From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 16:29:41 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: simple_lookup(): use d_splice_alias() for ->lookup() return value
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simple_lookup(): use d_splice_alias() for ->lookup() return value

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 1bbea5e7bae37..d6205ea61afa6 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE) && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir))
 		return NULL;
 
-	d_add(dentry, NULL);
-	return NULL;
+	return d_splice_alias(NULL, dentry);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_lookup);