From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 16:28:48 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: ecryptfs: use d_splice_alias() for ->lookup() return value
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79b0c7204b04e6786b12fcdc3fd1c22cbabe5734;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git

ecryptfs: 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/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 546c1fe692c06..7aaf1913f9c6d 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -350,11 +350,9 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup_interpose(struct dentry *dentry,
 	 */
 	lower_inode = READ_ONCE(lower_dentry->d_inode);
 
-	if (!lower_inode) {
-		/* We want to add because we couldn't find in lower */
-		d_add(dentry, NULL);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	if (!lower_inode) /* We want to add because we couldn't find in lower */
+		return d_splice_alias(NULL, dentry);
+
 	inode = __ecryptfs_get_inode(lower_inode, dentry->d_sb);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error interposing; rc = [%ld]\n",