namei: ignore ERR/NULL names in putname()
Supporting ERR/NULL names in putname() makes callers code cleaner, and is what some other path walking functions already support for the same reason. This also removes a few existing IS_ERR checks before putname(). Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/CAHk-=wgCac9hBsYzKMpHk0EbLgQaXR=OUAjHaBtaY+G8A9KhFg@mail.gmail.com/Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kadashev <dkadashev@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210708063447.3556403-2-dkadashev@gmail.comSigned-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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