diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 5ab87e6..8c29ae1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
 	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext2_xattr_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ce)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, &hash);
+	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, hash);
 	if (error) {
 		mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 		if (error == -EBUSY) {
@@ -917,8 +917,8 @@
 		return NULL;  /* never share */
 	ea_idebug(inode, "looking for cached blocks [%x]", (int)hash);
 again:
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext2_xattr_cache, 0,
-				       inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext2_xattr_cache, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				       hash);
 	while (ce) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
 			unlock_buffer(bh);
 			brelse(bh);
 		}
-		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, 0, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1026,9 +1026,7 @@
 int __init
 init_ext2_xattr(void)
 {
-	ext2_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext2_xattr", NULL,
-		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-		sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]), 1, 6);
+	ext2_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext2_xattr", 6);
 	if (!ext2_xattr_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index 71fb8d6..e69dc6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "out of memory");
 		return;
 	}
-	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, &hash);
+	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, hash);
 	if (error) {
 		mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 		if (error == -EBUSY) {
@@ -1211,8 +1211,8 @@
 		return NULL;  /* never share */
 	ea_idebug(inode, "looking for cached blocks [%x]", (int)hash);
 again:
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext3_xattr_cache, 0,
-				       inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext3_xattr_cache, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				       hash);
 	while (ce) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@
 			return bh;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
-		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, 0, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1313,9 +1313,7 @@
 int __init
 init_ext3_xattr(void)
 {
-	ext3_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext3_xattr", NULL,
-		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-		sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]), 1, 6);
+	ext3_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext3_xattr", 6);
 	if (!ext3_xattr_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 0433800..1c93198 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "out of memory");
 		return;
 	}
-	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, &hash);
+	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, hash);
 	if (error) {
 		mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 		if (error == -EBUSY) {
@@ -1490,8 +1490,8 @@
 		return NULL;  /* never share */
 	ea_idebug(inode, "looking for cached blocks [%x]", (int)hash);
 again:
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext4_xattr_cache, 0,
-				       inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext4_xattr_cache, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				       hash);
 	while (ce) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@
 			return bh;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
-		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, 0, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1591,9 +1591,7 @@
 int __init
 init_ext4_xattr(void)
 {
-	ext4_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext4_xattr", NULL,
-		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-		sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]), 1, 6);
+	ext4_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext4_xattr", 6);
 	if (!ext4_xattr_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index e28f21b..8a2cbd8 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -79,15 +79,11 @@
 struct mb_cache {
 	struct list_head		c_cache_list;
 	const char			*c_name;
-	struct mb_cache_op		c_op;
 	atomic_t			c_entry_count;
 	int				c_bucket_bits;
-#ifndef MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT
-	int				c_indexes_count;
-#endif
-	struct kmem_cache			*c_entry_cache;
+	struct kmem_cache		*c_entry_cache;
 	struct list_head		*c_block_hash;
-	struct list_head		*c_indexes_hash[0];
+	struct list_head		*c_index_hash;
 };
 
 
@@ -101,16 +97,6 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(mb_cache_lru_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mb_cache_spinlock);
 
-static inline int
-mb_cache_indexes(struct mb_cache *cache)
-{
-#ifdef MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT
-	return MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT;
-#else
-	return cache->c_indexes_count;
-#endif
-}
-
 /*
  * What the mbcache registers as to get shrunk dynamically.
  */
@@ -132,12 +118,9 @@
 static void
 __mb_cache_entry_unhash(struct mb_cache_entry *ce)
 {
-	int n;
-
 	if (__mb_cache_entry_is_hashed(ce)) {
 		list_del_init(&ce->e_block_list);
-		for (n=0; n<mb_cache_indexes(ce->e_cache); n++)
-			list_del(&ce->e_indexes[n].o_list);
+		list_del(&ce->e_index.o_list);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -148,16 +131,8 @@
 	struct mb_cache *cache = ce->e_cache;
 
 	mb_assert(!(ce->e_used || ce->e_queued));
-	if (cache->c_op.free && cache->c_op.free(ce, gfp_mask)) {
-		/* free failed -- put back on the lru list
-		   for freeing later. */
-		spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-		list_add(&ce->e_lru_list, &mb_cache_lru_list);
-		spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	} else {
-		kmem_cache_free(cache->c_entry_cache, ce);
-		atomic_dec(&cache->c_entry_count);
-	}
+	kmem_cache_free(cache->c_entry_cache, ce);
+	atomic_dec(&cache->c_entry_count);
 }
 
