* fill osd op in request message.
  */
 static int calc_layout(struct ceph_file_layout *layout, u64 off, u64 *plen,
-                      struct ceph_osd_request *req,
                       struct ceph_osd_req_op *op, u64 *bno)
 {
        u64 orig_len = *plen;
                                op->extent.truncate_size = osize;
                }
        }
-       req->r_num_pages = calc_pages_for(off, *plen);
-       req->r_page_alignment = off & ~PAGE_MASK;
        if (op->op == CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE)
                op->payload_len = *plen;
 
-       dout("calc_layout bno=%llx %llu~%llu (%d pages)\n",
-            *bno, objoff, objlen, req->r_num_pages);
+       dout("calc_layout bno=%llx %llu~%llu\n", *bno, objoff, objlen);
 
        return 0;
 }
        req->r_flags = flags;
 
        /* calculate max write size */
-       r = calc_layout(layout, off, plen, req, ops, &bno);
+       r = calc_layout(layout, off, plen, ops, &bno);
        if (r < 0) {
                ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
                return ERR_PTR(r);
        snprintf(req->r_oid, sizeof(req->r_oid), "%llx.%08llx", vino.ino, bno);
        req->r_oid_len = strlen(req->r_oid);
 
-       /* in case it differs from natural (file) alignment that
-          calc_layout filled in for us */
+       /* The alignment may differ from the natural (file) alignment */
+
        req->r_num_pages = calc_pages_for(page_align, *plen);
        req->r_page_alignment = page_align;