--- fs/ext2/namei.c	Fri Sep  1 12:23:51 2000
+++ fs/ext2/namei.c	Fri Sep  1 12:25:11 2000
@@ -367,11 +367,11 @@
 	int err;
 
 	/*
-	 * N.B. Several error exits in ext2_new_inode don't set err.
+	 * Errors like EDQUOT can happen...
 	 */
 	inode = ext2_new_inode (dir, mode, &err);
 	if (!inode)
-		return -EIO;
+		return err;
 
 	inode->i_op = &ext2_file_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &ext2_file_operations;
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 
 	inode = ext2_new_inode (dir, mode, &err);
 	if (!inode)
-		return -EIO;
+		return err;
 
 	inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
 	init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
 
 	inode = ext2_new_inode (dir, S_IFDIR, &err);
 	if (!inode)
-		return -EIO;
+		return err;
 
 	inode->i_op = &ext2_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &ext2_dir_operations;
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
 	if (!(inode = ext2_new_inode (dir, S_IFLNK, &err)))
-		return -EIO;
+		return err;
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO;