2009-04-15 05:09:55

by Nikanth Karthikesan

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Subject: [PATCH 4/7] ext4: Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP_WAIT

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

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <[email protected]>

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diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 6132353..2a1cb09 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2416,8 +2416,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_zeroout(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex)
len = ee_len;

bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, len);
- if (!bio)
- return -ENOMEM;
bio->bi_sector = ee_pblock;
bio->bi_bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;