*       can futher be kernel-space or user-space addresses.
  *       or it can pointers to struct page's
  */
-static int precopy_buffers(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap,
-                          int buffer_index,
+static int precopy_buffers(int buffer_index,
                           struct iov_iter *iter,
                           size_t total_size)
 {
 
 
        if (total_size) {
-               ret = orangefs_bufmap_copy_from_iovec(bufmap,
-                                                     iter,
+               ret = orangefs_bufmap_copy_from_iovec(iter,
                                                      buffer_index,
                                                      total_size);
                if (ret < 0)
  *       can futher be kernel-space or user-space addresses.
  *       or it can pointers to struct page's
  */
-static int postcopy_buffers(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap,
-                           int buffer_index,
+static int postcopy_buffers(int buffer_index,
                            struct iov_iter *iter,
                            size_t total_size)
 {
         * struct page pointers.
         */
        if (total_size) {
-               ret = orangefs_bufmap_copy_to_iovec(bufmap,
-                                                   iter,
+               ret = orangefs_bufmap_copy_to_iovec(iter,
                                                    buffer_index,
                                                    total_size);
                if (ret < 0)
         * precopy_buffers only pertains to writes.
         */
        if (type == ORANGEFS_IO_WRITE) {
-               ret = precopy_buffers(bufmap,
-                                     buffer_index,
+               ret = precopy_buffers(buffer_index,
                                      iter,
                                      total_size);
                if (ret < 0)
         * postcopy_buffers only pertains to reads.
         */
        if (type == ORANGEFS_IO_READ) {
-               ret = postcopy_buffers(bufmap,
-                                      buffer_index,
+               ret = postcopy_buffers(buffer_index,
                                       iter,
                                       new_op->downcall.resp.io.amt_complete);
                if (ret < 0)
 
  * we've been handed an iovec, we need to copy it to 
  * the shared memory descriptor at "buffer_index".
  */
-int orangefs_bufmap_copy_from_iovec(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap,
-                               struct iov_iter *iter,
+int orangefs_bufmap_copy_from_iovec(struct iov_iter *iter,
                                int buffer_index,
                                size_t size)
 {
-       struct orangefs_bufmap_desc *to = &bufmap->desc_array[buffer_index];
+       struct orangefs_bufmap_desc *to;
        int i;
 
        gossip_debug(GOSSIP_BUFMAP_DEBUG,
                     "%s: buffer_index:%d: size:%zu:\n",
                     __func__, buffer_index, size);
 
-
+       to = &__orangefs_bufmap->desc_array[buffer_index];
        for (i = 0; size; i++) {
                struct page *page = to->page_array[i];
                size_t n = size;
  * we've been handed an iovec, we need to fill it from
  * the shared memory descriptor at "buffer_index".
  */
-int orangefs_bufmap_copy_to_iovec(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap,
-                                   struct iov_iter *iter,
+int orangefs_bufmap_copy_to_iovec(struct iov_iter *iter,
                                    int buffer_index,
                                    size_t size)
 {
-       struct orangefs_bufmap_desc *from = &bufmap->desc_array[buffer_index];
+       struct orangefs_bufmap_desc *from;
        int i;
 
+       from = &__orangefs_bufmap->desc_array[buffer_index];
        gossip_debug(GOSSIP_BUFMAP_DEBUG,
                     "%s: buffer_index:%d: size:%zu:\n",
                     __func__, buffer_index, size);
 
 
 void orangefs_readdir_index_put(int buffer_index);
 
-int orangefs_bufmap_copy_from_iovec(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap,
-                               struct iov_iter *iter,
+int orangefs_bufmap_copy_from_iovec(struct iov_iter *iter,
                                int buffer_index,
                                size_t size);
 
-int orangefs_bufmap_copy_to_iovec(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap,
-                             struct iov_iter *iter,
+int orangefs_bufmap_copy_to_iovec(struct iov_iter *iter,
                              int buffer_index,
                              size_t size);