goto fail;
        }
 
-       reply->pagelist = pagelist;
+       ceph_msg_data_set_pagelist(reply, pagelist);
        if (recon_state.flock)
                reply->hdr.version = cpu_to_le16(2);
        reply->hdr.data_len = cpu_to_le32(pagelist->length);
 
 
 extern void ceph_msg_data_set_pages(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct page **pages,
                                size_t length, size_t alignment);
+extern void ceph_msg_data_set_pagelist(struct ceph_msg *msg,
+                               struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist);
+extern void ceph_msg_data_set_bio(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct bio *bio);
+extern void ceph_msg_data_set_trail(struct ceph_msg *msg,
+                               struct ceph_pagelist *trail);
 
 extern struct ceph_msg *ceph_msg_new(int type, int front_len, gfp_t flags,
                                     bool can_fail);
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_msg_data_set_pages);
 
+void ceph_msg_data_set_pagelist(struct ceph_msg *msg,
+                               struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist)
+{
+       /* BUG_ON(!pagelist); */
+       /* BUG_ON(msg->pagelist); */
+
+       msg->pagelist = pagelist;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_msg_data_set_pagelist);
+
+void ceph_msg_data_set_bio(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct bio *bio)
+{
+       /* BUG_ON(!bio); */
+       /* BUG_ON(msg->bio); */
+
+       msg->bio = bio;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_msg_data_set_bio);
+
+void ceph_msg_data_set_trail(struct ceph_msg *msg, struct ceph_pagelist *trail)
+{
+       /* BUG_ON(!trail); */
+       /* BUG_ON(msg->trail); */
+
+       msg->trail = trail;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_msg_data_set_trail);
+
 /*
  * construct a new message with given type, size
  * the new msg has a ref count of 1.
 
                        osd_data->length, osd_data->alignment);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
        } else if (osd_data->type == CEPH_OSD_DATA_TYPE_BIO) {
-               req->r_request->bio = osd_data->bio;
+               ceph_msg_data_set_bio(req->r_request, osd_data->bio);
 #endif
        } else {
                BUG_ON(osd_data->type != CEPH_OSD_DATA_TYPE_NONE);
        }
-       req->r_request->trail = &req->r_trail;
+       ceph_msg_data_set_trail(req->r_request, &req->r_trail);
 
        register_request(osdc, req);
 
                                osd_data->length, osd_data->alignment);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
                } else if (osd_data->type == CEPH_OSD_DATA_TYPE_BIO) {
-                       m->bio = osd_data->bio;
+                       ceph_msg_data_set_bio(m, osd_data->bio);
 #endif
                }
        }