inode, ee_block, ppath,
+	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, ee_block, *ppath,
 				flags | EXT4_EX_NOFAIL);
 	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
 		EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "Failed split extent on %u, err %ld",
 				 split, PTR_ERR(path));
+		*ppath = NULL;
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
 	}
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
+	*ppath = path;
 
 	if (EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT & split_flag) {
 		if (split_flag & (EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1|EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2)) {
@@ -3361,9 +3358,12 @@ static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
 	 * Update path is required because previous ext4_split_extent_at() may
 	 * result in split of original leaf or extent zeroout.
 	 */
-	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, ppath, flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(path))
+	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, *ppath, flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
+		*ppath = NULL;
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
+	}
+	*ppath = path;
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
 	if (!ex) {
@@ -3749,9 +3749,12 @@ static int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio(handle_t *handle,
 						 EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
-		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, ppath, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(path))
+		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, *ppath, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(path)) {
+			*ppath = NULL;
 			return PTR_ERR(path);
+		}
+		*ppath = path;
 		depth = ext_depth(inode);
 		ex = path[depth].p_ext;
 	}
@@ -3807,9 +3810,12 @@ convert_initialized_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT_UNWRITTEN);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
-		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, ppath, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(path))
+		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, *ppath, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(path)) {
+			*ppath = NULL;
 			return PTR_ERR(path);
+		}
+		*ppath = path;
 		depth = ext_depth(inode);
 		ex = path[depth].p_ext;
 		if (!ex) {
@@ -5194,7 +5200,7 @@ ext4_ext_shift_extents(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	* won't be shifted beyond EXT_MAX_BLOCKS.
 	*/
 	if (SHIFT == SHIFT_LEFT) {
-		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start - 1, &path,
+		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start - 1, path,
 					EXT4_EX_NOCACHE);
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
 			return PTR_ERR(path);
@@ -5243,7 +5249,7 @@ ext4_ext_shift_extents(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	 * becomes NULL to indicate the end of the loop.
 	 */
 	while (iterator && start <= stop) {
-		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, *iterator, &path,
+		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, *iterator, path,
 					EXT4_EX_NOCACHE);
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
 			return PTR_ERR(path);
@@ -5825,11 +5831,8 @@ int ext4_clu_mapped(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lclu)
 
 	/* search for the extent closest to the first block in the cluster */
 	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, EXT4_C2B(sbi, lclu), NULL, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(path);
-		path = NULL;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(path))
+		return PTR_ERR(path);
 
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 
@@ -5913,7 +5916,7 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 
-		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, &path, 0);
+		path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, path, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(path))
 			return PTR_ERR(path);
 		ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
@@ -5927,7 +5930,7 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
 
-			path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, &path, 0);
+			path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, path, 0);
 			if (IS_ERR(path))
 				return PTR_ERR(path);
 			ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index a3b0acca02ca5..d5636a2a718a8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@ static inline int
 get_ext_path(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblock,
 		struct ext4_ext_path **ppath)
 {
-	struct ext4_ext_path *path;
+	struct ext4_ext_path *path = *ppath;
 
-	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, lblock, ppath, EXT4_EX_NOCACHE);
+	*ppath = NULL;
+	path = ext4_find_extent(inode, lblock, path, EXT4_EX_NOCACHE);
 	if (IS_ERR(path))
 		return PTR_ERR(path);
 	if (path[ext_depth(inode)].p_ext == NULL) {
 		ext4_free_ext_path(path);
-		*ppath = NULL;
 		return -ENODATA;
 	}
+	*ppath = path;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.51.0[PATCH 6.6.y 1/5] ext4: get rid of ppath in ext4_find_extent()Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> undefinedstable@vger.kernel.org undefined undefined undefined undefined undefinedž