Snippet from path resolution code

/* Element is a normal path element */

            /* Isolate it */
            strncpy(path_element, remaining_path, element_size);
            path_element[element_size] = '\0';

            /* Find the directory entry for it */
            status = vfs_find_dirent(parent, path_element, &dirent);

            /* Check an error occurred */
            if (status) {

                /* If not, clean up and return */
                heapmm_free(path_element,
                        CONFIG_FILE_MAX_NAME_LENGTH);

                /* Release parent dirc */
                /* ?!?!? status = ?!?!?! */vfs_dir_cache_release(dirc);

                THROW(status, NULL);
            }

            /* Create new dirc entry for this element */
            newc = vfs_dir_cache_new(dirc, dirent->inode_id);

            assert(newc != NULL);

            /* Release old element */
            vfs_dir_cache_release(dirc);

            /* Update current element */
            dirc = newc;
            parent = dirc->inode;