diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index a164e09..0cc2deb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
 
 	if (last_eb_blk) {
 		retval = ocfs2_read_block(inode, last_eb_blk,
-					  &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+					  &eb_bh);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(retval);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
 
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@
 
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4294,9 +4294,7 @@
 		 * ocfs2_figure_insert_type() and ocfs2_add_branch()
 		 * may want it later.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-				       ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et), &bh,
-				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et), &bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_exit(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4762,9 +4760,8 @@
 	if (path->p_tree_depth) {
 		struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-				       ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
-				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
+				       &last_eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_exit(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4921,9 +4918,8 @@
 
 	depth = path->p_tree_depth;
 	if (depth > 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-				       ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
-				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
+				       &last_eb_bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5590,8 +5586,7 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		iput(inode);
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -6990,7 +6985,7 @@
 
 	if (fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth) {
 		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
-					  &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+					  &last_eb_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index f232a0e..c22543b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -263,8 +262,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
-			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
index fd0d774..a2ef9e5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
 
 static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode	       *inode,
 				   u64                  off,
-				   struct buffer_head **bh,
-				   int                  flags);
+				   struct buffer_head **bh);
 
 int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
 		      struct buffer_head  *bh,
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@
 #define OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD         8
 
 static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode *inode, u64 off,
-				   struct buffer_head **bh, int flags)
+				   struct buffer_head **bh)
 {
 	int status = 0;
 
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, off, 1, bh, flags);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, off, 1, bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
 
 bail:
 	return status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 828437c..459e6b8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
-			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -417,8 +416,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -596,8 +594,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	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 3b2cd0f..ec68442 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2024,8 +2024,7 @@
 	} else {
 		/* Boo, we have to go to disk. */
 		/* read bh, cast, ocfs2_refresh_inode */
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno,
-					  bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno, bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail_refresh;
@@ -2086,10 +2085,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  ret_bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, ret_bh);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index 5b48221..2baedac 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, last_eb_blk,
-			       &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, last_eb_blk, &eb_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -384,7 +383,7 @@
 
 		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				       le64_to_cpu(eb->h_next_leaf_blk),
-				       &next_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+				       &next_eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -631,8 +630,7 @@
 	if (ret == 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 7a809be..8d3225a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -545,8 +545,7 @@
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(mark_unwritten && !ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb));
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
@@ -1132,7 +1131,7 @@
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1159,7 +1158,7 @@
 
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
 		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+				       &di_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 6ec31b9..c5ee9e3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (can_lock)
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, args->fi_blkno, &bh, 0);
+		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, args->fi_blkno, 1, &bh, 0);
 	else
 		status = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, args->fi_blkno, 1, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	tmperr = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &bh, readflags);
+	tmperr = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, p_blkno, 1, &bh, readflags);
 	if (tmperr < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 9854fb7..d161fe5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
 	}
 	SET_INODE_JOURNAL(inode);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, bh, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1, bh, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index b77b67b..3ea740d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &alloc_bh, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1,
+				   &alloc_bh, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &alloc_bh, 0);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1,
+				   &alloc_bh, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index e5fc934..485a6aa 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@
 
 	status = ocfs2_read_block(orphan_dir_inode,
 				  OCFS2_I(orphan_dir_inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &orphan_dir_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+				  &orphan_dir_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 92dcd93..ffd48db 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@
 	lgd_blkno = ocfs2_which_cluster_group(main_bm_inode,
 					      first_new_cluster - 1);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(main_bm_inode, lgd_blkno, &group_bh,
-			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(main_bm_inode, lgd_blkno, &group_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index 82d986b..357d3fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 		     (unsigned long long)blkno);
 
 		bh = NULL;  /* Acquire a fresh bh */
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(si->si_inode, blkno, &bh, 0);
+		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(si->si_inode, blkno, 1, &bh, 0);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index f0056b7..c5ff18b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -1172,8 +1172,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd;
 	struct inode *alloc_inode = ac->ac_inode;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, gd_blkno,
-			       &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, gd_blkno, &group_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -1244,7 +1243,7 @@
 
 	status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode,
 				  le64_to_cpu(cl->cl_recs[chain].c_blkno),
-				  &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+				  &group_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1273,8 +1272,7 @@
 		prev_group_bh = group_bh;
 		group_bh = NULL;
 		status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode,
-					  next_group, &group_bh,
-					  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+					  next_group, &group_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1795,8 +1793,7 @@
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_blkno, count,
 	     (unsigned long long)bg_blkno, start_bit);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, bg_blkno, &group_bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, bg_blkno, &group_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
index 8788dc2..cbd03df 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		link = ERR_PTR(status);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 63037bd..c25780a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -537,9 +537,7 @@
 	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-			       le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
-			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc), &blk_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -672,8 +670,7 @@
 		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(inode, blkno,
-					       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -764,9 +761,7 @@
 
 	memset(&xs->bucket, 0, sizeof(xs->bucket));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-			       le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
-			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc), &blk_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -922,8 +917,7 @@
 		blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, p_cluster);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < num_clusters * bpc; i++, blkno++) {
-			ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno,
-					       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out_commit;
@@ -1514,8 +1508,7 @@
 	u64 blk, bg_blkno;
 	u16 bit;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, block, &blk_bh,
-			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, block, &blk_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1773,9 +1766,7 @@
 	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-			       le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
-			       &blk_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc), &blk_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -2216,9 +2207,8 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
-				       header_bh->b_blocknr + block_off,
-				       &name_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, header_bh->b_blocknr + block_off,
+				       &name_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			break;
@@ -2269,7 +2259,7 @@
 	u32 last_hash;
 	u64 blkno;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2285,7 +2275,7 @@
 
 		blkno = p_blkno + bucket * blk_per_bucket;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2898,7 +2888,6 @@
 	u64 blkno = bucket->bhs[0]->b_blocknr;
 	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
 	u16 xh_free_start;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	size_t blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	handle_t *handle;
 	struct buffer_head **bhs;
@@ -3110,8 +3099,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, prev_blkno,
-				       &old_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, prev_blkno, &old_bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			brelse(new_bh);
@@ -3481,7 +3469,7 @@
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, first_bh);
 
 	/* update the new bucket header. */
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, to_blk_start, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, to_blk_start, &bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3868,8 +3856,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno,
-			       &first_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &first_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4220,8 +4207,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(value_blk != (offset + OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE - 1) / blocksize);
 	value_blk += header_bh->b_blocknr;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, value_blk,
-			       &value_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, value_blk, &value_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;