static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode,
				struct ext4_iloc *iloc, int in_mem)
{
	struct ext4_group_desc	*gdp;
	struct buffer_head	*bh;
	struct super_block	*sb = inode->i_sb;
	ext4_fsblk_t		block;
	int			inodes_per_block, inode_offset;

	iloc->bh = NULL;
	if (!ext4_valid_inum(sb, inode->i_ino))
		return -EIO;

	iloc->block_group = (inode->i_ino - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
	gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, iloc->block_group, NULL);
	if (!gdp)
		return -EIO;

	/*
	 * Figure out the offset within the block group inode table
	 */
	inodes_per_block = (EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE(sb) / EXT4_INODE_SIZE(sb));
	inode_offset = ((inode->i_ino - 1) %
			EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb));
	block = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) + (inode_offset / inodes_per_block);
	iloc->offset = (inode_offset % inodes_per_block) * EXT4_INODE_SIZE(sb);

	bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
	if (!bh) {
		ext4_error(sb, "unable to read inode block - "
			   "inode=%lu, block=%llu", inode->i_ino, block);
		return -EIO;
	}
	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
		lock_buffer(bh);

		/*
		 * If the buffer has the write error flag, we have failed
		 * to write out another inode in the same block.  In this
		 * case, we don't have to read the block because we may
		 * read the old inode data successfully.
		 */
		if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);

		if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
			/* someone brought it uptodate while we waited */
			unlock_buffer(bh);
			goto has_buffer;
		}

		/*
		 * If we have all information of the inode in memory and this
		 * is the only valid inode in the block, we need not read the
		 * block.
		 */
		if (in_mem) {
			struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh;
			int i, start;

			start = inode_offset & ~(inodes_per_block - 1);

			/* Is the inode bitmap in cache? */
			bitmap_bh = sb_getblk(sb, ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, gdp));
			if (!bitmap_bh)
				goto make_io;

			/*
			 * If the inode bitmap isn't in cache then the
			 * optimisation may end up performing two reads instead
			 * of one, so skip it.
			 */
			if (!buffer_uptodate(bitmap_bh)) {
				brelse(bitmap_bh);
				goto make_io;
			}
			for (i = start; i < start + inodes_per_block; i++) {
				if (i == inode_offset)
					continue;
				if (ext4_test_bit(i, bitmap_bh->b_data))
					break;
			}
			brelse(bitmap_bh);
			if (i == start + inodes_per_block) {
				/* all other inodes are free, so skip I/O */
				memset(bh->b_data, 0, bh->b_size);
				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
				unlock_buffer(bh);
				goto has_buffer;
			}
		}

make_io:
		/*
		 * If we need to do any I/O, try to pre-readahead extra
		 * blocks from the inode table.
		 */
		if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_inode_readahead_blks) {
			ext4_fsblk_t b, end, table;
			unsigned num;

			table = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp);
			/* s_inode_readahead_blks is always a power of 2 */
			b = block & ~(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_inode_readahead_blks-1);
			if (table > b)
				b = table;
			end = b + EXT4_SB(sb)->s_inode_readahead_blks;
			num = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
			if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
				       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM))
				num -= ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp);
			table += num / inodes_per_block;
			if (end > table)
				end = table;
			while (b <= end)
				sb_breadahead(sb, b++);
		}

		/*
		 * There are other valid inodes in the buffer, this inode
		 * has in-inode xattrs, or we don't have this inode in memory.
		 * Read the block from disk.
		 */
		get_bh(bh);
		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
		submit_bh(READ_META, bh);
		wait_on_buffer(bh);
		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
			ext4_error(sb, "unable to read inode block - inode=%lu,"
				   " block=%llu", inode->i_ino, block);
			brelse(bh);
			return -EIO;
		}
	}
has_buffer:
	iloc->bh = bh;
	return 0;
}