linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/7] dio: Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP

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Message-Id: <200904151035.53240.knikanth@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:35:52 +0530
From:	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] dio: Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP_WAIT

Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP_WAIT.
GFP_KERNEL implies __GFP_WAIT.

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>

---

diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index da258e7..05763bb 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct block_device *bdev,
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_vecs);
-	if (bio == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = first_sector;

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