[PATCH v5 26/68] file_setattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename

From: Al Viro

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 23:31:53 EST


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 ddd4939af7b6..f44ce46e1411 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_setattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
return error;

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