 
@@ -243,72 +218,49 @@
  * memory was available.
  *
  * @name: name of the cache (informal)
- * @cache_op: contains the callback called when freeing a cache entry
- * @entry_size: The size of a cache entry, including
- *              struct mb_cache_entry
- * @indexes_count: number of additional indexes in the cache. Must equal
- *                 MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT if the number of indexes is
- *                 hardwired.
  * @bucket_bits: log2(number of hash buckets)
  */
 struct mb_cache *
-mb_cache_create(const char *name, struct mb_cache_op *cache_op,
-		size_t entry_size, int indexes_count, int bucket_bits)
+mb_cache_create(const char *name, int bucket_bits)
 {
-	int m=0, n, bucket_count = 1 << bucket_bits;
+	int n, bucket_count = 1 << bucket_bits;
 	struct mb_cache *cache = NULL;
 
-	if(entry_size < sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-	   indexes_count * sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]))
-		return NULL;
-
-	cache = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mb_cache) +
-	                indexes_count * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
+	cache = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mb_cache), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cache)
-		goto fail;
+		return NULL;
 	cache->c_name = name;
-	cache->c_op.free = NULL;
-	if (cache_op)
-		cache->c_op.free = cache_op->free;
 	atomic_set(&cache->c_entry_count, 0);
 	cache->c_bucket_bits = bucket_bits;
-#ifdef MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT
-	mb_assert(indexes_count == MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT);
-#else
-	cache->c_indexes_count = indexes_count;
-#endif
 	cache->c_block_hash = kmalloc(bucket_count * sizeof(struct list_head),
 	                              GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cache->c_block_hash)
 		goto fail;
 	for (n=0; n<bucket_count; n++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->c_block_hash[n]);
-	for (m=0; m<indexes_count; m++) {
-		cache->c_indexes_hash[m] = kmalloc(bucket_count *
-		                                 sizeof(struct list_head),
-		                                 GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!cache->c_indexes_hash[m])
-			goto fail;
-		for (n=0; n<bucket_count; n++)
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->c_indexes_hash[m][n]);
-	}
-	cache->c_entry_cache = kmem_cache_create(name, entry_size, 0,
+	cache->c_index_hash = kmalloc(bucket_count * sizeof(struct list_head),
+				      GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cache->c_index_hash)
+		goto fail;
+	for (n=0; n<bucket_count; n++)
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->c_index_hash[n]);
+	cache->c_entry_cache = kmem_cache_create(name,
+		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry), 0,
 		SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD, NULL);
 	if (!cache->c_entry_cache)
-		goto fail;
+		goto fail2;
 
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	list_add(&cache->c_cache_list, &mb_cache_list);
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	return cache;
 
+fail2:
+	kfree(cache->c_index_hash);
+
 fail:
-	if (cache) {
-		while (--m >= 0)
-			kfree(cache->c_indexes_hash[m]);
-		kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
-		kfree(cache);
-	}
+	kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
+	kfree(cache);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -357,7 +309,6 @@
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(free_list);
 	struct list_head *l, *ltmp;
-	int n;
 
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	list_for_each_safe(l, ltmp, &mb_cache_lru_list) {
@@ -384,8 +335,7 @@
 
 	kmem_cache_destroy(cache->c_entry_cache);
 
-	for (n=0; n < mb_cache_indexes(cache); n++)
-		kfree(cache->c_indexes_hash[n]);
+	kfree(cache->c_index_hash);
 	kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
 	kfree(cache);
 }
@@ -429,17 +379,16 @@
  *
  * @bdev: device the cache entry belongs to
  * @block: block number
- * @keys: array of additional keys. There must be indexes_count entries
- *        in the array (as specified when creating the cache).
+ * @key: lookup key
  */
 int
 mb_cache_entry_insert(struct mb_cache_entry *ce, struct block_device *bdev,
-		      sector_t block, unsigned int keys[])
+		      sector_t block, unsigned int key)
 {
 	struct mb_cache *cache = ce->e_cache;
 	unsigned int bucket;
 	struct list_head *l;
-	int error = -EBUSY, n;
+	int error = -EBUSY;
 
