}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_osdc_alloc_request);
 
-static void osd_req_encode_op(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
+static u64 osd_req_encode_op(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
                              struct ceph_osd_op *dst,
                              struct ceph_osd_req_op *src)
 {
+       u64 out_data_len = 0;
+       u64 tmp;
+
        dst->op = cpu_to_le16(src->op);
 
        switch (src->op) {
                break;
        case CEPH_OSD_OP_READ:
        case CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE:
-               dst->extent.offset =
-                       cpu_to_le64(src->extent.offset);
-               dst->extent.length =
-                       cpu_to_le64(src->extent.length);
+               if (src->op == CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE)
+                       out_data_len = src->extent.length;
+               dst->extent.offset = cpu_to_le64(src->extent.offset);
+               dst->extent.length = cpu_to_le64(src->extent.length);
                dst->extent.truncate_size =
                        cpu_to_le64(src->extent.truncate_size);
                dst->extent.truncate_seq =
                dst->cls.method_len = src->cls.method_len;
                dst->cls.indata_len = cpu_to_le32(src->cls.indata_len);
 
+               tmp = req->r_trail.length;
                ceph_pagelist_append(&req->r_trail, src->cls.class_name,
                                     src->cls.class_len);
                ceph_pagelist_append(&req->r_trail, src->cls.method_name,
                                     src->cls.method_len);
                ceph_pagelist_append(&req->r_trail, src->cls.indata,
                                     src->cls.indata_len);
+               out_data_len = req->r_trail.length - tmp;
                break;
        case CEPH_OSD_OP_STARTSYNC:
                break;
                break;
        }
        dst->payload_len = cpu_to_le32(src->payload_len);
+
+       return out_data_len;
 }
 
 /*
  *
  */
 void ceph_osdc_build_request(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
-                            u64 off, u64 len, unsigned int num_ops,
+                            u64 off, unsigned int num_ops,
                             struct ceph_osd_req_op *src_ops,
                             struct ceph_snap_context *snapc, u64 snap_id,
                             struct timespec *mtime)
        dout("oid '%.*s' len %d\n", req->r_oid_len, req->r_oid, req->r_oid_len);
        p += req->r_oid_len;
 
-       /* ops */
+       /* ops--can imply data */
        ceph_encode_16(&p, num_ops);
        src_op = src_ops;
        req->r_request_ops = p;
+       data_len = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < num_ops; i++, src_op++) {
-               osd_req_encode_op(req, p, src_op);
+               data_len += osd_req_encode_op(req, p, src_op);
                p += sizeof(struct ceph_osd_op);
        }
 
        req->r_request_attempts = p;
        p += 4;
 
-       data_len = req->r_trail.length;
-       if (flags & CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE) {
+       /* data */
+       if (flags & CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE)
                req->r_request->hdr.data_off = cpu_to_le16(off);
-               data_len += len;
-       }
        req->r_request->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(data_len);
 
        BUG_ON(p > msg->front.iov_base + msg->front.iov_len);
                ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
                return ERR_PTR(r);
        }
-
        req->r_file_layout = *layout;  /* keep a copy */
 
        snprintf(req->r_oid, sizeof(req->r_oid), "%llx.%08llx", vino.ino, bno);
        req->r_oid_len = strlen(req->r_oid);
 
-       ceph_osdc_build_request(req, off, *plen, num_op, ops,
+       ceph_osdc_build_request(req, off, num_op, ops,
                                snapc, vino.snap, mtime);
 
        return req;