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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/namei.c12
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 92db9e94514..63adcb79298 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,6 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
{
unsigned long ino;
- struct dentry *parent;
struct inode *inode;
static const struct qstr dotdot = {
.name = "..",
@@ -1083,16 +1082,7 @@ struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
- inode = ext4_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(ext4_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
}
#define S_SHIFT 12