return status;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Convenience function for callers which just want the block number
+ * mapped to a name and don't require the full dirent info, etc.
+ */
+int ocfs2_lookup_ino_from_name(struct inode *dir, const char *name,
+                              int namelen, u64 *blkno)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+       struct ocfs2_dir_entry *dirent = NULL;
+
+       ret = ocfs2_find_files_on_disk(name, namelen, blkno, dir, &bh, &dirent);
+       brelse(bh);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /* Check for a name within a directory.
  *
  * Return 0 if the name does not exist
 
                             struct inode *inode,
                             struct buffer_head **dirent_bh,
                             struct ocfs2_dir_entry **dirent);
+int ocfs2_lookup_ino_from_name(struct inode *dir, const char *name,
+                              int namelen, u64 *blkno);
 int ocfs2_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir);
 int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, loff_t *f_pos, void *priv,
                      filldir_t filldir);
 
        struct dentry *parent;
        struct inode *inode;
        struct inode *dir = child->d_inode;
-       struct buffer_head *dirent_bh = NULL;
-       struct ocfs2_dir_entry *dirent;
 
        mlog_entry("(0x%p, '%.*s')\n", child,
                   child->d_name.len, child->d_name.name);
                goto bail;
        }
 
-       status = ocfs2_find_files_on_disk("..", 2, &blkno, dir, &dirent_bh,
-                                         &dirent);
+       status = ocfs2_lookup_ino_from_name(dir, "..", 2, &blkno);
        if (status < 0) {
                parent = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
                goto bail_unlock;
 bail_unlock:
        ocfs2_meta_unlock(dir, 0);
 
-       if (dirent_bh)
-               brelse(dirent_bh);
-
 bail:
        mlog_exit_ptr(parent);
 
 
 {
        int status;
        u64 blkno;
-       struct buffer_head *dirent_bh = NULL;
        struct inode *inode = NULL;
        struct dentry *ret;
-       struct ocfs2_dir_entry *dirent;
        struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi;
 
        mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, '%.*s')\n", dir, dentry,
                goto bail;
        }
 
-       status = ocfs2_find_files_on_disk(dentry->d_name.name,
-                                         dentry->d_name.len, &blkno,
-                                         dir, &dirent_bh, &dirent);
+       status = ocfs2_lookup_ino_from_name(dir, dentry->d_name.name,
+                                           dentry->d_name.len, &blkno);
        if (status < 0)
                goto bail_add;
 
        ocfs2_meta_unlock(dir, 0);
 
 bail:
-       if (dirent_bh)
-               brelse(dirent_bh);
 
        mlog_exit_ptr(ret);
 
 
        char namebuf[40];
        struct inode *inode = NULL;
        u64 blkno;
-       struct buffer_head *dirent_bh = NULL;
-       struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de = NULL;
        int status = 0;
 
        ocfs2_sprintf_system_inode_name(namebuf,
                                        sizeof(namebuf),
                                        type, slot);
 
-       status = ocfs2_find_files_on_disk(namebuf, strlen(namebuf),
-                                         &blkno, osb->sys_root_inode,
-                                         &dirent_bh, &de);
+       status = ocfs2_lookup_ino_from_name(osb->sys_root_inode, namebuf,
+                                           strlen(namebuf), &blkno);
        if (status < 0) {
                goto bail;
        }
                goto bail;
        }
 bail:
-       if (dirent_bh)
-               brelse(dirent_bh);
+
        return inode;
 }