ssize_t written = 0;
        ssize_t ret;
        size_t count = iov_iter_count(from), orig_count;
-       loff_t old_size;
-       u32 old_clusters;
        struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
                ocfs2_iocb_set_unaligned_aio(iocb);
        }
 
-       /*
-        * To later detect whether a journal commit for sync writes is
-        * necessary, we sample i_size, and cluster count here.
-        */
-       old_size = i_size_read(inode);
-       old_clusters = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters;
-
        /* communicate with ocfs2_dio_end_io */
        ocfs2_iocb_set_rw_locked(iocb, rw_level);