size_t payload_len = 0;
 
        BUG_ON(opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_READ && opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE &&
-              opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_DELETE && opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_ZERO &&
-              opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_TRUNCATE);
+              opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_ZERO && opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_TRUNCATE);
 
        op->extent.offset = offset;
        op->extent.length = length;
        case CEPH_OSD_OP_READ:
        case CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE:
        case CEPH_OSD_OP_ZERO:
-       case CEPH_OSD_OP_DELETE:
        case CEPH_OSD_OP_TRUNCATE:
                if (src->op == CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE)
                        request_data_len = src->extent.length;
                ceph_osdc_msg_data_add(req->r_request, osd_data);
                request_data_len = osd_data->pagelist->length;
                break;
+       case CEPH_OSD_OP_CREATE:
+       case CEPH_OSD_OP_DELETE:
+               break;
        default:
                pr_err("unsupported osd opcode %s\n",
                        ceph_osd_op_name(src->op));
        u64 objnum = 0;
        u64 objoff = 0;
        u64 objlen = 0;
-       u32 object_size;
-       u64 object_base;
        int r;
 
        BUG_ON(opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_READ && opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE &&
-              opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_DELETE && opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_ZERO &&
-              opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_TRUNCATE);
+              opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_ZERO && opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_TRUNCATE &&
+              opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_CREATE && opcode != CEPH_OSD_OP_DELETE);
 
        req = ceph_osdc_alloc_request(osdc, snapc, num_ops, use_mempool,
                                        GFP_NOFS);
                return ERR_PTR(r);
        }
 
-       object_size = le32_to_cpu(layout->fl_object_size);
-       object_base = off - objoff;
-       if (!(truncate_seq == 1 && truncate_size == -1ULL)) {
-               if (truncate_size <= object_base) {
-                       truncate_size = 0;
-               } else {
-                       truncate_size -= object_base;
-                       if (truncate_size > object_size)
-                               truncate_size = object_size;
+       if (opcode == CEPH_OSD_OP_CREATE || opcode == CEPH_OSD_OP_DELETE) {
+               osd_req_op_init(req, 0, opcode);
+       } else {
+               u32 object_size = le32_to_cpu(layout->fl_object_size);
+               u32 object_base = off - objoff;
+               if (!(truncate_seq == 1 && truncate_size == -1ULL)) {
+                       if (truncate_size <= object_base) {
+                               truncate_size = 0;
+                       } else {
+                               truncate_size -= object_base;
+                               if (truncate_size > object_size)
+                                       truncate_size = object_size;
+                       }
                }
-       }
-
-       osd_req_op_extent_init(req, 0, opcode, objoff, objlen,
-                               truncate_size, truncate_seq);
 
+               osd_req_op_extent_init(req, 0, opcode, objoff, objlen,
+                                      truncate_size, truncate_seq);
+       }
        /*
         * A second op in the ops array means the caller wants to
         * also issue a include a 'startsync' command so that the