diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 052c4cf7..a164e09 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -705,8 +705,8 @@
 	last_eb_blk = ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et);
 
 	if (last_eb_blk) {
-		retval = ocfs2_read_block(osb, last_eb_blk,
-					  &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		retval = ocfs2_read_block(inode, last_eb_blk,
+					  &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(retval);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1176,8 +1176,7 @@
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
 
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-					  inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1541,8 +1540,7 @@
 
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), blkno,
-				       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4296,9 +4294,9 @@
 		 * ocfs2_figure_insert_type() and ocfs2_add_branch()
 		 * may want it later.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				       ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et), &bh,
-				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_exit(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4764,9 +4762,9 @@
 	if (path->p_tree_depth) {
 		struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				       ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
-				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_exit(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4923,9 +4921,9 @@
 
 	depth = path->p_tree_depth;
 	if (depth > 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				       ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
-				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5592,8 +5590,8 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
+				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		iput(inode);
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -6991,8 +6989,8 @@
 	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&(*tc)->tc_dealloc);
 
 	if (fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth) {
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
-					  &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
+					  &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 98e16fb..f232a0e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+				  &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -260,13 +259,12 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
-			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
+			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index ca4ab7c..718dbe5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -170,22 +170,20 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
-		      struct buffer_head *bhs[], int flags,
-		      struct inode *inode)
+int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
+		      struct buffer_head *bhs[], int flags)
 {
 	int status = 0;
-	struct super_block *sb;
 	int i, ignore_cache = 0;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-	mlog_entry("(block=(%llu), nr=(%d), flags=%d, inode=%p)\n",
-		   (unsigned long long)block, nr, flags, inode);
+	mlog_entry("(inode=%p, block=(%llu), nr=(%d), flags=%d)\n",
+		   inode, (unsigned long long)block, nr, flags);
 
-	BUG_ON((flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD) &&
-	       (!inode || !(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED)));
+	BUG_ON(!inode);
+	BUG_ON((flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD) && !(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED));
 
-	if (osb == NULL || osb->sb == NULL || bhs == NULL) {
+	if (bhs == NULL) {
 		status = -EINVAL;
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -204,19 +202,12 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	sb = osb->sb;
-
-	if (flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED && !inode)
-		flags &= ~OCFS2_BH_CACHED;
-
-	if (inode)
-		mutex_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
 	for (i = 0 ; i < nr ; i++) {
 		if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
-			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(sb, block++);
+			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, block++);
 			if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
-				if (inode)
-					mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+				mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
 				status = -EIO;
 				mlog_errno(status);
 				goto bail;
@@ -347,11 +338,9 @@
 		/* Always set the buffer in the cache, even if it was
 		 * a forced read, or read-ahead which hasn't yet
 		 * completed. */
-		if (inode)
-			ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
+		ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
 	}
-	if (inode)
-		mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
 
 	mlog(ML_BH_IO, "block=(%llu), nr=(%d), cached=%s, flags=0x%x\n", 
 	     (unsigned long long)block, nr,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
index 71646b4..fd0d774 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
@@ -31,21 +31,19 @@
 void ocfs2_end_buffer_io_sync(struct buffer_head *bh,
 			     int uptodate);
 
-static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
+static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode	       *inode,
 				   u64                  off,
 				   struct buffer_head **bh,
-				   int                  flags,
-				   struct inode        *inode);
+				   int                  flags);
 
 int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
 		      struct buffer_head  *bh,
 		      struct inode        *inode);
-int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
+int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode	  *inode,
 		      u64                  block,
 		      int                  nr,
 		      struct buffer_head  *bhs[],
-		      int                  flags,
-		      struct inode        *inode);
+		      int                  flags);
 int ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block,
 			   unsigned int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[]);
 
@@ -55,9 +53,8 @@
 #define OCFS2_BH_CACHED            1
 #define OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD         8
 
