... allowing any ->lookup() return value to be passed to it.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/open.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 9655158c3885..4890b13461c7 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1059,18 +1059,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(finish_open);
* finish_no_open - finish ->atomic_open() without opening the file
*
* @file: file pointer
- * @dentry: dentry or NULL (as returned from ->lookup())
+ * @dentry: dentry, ERR_PTR(-E...) or NULL (as returned from ->lookup())
*
- * This can be used to set the result of a successful lookup in ->atomic_open().
+ * This can be used to set the result of a lookup in ->atomic_open().
*
* NB: unlike finish_open() this function does consume the dentry reference and
* the caller need not dput() it.
*
- * Returns "0" which must be the return value of ->atomic_open() after having
- * called this function.
+ * Returns 0 or -E..., which must be the return value of ->atomic_open() after
+ * having called this function.
*/
int finish_no_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry)
{
+ if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+ return PTR_ERR(dentry);
file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
return 0;
}
--
2.47.2
