;
> +}

This is bollocks.  First and foremost, d_splice_alias() *does* iput() on
failure, so you've got double-put there.  What's more
	* d_splice_alias(ERR_PTR(err), dentry) return err
	* d_splice_alias(NULL, dentry) is equivalent to d_add(dentry, NULL) and returns NULL

IOW, all that boilerplate could be replaced with one line:

	return d_splice_alias(dir_search(dir, &dentry->d_name, fnd), dentry);