From: Al Viro Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:03:58 +0000 (-0400) Subject: file_setattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=def2a02a4cdce359084ba7f3ddc5ea204177a3de;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git file_setattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename no need to check it in the caller Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c index ddd4939af7b6e..f44ce46e1411b 100644 --- a/fs/file_attr.c +++ b/fs/file_attr.c @@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_setattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, return error; 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))