propagate error from get_empty_filp() to its callers

Based on parts from Anatol's patch (the rest is the next commit).

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index e08643feb574..97a237f67b72 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -810,23 +810,22 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 	/* We must always pass in a valid mount pointer. */
 	BUG_ON(!path->mnt);
 
-	error = -ENFILE;
 	f = get_empty_filp();
-	if (f == NULL)
-		return ERR_PTR(error);
-
-	f->f_flags = flags;
-	f->f_path = *path;
-	error = do_dentry_open(f, NULL, cred);
-	if (!error) {
-		error = open_check_o_direct(f);
-		if (error) {
-			fput(f);
+	if (!IS_ERR(f)) {
+		f->f_flags = flags;
+		f->f_path = *path;
+		error = do_dentry_open(f, NULL, cred);
+		if (!error) {
+			/* from now on we need fput() to dispose of f */
+			error = open_check_o_direct(f);
+			if (error) {
+				fput(f);
+				f = ERR_PTR(error);
+			}
+		} else { 
+			put_filp(f);
 			f = ERR_PTR(error);
 		}
-	} else { 
-		put_filp(f);
-		f = ERR_PTR(error);
 	}
 	return f;
 }