[RFC PATCH v3 20/59] file_getattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename

[Al Viro]

no need to check it in the caller

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/file_attr.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index 4c4916632f11..f9e4d4014afc 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -394,9 +394,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_getattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	name = getname_maybe_null(filename, at_flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(name))
-		return PTR_ERR(name);
-
 	if (!name && dfd >= 0) {
 		CLASS(fd, f)(dfd);
 		if (fd_empty(f))
-- 
2.47.3