1 files changed, 36 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index e76581ffcf77..0064d38fdb76 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1878,6 +1878,40 @@ static int cifs_partialpagewrite(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
         return rc;
 }
 
+static struct cifs_writedata *
+wdata_alloc_and_fillpages(pgoff_t tofind, struct address_space *mapping,
+                          pgoff_t end, pgoff_t *index,
+                          unsigned int *found_pages)
+{
+        unsigned int nr_pages;
+        struct page **pages;
+        struct cifs_writedata *wdata;
+
+        wdata = cifs_writedata_alloc((unsigned int)tofind,
+                                     cifs_writev_complete);
+        if (!wdata)
+                return NULL;
+
+        /*
+         * find_get_pages_tag seems to return a max of 256 on each
+         * iteration, so we must call it several times in order to
+         * fill the array or the wsize is effectively limited to
+         * 256 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE.
+         */
+        *found_pages = 0;
+        pages = wdata->pages;
+        do {
+                nr_pages = find_get_pages_tag(mapping, index,
+                                              PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY, tofind,
+                                              pages);
+                *found_pages += nr_pages;
+                tofind -= nr_pages;
+                pages += nr_pages;
+        } while (nr_pages && tofind && *index <= end);
+
+        return wdata;
+}
+
 static unsigned int
 wdata_prepare_pages(struct cifs_writedata *wdata, unsigned int found_pages,
                     struct address_space *mapping,
@@ -2025,35 +2059,17 @@ retry:
         while (!done && index <= end) {
                 unsigned int i, nr_pages, found_pages;
                 pgoff_t next = 0, tofind;
-                struct page **pages;
 
                 tofind = min((cifs_sb->wsize / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) - 1,
                                 end - index) + 1;
 
-                wdata = cifs_writedata_alloc((unsigned int)tofind,
-                                             cifs_writev_complete);
+                wdata = wdata_alloc_and_fillpages(tofind, mapping, end, &index,
+                                                  &found_pages);
                 if (!wdata) {
                         rc = -ENOMEM;
                         break;
                 }
 
-                /*
-                 * find_get_pages_tag seems to return a max of 256 on each
-                 * iteration, so we must call it several times in order to
-                 * fill the array or the wsize is effectively limited to
-                 * 256 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE.
-                 */
-                found_pages = 0;
-                pages = wdata->pages;
-                do {
-                        nr_pages = find_get_pages_tag(mapping, &index,
-                                                        PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY,
-                                                        tofind, pages);
-                        found_pages += nr_pages;
-                        tofind -= nr_pages;
-                        pages += nr_pages;
-                } while (nr_pages && tofind && index <= end);
-
                 if (found_pages == 0) {
                         kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
                         break;