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

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Message-Id: <200904151037.04929.knikanth@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:37:04 +0530
From:	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] swap: Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP_WAIT

Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP_WAIT.

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

---

diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c
index 505f319..8ba052c 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swap.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swap.c
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ static int submit(int rw, pgoff_t page_off, struct page *page,
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_HIGH, 1);
-	if (!bio)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	bio->bi_sector = page_off * (PAGE_SIZE >> 9);
 	bio->bi_bdev = resume_bdev;
 	bio->bi_end_io = end_swap_bio_read;

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