-static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct ocfs2_super * osb, u64 off,
-				   struct buffer_head **bh, int flags,
-				   struct inode *inode)
+static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode *inode, u64 off,
+				   struct buffer_head **bh, int flags)
 {
 	int status = 0;
 
@@ -67,8 +64,7 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(osb, off, 1, bh,
-				   flags, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, off, 1, bh, flags);
 
 bail:
 	return status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 3614651..828437c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, dir);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
+			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, dir);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
+			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to read inode block for dir %llu\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index eae3d64..3b2cd0f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2024,8 +2024,8 @@
 	} else {
 		/* Boo, we have to go to disk. */
 		/* read bh, cast, ocfs2_refresh_inode */
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), oi->ip_blkno,
-					  bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno,
+					  bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail_refresh;
@@ -2086,11 +2086,10 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 				  ret_bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  inode);
+				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index a7b1cfa..5b48221 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), last_eb_blk,
-			       &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, last_eb_blk,
+			       &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@
 		if (le64_to_cpu(eb->h_next_leaf_blk) == 0ULL)
 			goto no_more_extents;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				       le64_to_cpu(eb->h_next_leaf_blk),
-				       &next_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+				       &next_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@
 	if (ret == 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 408d5a6..7a809be 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(mark_unwritten && !ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb));
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
+				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
@@ -1132,8 +1132,7 @@
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-			       oi->ip_blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1159,9 +1158,8 @@
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				       OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
-				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+				       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 5222970..6ec31b9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (can_lock)
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, args->fi_blkno, &bh, 0,
-					  inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, args->fi_blkno, &bh, 0);
 	else
 		status = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, args->fi_blkno, 1, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -1166,8 +1165,7 @@
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	tmperr = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), p_blkno, &bh,
-				  readflags, inode);
+	tmperr = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &bh, readflags);
 	if (tmperr < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 10c51b562b..9854fb7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
 	}
 	SET_INODE_JOURNAL(inode);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, bh, 0, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, bh, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 1c4f064..b77b67b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &alloc_bh, 0, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+				  &alloc_bh, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &alloc_bh, 0, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+				  &alloc_bh, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 7d0dd5c..e5fc934 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1752,10 +1752,9 @@
 
 	mlog_entry("(inode->i_ino = %lu)\n", inode->i_ino);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb,
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(orphan_dir_inode,
 				  OCFS2_I(orphan_dir_inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &orphan_dir_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  orphan_dir_inode);
+				  &orphan_dir_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 472d854..92dcd93 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@
 	lgd_blkno = ocfs2_which_cluster_group(main_bm_inode,
 					      first_new_cluster - 1);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, lgd_blkno, &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-			       main_bm_inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(main_bm_inode, lgd_blkno, &group_bh,
+			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index bb5ff89..82d986b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@
 	 * be !NULL.  Thus, ocfs2_read_blocks() will ignore blocknr.  If
 	 * this is not true, the read of -1 (UINT64_MAX) will fail.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(osb, -1, si->si_blocks, si->si_bh, 0,
-				si->si_inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(si->si_inode, -1, si->si_blocks, si->si_bh, 0);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
 		ocfs2_update_slot_info(si);
@@ -404,7 +403,7 @@
 		     (unsigned long long)blkno);
 
