make d_splice_alias(ERR_PTR(err), dentry) = ERR_PTR(err)

... and simplify the living hell out of callers

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

fs/logfs/dir.c

@@ -371,11 +371,9 @@ static struct dentry *logfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	page_cache_release(page);
 
 	inode = logfs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		printk(KERN_ERR"LogFS: Cannot read inode #%llx for dentry (%lx, %lx)n",
 				ino, dir->i_ino, index);
-		return ERR_CAST(inode);
-	}
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }