struct dentry *old;
/* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
- if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode)))
+ if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode))) {
+ dput(dentry);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ }
old = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, dentry, nd);
if (unlikely(old)) {
/* sayonara */
error = complete_walk(nd);
if (error)
- return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
error = -ENOTDIR;
if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
/* Why this, you ask? _Now_ we might have grown LOOKUP_JUMPED... */
error = complete_walk(nd);
if (error)
- goto exit;
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
error = -EISDIR;
if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode))
goto exit;