* a better backward&forward compatibility, since a small piece of
  * request will be less likely to be broken if disk layout get changed.
  */
-static int ocfs2_info_handle(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_info *info,
-                            int compat_flag)
+static noinline_for_stack int
+ocfs2_info_handle(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_info *info, int compat_flag)
 {
        int i, status = 0;
        u64 req_addr;
 long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
        struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-       int new_clusters;
-       int status;
-       struct ocfs2_space_resv sr;
-       struct ocfs2_new_group_input input;
-       struct reflink_arguments args;
-       const char __user *old_path;
-       const char __user *new_path;
-       bool preserve;
-       struct ocfs2_info info;
        void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+       int status;
 
        switch (cmd) {
        case OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP:
        case OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP64:
        case OCFS2_IOC_UNRESVSP:
        case OCFS2_IOC_UNRESVSP64:
+       {
+               struct ocfs2_space_resv sr;
+
                if (copy_from_user(&sr, (int __user *) arg, sizeof(sr)))
                        return -EFAULT;
 
                return ocfs2_change_file_space(filp, cmd, &sr);
+       }
        case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND:
+       {
+               int new_clusters;
+
                if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
                        return -EPERM;
 
                status = ocfs2_group_extend(inode, new_clusters);
                mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
                return status;
+       }
        case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD:
        case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD64:
+       {
+               struct ocfs2_new_group_input input;
+
                if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
                        return -EPERM;
 
                status = ocfs2_group_add(inode, &input);
                mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
                return status;
+       }
        case OCFS2_IOC_REFLINK:
+       {
+               struct reflink_arguments args;
+               const char __user *old_path;
+               const char __user *new_path;
+               bool preserve;
+
                if (copy_from_user(&args, argp, sizeof(args)))
                        return -EFAULT;
                old_path = (const char __user *)(unsigned long)args.old_path;
                preserve = (args.preserve != 0);
 
                return ocfs2_reflink_ioctl(inode, old_path, new_path, preserve);
+       }
        case OCFS2_IOC_INFO:
+       {
+               struct ocfs2_info info;
+
                if (copy_from_user(&info, argp, sizeof(struct ocfs2_info)))
                        return -EFAULT;
 
                return ocfs2_info_handle(inode, &info, 0);
+       }
        case FITRIM:
        {
                struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;