static struct kmem_cache *gb_operation_cache;
 
 /* Workqueue to handle Greybus operation completions. */
-static struct workqueue_struct *gb_operation_recv_workqueue;
+static struct workqueue_struct *gb_operation_workqueue;
 
 /*
  * All operation messages (both requests and responses) begin with
        return ret;
 }
 
+#if 0
 static void gb_operation_request_handle(struct gb_operation *operation)
 {
        struct gb_protocol *protocol = operation->connection->protocol;
                "unexpected incoming request type 0x%02hhx\n", header->type);
        operation->errno = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
- * Either this operation contains an incoming request, or its
- * response has arrived.  An incoming request will have a null
- * response buffer pointer (it is the responsibility of the request
- * handler to allocate and fill in the response buffer).
+ * Complete an operation in non-atomic context.  The operation's
+ * result value should have been set before queueing this.
  */
-static void gb_operation_recv_work(struct work_struct *recv_work)
+static void gb_operation_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct gb_operation *operation;
-       bool incoming_request;
 
-       operation = container_of(recv_work, struct gb_operation, recv_work);
-       incoming_request = operation->response->header == NULL;
-       if (incoming_request)
-               gb_operation_request_handle(operation);
+       operation = container_of(work, struct gb_operation, work);
        gb_operation_complete(operation);
 }
 
                operation->response->operation = operation;
        }
 
-       INIT_WORK(&operation->recv_work, gb_operation_recv_work);
+       INIT_WORK(&operation->work, gb_operation_work);
        operation->callback = NULL;     /* set at submit time */
        init_completion(&operation->completion);
        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&operation->timeout_work, operation_timeout);
        operation->id = operation_id;
        memcpy(operation->request->header, data, size);
 
-       /* The rest will be handled in work queue context */
-       queue_work(gb_operation_recv_workqueue, &operation->recv_work);
+       /* XXX Right now this will just complete the operation */
+       operation->errno = -ENOSYS;
+       queue_work(gb_operation_workqueue, &operation->work);
 }
 
 /*
                memcpy(message->header, data, size);
 
        /* The rest will be handled in work queue context */
-       queue_work(gb_operation_recv_workqueue, &operation->recv_work);
+       queue_work(gb_operation_workqueue, &operation->work);
 }
 
 /*
 {
        operation->canceled = true;
        gb_message_cancel(operation->request);
-       if (operation->response->header)
-               gb_message_cancel(operation->response);
+       gb_message_cancel(operation->response);
 }
 
 int gb_operation_init(void)
        if (!gb_operation_cache)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       gb_operation_recv_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("greybus_recv", 0, 1);
-       if (!gb_operation_recv_workqueue) {
+       gb_operation_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("greybus_operation", 0, 1);
+       if (!gb_operation_workqueue) {
                kmem_cache_destroy(gb_operation_cache);
                gb_operation_cache = NULL;
                return -ENOMEM;
 
 void gb_operation_exit(void)
 {
-       destroy_workqueue(gb_operation_recv_workqueue);
-       gb_operation_recv_workqueue = NULL;
+       destroy_workqueue(gb_operation_workqueue);
+       gb_operation_workqueue = NULL;
        kmem_cache_destroy(gb_operation_cache);
        gb_operation_cache = NULL;
 }