1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 10c5844460cb..a82035867519 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@ static int linear_stop (struct mddev *mddev)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int linear_make_request (struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
+static void linear_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 {
         struct dev_info *tmp_dev;
         sector_t start_sector;
 
         if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)) {
                 md_flush_request(mddev, bio);
-                return 0;
+                return;
         }
 
         rcu_read_lock();
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int linear_make_request (struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
                        (unsigned long long)start_sector);
                 rcu_read_unlock();
                 bio_io_error(bio);
-                return 0;
+                return;
         }
         if (unlikely(bio->bi_sector + (bio->bi_size >> 9) >
                      tmp_dev->end_sector)) {
@@ -307,20 +307,17 @@ static int linear_make_request (struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 
                 bp = bio_split(bio, end_sector - bio->bi_sector);
 
-                if (linear_make_request(mddev, &bp->bio1))
-                        generic_make_request(&bp->bio1);
-                if (linear_make_request(mddev, &bp->bio2))
-                        generic_make_request(&bp->bio2);
+                linear_make_request(mddev, &bp->bio1);
+                linear_make_request(mddev, &bp->bio2);
                 bio_pair_release(bp);
-                return 0;
+                return;
         }
                     
         bio->bi_bdev = tmp_dev->rdev->bdev;
         bio->bi_sector = bio->bi_sector - start_sector
                 + tmp_dev->rdev->data_offset;
         rcu_read_unlock();
-
-        return 1;
+        generic_make_request(bio);
 }
 
 static void linear_status (struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)