[PATCH 6/7] xfs: Remove code handling bio_alloc failure with __GFP_WAIT

Nikanth Karthikesan knikanth at suse.de
Wed Apr 15 00:06:48 CDT 2009


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

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth at suse.de>

---

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index 7ec89fc..fb4f516 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -421,10 +421,7 @@ xfs_alloc_ioend_bio(
 	struct bio		*bio;
 	int			nvecs = bio_get_nr_vecs(bh->b_bdev);
 
-	do {
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nvecs);
-		nvecs >>= 1;
-	} while (!bio);
+	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nvecs);
 
 	ASSERT(bio->bi_private == NULL);
 	bio->bi_sector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);




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