1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 48d74c7391d1..92030e371a94 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -325,12 +325,16 @@ void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dio_end_io);
 
-static int
+static void
 dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct block_device *bdev,
                 sector_t first_sector, int nr_vecs)
 {
         struct bio *bio;
 
+        /*
+         * bio_alloc() is guaranteed to return a bio when called with
+         * __GFP_WAIT and we request a valid number of vectors.
+         */
         bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_vecs);
 
         bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
@@ -342,7 +346,6 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct block_device *bdev,
 
         dio->bio = bio;
         dio->logical_offset_in_bio = dio->cur_page_fs_offset;
-        return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -583,8 +586,9 @@ static int dio_new_bio(struct dio *dio, sector_t start_sector)
                 goto out;
         sector = start_sector << (dio->blkbits - 9);
         nr_pages = min(dio->pages_in_io, bio_get_nr_vecs(dio->map_bh.b_bdev));
+        nr_pages = min(nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
         BUG_ON(nr_pages <= 0);
-        ret = dio_bio_alloc(dio, dio->map_bh.b_bdev, sector, nr_pages);
+        dio_bio_alloc(dio, dio->map_bh.b_bdev, sector, nr_pages);
         dio->boundary = 0;
 out:
         return ret;