* Use xfs_imap() to determine the size and location of the
  * buffer to read from disk.
  */
-STATIC int
+int
 xfs_inotobp(
        xfs_mount_t     *mp,
        xfs_trans_t     *tp,
        xfs_ino_t       ino,
        xfs_dinode_t    **dipp,
        xfs_buf_t       **bpp,
-       int             *offset)
+       int             *offset,
+       uint            imap_flags)
 {
        xfs_imap_t      imap;
        xfs_buf_t       *bp;
        int             error;
 
        imap.im_blkno = 0;
-       error = xfs_imap(mp, tp, ino, &imap, XFS_IMAP_LOOKUP);
+       error = xfs_imap(mp, tp, ino, &imap, imap_flags | XFS_IMAP_LOOKUP);
        if (error)
                return error;
 
-       error = xfs_imap_to_bp(mp, tp, &imap, &bp, XFS_BUF_LOCK, 0);
+       error = xfs_imap_to_bp(mp, tp, &imap, &bp, XFS_BUF_LOCK, imap_flags);
        if (error)
                return error;
 
 /*
  * Allocate and initialise an xfs_inode.
  */
-struct xfs_inode *
+STATIC struct xfs_inode *
 xfs_inode_alloc(
        struct xfs_mount        *mp,
        xfs_ino_t               ino)
                        }
                        next_ino = XFS_AGINO_TO_INO(mp, agno, next_agino);
                        error = xfs_inotobp(mp, tp, next_ino, &last_dip,
-                                           &last_ibp, &last_offset);
+                                           &last_ibp, &last_offset, 0);
                        if (error) {
                                cmn_err(CE_WARN,
                        "xfs_iunlink_remove: xfs_inotobp()  returned an error %d on %s.  Returning error.",
 
 #define        XFS_IFEXTIREC   0x08    /* Indirection array of extent blocks */
 
 /*
- * Flags for xfs_itobp(), xfs_imap() and xfs_dilocate().
+ * Flags for xfs_inotobp, xfs_itobp(), xfs_imap() and xfs_dilocate().
  */
 #define XFS_IMAP_LOOKUP                0x1
 #define XFS_IMAP_BULKSTAT      0x2
                                     xfs_fsize_t, int, int);
 int            xfs_iunlink(struct xfs_trans *, xfs_inode_t *);
 
-struct xfs_inode * xfs_inode_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_ino_t);
 void           xfs_idestroy(xfs_inode_t *);
 void           xfs_iextract(xfs_inode_t *);
 void           xfs_iext_realloc(xfs_inode_t *, int, int);
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
+int            xfs_inotobp(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_trans *,
+                           xfs_ino_t, struct xfs_dinode **,
+                           struct xfs_buf **, int *, uint);
 int            xfs_itobp(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_trans *,
                          struct xfs_inode *, struct xfs_dinode **,
                          struct xfs_buf **, xfs_daddr_t, uint, uint);
 
        int                     ubused; /* bytes used by formatter */
        xfs_buf_t               *bp;    /* ptr to on-disk inode cluster buf */
        xfs_dinode_t            *dip;   /* ptr into bp for specific inode */
-       xfs_inode_t             *ip;    /* ptr to in-core inode struct */
 
        /*
         * Get the last inode value, see if there's nothing to do.
 
                                        if (flags & (BULKSTAT_FG_QUICK |
                                                     BULKSTAT_FG_INLINE)) {
+                                               int offset;
+
                                                ino = XFS_AGINO_TO_INO(mp, agno,
                                                                       agino);
                                                bno = XFS_AGB_TO_DADDR(mp, agno,
                                                 */
                                                if (bp)
                                                        xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-                                               ip = xfs_inode_alloc(mp, ino);
-                                               if (!ip) {
-                                                       bp = NULL;
-                                                       rval = ENOMEM;
-                                                       break;
-                                               }
-                                               error = xfs_itobp(mp, NULL, ip,
-                                                               &dip, &bp, bno,
-                                                               XFS_IMAP_BULKSTAT,
-                                                               XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+
+                                               error = xfs_inotobp(mp, NULL, ino, &dip,
+                                                                   &bp, &offset,
+                                                                   XFS_IMAP_BULKSTAT);
+
                                                if (!error)
-                                                       clustidx = ip->i_boffset / mp->m_sb.sb_inodesize;
-                                               xfs_idestroy(ip);
+                                                       clustidx = offset / mp->m_sb.sb_inodesize;
                                                if (XFS_TEST_ERROR(error != 0,
                                                                   mp, XFS_ERRTAG_BULKSTAT_READ_CHUNK,
                                                                   XFS_RANDOM_BULKSTAT_READ_CHUNK)) {