[PATCH 1/3] apparmor: Fix return in ns_mkdir_op
Hongling Zeng
zenghongling at kylinos.cn
Sun May 3 04:12:43 UTC 2026
Return NULL instead of passing to ERR_PTR while error is zero.
Fixes smatch warning:
- security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c:1846 ns_mkdir_op() warn:
passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'
Fixes: 88d5baf69082 ("Change inode_operations.mkdir to return struct dentry *")
Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling at kylinos.cn>
---
security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index ededaf46f3ca..1d7b1c70f22a 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ static struct dentry *ns_mkdir_op(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
mutex_unlock(&parent->lock);
aa_put_ns(parent);
- return ERR_PTR(error);
+ return error ? ERR_PTR(error) : NULL;
}
static int ns_rmdir_op(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
--
2.25.1
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