On Jul 10, 2026 Jori Koolstra <[email protected]> wrote: > > O_CREAT is stripped when create_error is set in lookup_open(), so when > lookup does not return an inode, the case > > if (!dentry->d_inode && (open_flag & O_CREAT)) > > is always skipped. We can get rid of this cognitive step by handling the > error case first. > > Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <[email protected]> > --- > fs/namei.c | 10 ++++++---- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Paul Moore <[email protected]> -- paul-moore.com