 	bucket = hash_long((unsigned long)bdev + (block & 0xffffffff), 
 			   cache->c_bucket_bits);
@@ -454,12 +403,9 @@
 	ce->e_bdev = bdev;
 	ce->e_block = block;
 	list_add(&ce->e_block_list, &cache->c_block_hash[bucket]);
-	for (n=0; n<mb_cache_indexes(cache); n++) {
-		ce->e_indexes[n].o_key = keys[n];
-		bucket = hash_long(keys[n], cache->c_bucket_bits);
-		list_add(&ce->e_indexes[n].o_list,
-			 &cache->c_indexes_hash[n][bucket]);
-	}
+	ce->e_index.o_key = key;
+	bucket = hash_long(key, cache->c_bucket_bits);
+	list_add(&ce->e_index.o_list, &cache->c_index_hash[bucket]);
 	error = 0;
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
@@ -555,13 +501,12 @@
 
 static struct mb_cache_entry *
 __mb_cache_entry_find(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *head,
-		      int index, struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
+		      struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
 {
 	while (l != head) {
 		struct mb_cache_entry *ce =
-			list_entry(l, struct mb_cache_entry,
-			           e_indexes[index].o_list);
-		if (ce->e_bdev == bdev && ce->e_indexes[index].o_key == key) {
+			list_entry(l, struct mb_cache_entry, e_index.o_list);
+		if (ce->e_bdev == bdev && ce->e_index.o_key == key) {
 			DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
 			if (!list_empty(&ce->e_lru_list))
@@ -603,23 +548,20 @@
  * returned cache entry is locked for shared access ("multiple readers").
  *
  * @cache: the cache to search
- * @index: the number of the additonal index to search (0<=index<indexes_count)
  * @bdev: the device the cache entry should belong to
  * @key: the key in the index
  */
 struct mb_cache_entry *
-mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, int index,
-			  struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
+mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, struct block_device *bdev,
+			  unsigned int key)
 {
 	unsigned int bucket = hash_long(key, cache->c_bucket_bits);
 	struct list_head *l;
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 
-	mb_assert(index < mb_cache_indexes(cache));
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	l = cache->c_indexes_hash[index][bucket].next;
-	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_indexes_hash[index][bucket],
-	                           index, bdev, key);
+	l = cache->c_index_hash[bucket].next;
+	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_index_hash[bucket], bdev, key);
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	return ce;
 }
@@ -640,12 +582,11 @@
  * }
  *
  * @prev: The previous match
- * @index: the number of the additonal index to search (0<=index<indexes_count)
  * @bdev: the device the cache entry should belong to
  * @key: the key in the index
  */
 struct mb_cache_entry *
-mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *prev, int index,
+mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *prev,
 			 struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
 {
 	struct mb_cache *cache = prev->e_cache;
@@ -653,11 +594,9 @@
 	struct list_head *l;
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 
-	mb_assert(index < mb_cache_indexes(cache));
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	l = prev->e_indexes[index].o_list.next;
-	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_indexes_hash[index][bucket],
-	                           index, bdev, key);
+	l = prev->e_index.o_list.next;
+	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_index_hash[bucket], bdev, key);
 	__mb_cache_entry_release_unlock(prev);
 	return ce;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/mbcache.h b/include/linux/mbcache.h
index a09b84e..54cbbac 100644
--- a/include/linux/mbcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/mbcache.h
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
   (C) 2001 by Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
 */
 
-/* Hardwire the number of additional indexes */
-#define MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT 1
-
 struct mb_cache_entry {
 	struct list_head		e_lru_list;
 	struct mb_cache			*e_cache;
@@ -18,17 +15,12 @@
 	struct {
 		struct list_head	o_list;
 		unsigned int		o_key;
-	} e_indexes[0];
-};
-
-struct mb_cache_op {
-	int (*free)(struct mb_cache_entry *, gfp_t);
+	} e_index;
 };
 
 /* Functions on caches */
 
-struct mb_cache * mb_cache_create(const char *, struct mb_cache_op *, size_t,
-				  int, int);
+struct mb_cache *mb_cache_create(const char *, int);
 void mb_cache_shrink(struct block_device *);
 void mb_cache_destroy(struct mb_cache *);
 
@@ -36,17 +28,15 @@
 
 struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *, gfp_t);
 int mb_cache_entry_insert(struct mb_cache_entry *, struct block_device *,
-			  sector_t, unsigned int[]);
+			  sector_t, unsigned int);
 void mb_cache_entry_release(struct mb_cache_entry *);
 void mb_cache_entry_free(struct mb_cache_entry *);
 struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_get(struct mb_cache *,
 					  struct block_device *,
 					  sector_t);
-#if !defined(MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT) || (MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT > 0)
-struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, int,
+struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache,
 						 struct block_device *, 
 						 unsigned int);
-struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *, int,
+struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *,
 						struct block_device *, 
 						unsigned int);
-#endif