From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:02:50 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: file_getattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename
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file_getattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename

no need to check it in the caller

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index 13cdb31a3e947..ddd4939af7b6e 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_getattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	name = getname_maybe_null(filename, at_flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(name))
-		return PTR_ERR(name);
-
 	if (!name && dfd >= 0) {
 		CLASS(fd, f)(dfd);
 		if (fd_empty(f))