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Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:39:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:39:21 +0900 From: Hyunchul Lee To: Ethan Tidmore Cc: linkinjeon@kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ntfs: Replace ERR_PTR(0) with NULL Message-ID: References: <20260226040355.1974628-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com> <20260226040355.1974628-2-ethantidmore06@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260226040355.1974628-2-ethantidmore06@gmail.com> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 10:03:54PM -0600, Ethan Tidmore wrote: > The variable err is confirmed to be 0 and then never reassigned in the > success path. The function then returns with ERR_PTR(err) which just > equals NULL and can be misleading. > > Detected by Smatch: > fs/ntfs/namei.c:1091 ntfs_mkdir() warn: > passing zero to 'ERR_PTR' > > Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore Looks good to me. Thanks for the patch. Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee > --- > fs/ntfs/namei.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c > index a21eeaec57b4..cecfaabfbfe7 100644 > --- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c > +++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c > @@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir, > } > > d_instantiate_new(dentry, VFS_I(ni)); > - return ERR_PTR(err); > + return NULL; > } > > static int ntfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry) > -- > 2.53.0 > -- Thanks, Hyunchul