--- 2.4.17rc2aa2/fs/buffer.c.~1~	Wed Dec 19 03:43:24 2001
+++ 2.4.17rc2aa2/fs/buffer.c	Thu Dec 20 19:02:02 2001
@@ -2337,7 +2337,7 @@
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
 	page = find_or_create_page(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping, index, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (IS_ERR(page))
+	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!PageLocked(page))
--- 2.4.17rc2aa2/mm/filemap.c.~1~	Wed Dec 19 03:43:23 2001
+++ 2.4.17rc2aa2/mm/filemap.c	Thu Dec 20 19:37:49 2001
@@ -942,7 +942,6 @@
 	spin_unlock(&pagecache_lock);
 	if (!page) {
 		struct page *newpage = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
-		page = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		if (newpage) {
 			spin_lock(&pagecache_lock);
 			page = __find_lock_page_helper(mapping, index, *hash);