Re: [PATCH v2] exfat: add missing brelse() calls on error paths

[Markus Elfring]

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> +++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
> @@ -1077,10 +1077,14 @@ static int exfat_rename_file(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
>
>  		epold = exfat_get_dentry(sb, p_dir, oldentry + 1, &old_bh,
>  			&sector_old);
> +		if (!epold)
> +			return -EIO;
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Can it become helpful to annotate such null pointer checks for branch prediction?
Would you like to indicate a likelihood in any way?

Regards,
Markus