extern int ext4_trim_fs(struct super_block *, struct fstrim_range *);
 
 /* inode.c */
-struct buffer_head *ext4_getblk(handle_t *, struct inode *,
-                                               ext4_lblk_t, int, int *);
+struct buffer_head *ext4_getblk(handle_t *, struct inode *, ext4_lblk_t, int);
 struct buffer_head *ext4_bread(handle_t *, struct inode *,
                                                ext4_lblk_t, int, int *);
 int ext4_get_block_write(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 
  * `handle' can be NULL if create is zero
  */
 struct buffer_head *ext4_getblk(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-                               ext4_lblk_t block, int create, int *errp)
+                               ext4_lblk_t block, int create)
 {
        struct ext4_map_blocks map;
        struct buffer_head *bh;
-       int fatal = 0, err;
+       int err;
 
        J_ASSERT(handle != NULL || create == 0);
 
        err = ext4_map_blocks(handle, inode, &map,
                              create ? EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE : 0);
 
-       /* ensure we send some value back into *errp */
-       *errp = 0;
-
-       if (create && err == 0)
-               err = -ENOSPC;  /* should never happen */
+       if (err == 0)
+               return create ? ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC) : NULL;
        if (err < 0)
-               *errp = err;
-       if (err <= 0)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(err);
 
        bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk);
-       if (unlikely(!bh)) {
-               *errp = -ENOMEM;
-               return NULL;
-       }
+       if (unlikely(!bh))
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        if (map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_NEW) {
                J_ASSERT(create != 0);
                J_ASSERT(handle != NULL);
                 */
                lock_buffer(bh);
                BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access");
-               fatal = ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, bh);
-               if (!fatal && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+               err = ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, bh);
+               if (unlikely(err)) {
+                       unlock_buffer(bh);
+                       goto errout;
+               }
+               if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
                        memset(bh->b_data, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
                        set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                }
                unlock_buffer(bh);
                BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
                err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, bh);
-               if (!fatal)
-                       fatal = err;
-       } else {
+               if (unlikely(err))
+                       goto errout;
+       } else
                BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "not a new buffer");
-       }
-       if (fatal) {
-               *errp = fatal;
-               brelse(bh);
-               bh = NULL;
-       }
        return bh;
+errout:
+       brelse(bh);
+       return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 struct buffer_head *ext4_bread(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 {
        struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-       bh = ext4_getblk(handle, inode, block, create, err);
+       *err = 0;
+       bh = ext4_getblk(handle, inode, block, create);
+       if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
+               *err = PTR_ERR(bh);
+               return NULL;
+       }
        if (!bh)
                return bh;
        if (buffer_uptodate(bh))