}
 
 /*
- * Wrapper around bdstrat so that we can stop data
- * from going to disk in case we are shutting down the filesystem.
- * Typically user data goes thru this path; one of the exceptions
- * is the superblock.
+ * Wrapper around bdstrat so that we can stop data from going to disk in case
+ * we are shutting down the filesystem.  Typically user data goes thru this
+ * path; one of the exceptions is the superblock.
  */
-int
+void
 xfsbdstrat(
        struct xfs_mount        *mp,
        struct xfs_buf          *bp)
 {
        ASSERT(mp);
-       if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
-               /* Grio redirection would go here
-                * if (XFS_BUF_IS_GRIO(bp)) {
-                */
-
+       if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
                xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
-               return 0;
-       }
 
        xfs_buftrace("XFSBDSTRAT IOERROR", bp);
-       return (xfs_bioerror_relse(bp));
+       xfs_bioerror_relse(bp);
 }
 
 /*
 
 #define xfs_inval_cached_trace(ip, offset, len, first, last)
 #endif
 
-extern int xfsbdstrat(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_buf *);
+/* errors from xfsbdstrat() must be extracted from the buffer */
+extern void xfsbdstrat(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_buf *);
 extern int xfs_bdstrat_cb(struct xfs_buf *);
 extern int xfs_dev_is_read_only(struct xfs_mount *, char *);
 
 
        XFS_BUF_SET_TARGET(bp, log->l_mp->m_logdev_targp);
 
        xfsbdstrat(log->l_mp, bp);
-       if ((error = xfs_iowait(bp)))
+       error = xfs_iowait(bp);
+       if (error)
                xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_bread", log->l_mp,
                                  bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
        return error;
        XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
        XFS_BUF_UNASYNC(bp);
        xfsbdstrat(log->l_mp, bp);
-       if ((error = xfs_iowait(bp))) {
+       error = xfs_iowait(bp);
+       if (error) {
                xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_do_recover",
                                  log->l_mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
                ASSERT(0);
 
                XFS_BUF_UNASYNC(sbp);
                ASSERT(XFS_BUF_TARGET(sbp) == mp->m_ddev_targp);
                xfsbdstrat(mp, sbp);
-               /* Nevermind errors we might get here. */
                error = xfs_iowait(sbp);
                if (error)
                        xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_unmountfs_writesb",
 
                        ASSERT(!XFS_BUF_ISASYNC(bp));
                        XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
                        xfsbdstrat(tp->t_mountp, bp);
-                       xfs_iowait(bp);
-                       if (XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp) != 0) {
+                       error = xfs_iowait(bp);
+                       if (error) {
                                xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_trans_read_buf", mp,
                                                  bp, blkno);
-                               error = XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp);
                                xfs_buf_relse(bp);
                                /*
-                                * We can gracefully recover from most
-                                * read errors. Ones we can't are those
-                                * that happen after the transaction's
-                                * already dirty.
+                                * We can gracefully recover from most read
+                                * errors. Ones we can't are those that happen
+                                * after the transaction's already dirty.
                                 */
                                if (tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_DIRTY)
                                        xfs_force_shutdown(tp->t_mountp,
 
                XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
                XFS_BUF_SET_ADDR(bp, XFS_FSB_TO_DB(ip, imap.br_startblock));
                xfsbdstrat(mp, bp);
-               if ((error = xfs_iowait(bp))) {
+               error = xfs_iowait(bp);
+               if (error) {
                        xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_zero_remaining_bytes(read)",
                                          mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
                        break;
                XFS_BUF_UNREAD(bp);
                XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
                xfsbdstrat(mp, bp);
-               if ((error = xfs_iowait(bp))) {
+               error = xfs_iowait(bp);
+               if (error) {
                        xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_zero_remaining_bytes(write)",
                                          mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
                        break;