hi,
coverity complained that xadir is checked for !=NULL
and then passed to lookup_one_len() where it might get dereferenced.
This patch removes the check since open_xa_dir() returns an ERR_PTR() or
a valid dentry pointer. Coverity id #1194
Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- linux-2.6.17-rc5/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c.orig 2006-06-13 23:50:10.000000000
+0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc5/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c 2006-06-13 23:50:45.000000000
+0200
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static struct dentry *get_xa_file_dentry
xadir = open_xa_dir(inode, flags);
if (IS_ERR(xadir)) {
return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(xadir));
- } else if (xadir && !xadir->d_inode) {
+ } else if (!xadir->d_inode) {
dput(xadir);
return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
}