From 58a49cc9ebb13efd1c56c3466b09240779ac46a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:02:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] file_getattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename no need to check it in the caller Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/file_attr.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) 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)) -- 2.47.3