During the time when "err2" holds a value, "error" does not hold any meaningful value. So there is no need for two different err variables. This patch discards "err2" and uses "error' throughout.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <n...@brown.name> --- fs/namei.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index cd43ff89fbaa..62c1e2268942 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -4114,7 +4114,6 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, unsigned int reval_flag = lookup_flags & LOOKUP_REVAL; unsigned int create_flags = LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_EXCL; int type; - int err2; int error; error = filename_parentat(dfd, name, reval_flag, path, &last, &type); @@ -4129,7 +4128,7 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, goto out; /* don't fail immediately if it's r/o, at least try to report other errors */ - err2 = mnt_want_write(path->mnt); + error = mnt_want_write(path->mnt); /* * Do the final lookup. Suppress 'create' if there is a trailing * '/', and a directory wasn't requested. @@ -4142,17 +4141,16 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, if (IS_ERR(dentry)) goto unlock; - if (unlikely(err2)) { - error = err2; + if (unlikely(error)) goto fail; - } + return dentry; fail: dput(dentry); dentry = ERR_PTR(error); unlock: inode_unlock(path->dentry->d_inode); - if (!err2) + if (!error) mnt_drop_write(path->mnt); out: path_put(path); -- 2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty