Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (46 commits)
  [PATCH] fs: add a sanity check in d_free
  [PATCH] i_version: remount support
  [patch] vfs: make security_inode_setattr() calling consistent
  [patch 1/3] FS_MBCACHE: don't needlessly make it built-in
  [PATCH] move executable checking into ->permission()
  [PATCH] fs/dcache.c: update comment of d_validate()
  [RFC PATCH] touch_mnt_namespace when the mount flags change
  [PATCH] reiserfs: add missing llseek method
  [PATCH] fix ->llseek for more directories
  [PATCH vfs-2.6 6/6] vfs: add LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET intent
  [PATCH vfs-2.6 5/6] vfs: remove LOOKUP_PARENT from non LOOKUP_PARENT lookup
  [PATCH vfs-2.6 4/6] vfs: remove unnecessary fsnotify_d_instantiate()
  [PATCH vfs-2.6 3/6] vfs: add __d_instantiate() helper
  [PATCH vfs-2.6 2/6] vfs: add d_ancestor()
  [PATCH vfs-2.6 1/6] vfs: replace parent == dentry->d_parent by IS_ROOT()
  [PATCH] get rid of on-stack dentry in udf
  [PATCH 2/2] anondev: switch to IDA
  [PATCH 1/2] anondev: init IDR statically
  [JFFS2] Use d_splice_alias() not d_add() in jffs2_lookup()
  [PATCH] Optimise NFS readdir hack slightly.
  ...

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/fs/efs/namei.c b/fs/efs/namei.c
index 291abb11e20..c3fb5f9c4a4 100644
--- a/fs/efs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/efs/namei.c
@@ -112,35 +112,14 @@ struct dentry *efs_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,
 
 struct dentry *efs_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 {
-	struct dentry *parent;
-	struct inode *inode;
+	struct dentry *parent = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	efs_ino_t ino;
-	long error;
 
 	lock_kernel();
-
-	error = -ENOENT;
 	ino = efs_find_entry(child->d_inode, "..", 2);
-	if (!ino)
-		goto fail;
-
-	inode = efs_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(inode);
-		goto fail;
-	}
-
-	error = -ENOMEM;
-	parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
-	if (!parent)
-		goto fail_iput;
-
+	if (ino)
+		parent = d_obtain_alias(efs_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
 	unlock_kernel();
-	return parent;
 
- fail_iput:
-	iput(inode);
- fail:
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
+	return parent;
 }