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-rw-r--r--fs/ext3/namei.c14
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index de13e919cd81..880b54400ac0 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1057,8 +1057,6 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
{
unsigned long ino;
- struct dentry *parent;
- struct inode *inode;
struct dentry dotdot;
struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de;
struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -1068,7 +1066,6 @@ struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
dotdot.d_parent = child; /* confusing, isn't it! */
bh = ext3_find_entry(&dotdot, &de);
- inode = NULL;
if (!bh)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
ino = le32_to_cpu(de->inode);
@@ -1080,16 +1077,7 @@ struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
- inode = ext3_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino);
- if (IS_ERR(inode))
- return ERR_CAST(inode);
-
- parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
- if (!parent) {
- iput(inode);
- parent = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- }
- return parent;
+ return d_obtain_alias(ext3_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
}
#define S_SHIFT 12