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-rw-r--r--fs/gfs2/ops_export.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
index 4b8c6a9893e..470e8829e7f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
if (!inode)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ /*
+ * In case of an error, @inode carries the error value, and we
+ * have to return that as a(n invalid) pointer to dentry.
+ */
if (IS_ERR(inode))
return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));