 		bh = NULL;  /* Acquire a fresh bh */
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, blkno, &bh, 0, si->si_inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(si->si_inode, blkno, &bh, 0);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 08d8844..f0056b7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -1172,8 +1172,8 @@
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd;
 	struct inode *alloc_inode = ac->ac_inode;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb), gd_blkno,
-			       &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, alloc_inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, gd_blkno,
+			       &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -1242,9 +1242,9 @@
 	     bits_wanted, chain,
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb),
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode,
 				  le64_to_cpu(cl->cl_recs[chain].c_blkno),
-				  &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, alloc_inode);
+				  &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1272,9 +1272,9 @@
 		next_group = le64_to_cpu(bg->bg_next_group);
 		prev_group_bh = group_bh;
 		group_bh = NULL;
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb),
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode,
 					  next_group, &group_bh,
-					  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, alloc_inode);
+					  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1777,7 +1777,6 @@
 {
 	int status = 0;
 	u32 tmp_used;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb);
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) alloc_bh->b_data;
 	struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl = &fe->id2.i_chain;
 	struct buffer_head *group_bh = NULL;
@@ -1796,8 +1795,8 @@
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_blkno, count,
 	     (unsigned long long)bg_blkno, start_bit);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, bg_blkno, &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  alloc_inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, bg_blkno, &group_bh,
+				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
index c6c94b5..8788dc2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 				  bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  inode);
+				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		link = ERR_PTR(status);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 8f522f2..63037bd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@
 	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 			       le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
-			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@
 		blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, p_cluster);
 		/* Copy ocfs2_xattr_value */
 		for (i = 0; i < num_clusters * bpc; i++, blkno++) {
-			ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), blkno,
-					       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno,
+					       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -764,9 +764,9 @@
 
 	memset(&xs->bucket, 0, sizeof(xs->bucket));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 			       le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
-			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -922,8 +922,8 @@
 		blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, p_cluster);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < num_clusters * bpc; i++, blkno++) {
-			ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), blkno,
-					       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno,
+					       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out_commit;
@@ -1514,8 +1514,8 @@
 	u64 blk, bg_blkno;
 	u16 bit;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, block, &blk_bh,
-			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, block, &blk_bh,
+			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1773,9 +1773,9 @@
 	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 			       le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
-			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -2216,9 +2216,9 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				       header_bh->b_blocknr + block_off,
-				       &name_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+				       &name_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			break;
@@ -2269,8 +2269,7 @@
 	u32 last_hash;
 	u64 blkno;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), p_blkno,
-			       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2286,8 +2285,7 @@
 
 		blkno = p_blkno + bucket * blk_per_bucket;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), blkno,
-				       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2359,10 +2357,9 @@
 		 * If we have found the xattr enty, read all the blocks in
 		 * this bucket.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-					xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr + 1,
+		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr + 1,
 					blk_per_bucket - 1, &xs->bucket.bhs[1],
-					OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+					OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2438,9 +2435,8 @@
 	     clusters, blkno);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_buckets; i++, blkno += blk_per_bucket) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-					blkno, blk_per_bucket,
-					bucket.bhs, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, blkno, blk_per_bucket,
+					bucket.bhs, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2705,10 +2701,10 @@
 
 	if (!xs->not_found) {
 		if (OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE != blocksize) {
-			ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+			ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode,
 					xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr + 1,
 					blk_per_bucket - 1, &xs->bucket.bhs[1],
-					OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+					OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				return ret;
@@ -2913,8 +2909,8 @@
 	if (!bhs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(osb, blkno, blk_per_bucket, bhs,
-				OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, blkno, blk_per_bucket, bhs,
+				OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3114,8 +3110,8 @@
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, prev_blkno,
-				       &old_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, prev_blkno,
+				       &old_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			brelse(new_bh);
@@ -3168,9 +3164,9 @@
 	u16 i, blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (!new)
-		return ocfs2_read_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), blkno,
+		return ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, blkno,
 					 blk_per_bucket, bhs,
-					 OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+					 OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
 		bhs[i] = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, blkno + i);
@@ -3485,7 +3481,7 @@
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, first_bh);
 
 	/* update the new bucket header. */
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, to_blk_start, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, to_blk_start, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3872,8 +3868,8 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, p_blkno,
-			       &first_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno,
+			       &first_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4115,10 +4111,10 @@
 	     (unsigned long long)xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr);
 
 	if (!xs->bucket.bhs[1]) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(osb,
+		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode,
 					xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr + 1,
 					blk_per_bucket - 1, &xs->bucket.bhs[1],
-					OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+					OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4224,8 +4220,8 @@
 	BUG_ON(value_blk != (offset + OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE - 1) / blocksize);
 	value_blk += header_bh->b_blocknr;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), value_blk,
-			       &value_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, value_blk,
+			       &value_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;