diff -u -p ceph-0.67.3/src/librados/AioCompletionImpl.h ceph-0.67.3-patched/src/librados/AioCompletionImpl.h
--- ceph-0.67.3/src/librados/AioCompletionImpl.h	2013-09-09 21:47:34.000000000 +0200
+++ ceph-0.67.3-patched/src/librados/AioCompletionImpl.h	2013-09-30 11:14:17.946802146 +0200
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ struct librados::AioCompletionImpl {
 
   // for read
   bool is_read;
-  bufferlist bl, *pbl;
-  char *buf;
+  bufferlist bl;
   unsigned maxlen;
 
   IoCtxImpl *io;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ struct librados::AioCompletionImpl {
   AioCompletionImpl() : lock("AioCompletionImpl lock", false, false),
 			ref(1), rval(0), released(false), ack(false), safe(false),
 			callback_complete(0), callback_safe(0), callback_arg(0),
-			is_read(false), pbl(0), buf(0), maxlen(0),
+			is_read(false), maxlen(0),
 			io(NULL), aio_write_seq(0), aio_write_list_item(this) { }
 
   int set_complete_callback(void *cb_arg, rados_callback_t cb) {
diff -u -p ceph-0.67.3/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc ceph-0.67.3-patched/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc
--- ceph-0.67.3/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc	2013-09-09 21:47:34.000000000 +0200
+++ ceph-0.67.3-patched/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc	2013-09-30 11:14:23.622824966 +0200
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ int librados::IoCtxImpl::aio_operate_rea
 
   c->is_read = true;
   c->io = this;
-  c->pbl = pbl;
 
   Mutex::Locker l(*lock);
   objecter->read(oid, oloc,
@@ -613,11 +612,10 @@ int librados::IoCtxImpl::aio_read(const
 
   c->is_read = true;
   c->io = this;
-  c->pbl = pbl;
 
   Mutex::Locker l(*lock);
   objecter->read(oid, oloc,
-		 off, len, snapid, &c->bl, 0,
+		 off, len, snapid, pbl, 0,
 		 onack, &c->objver);
   return 0;
 }
@@ -633,8 +631,9 @@ int librados::IoCtxImpl::aio_read(const
 
   c->is_read = true;
   c->io = this;
-  c->buf = buf;
   c->maxlen = len;
+  c->bl.clear();
+  c->bl.push_back( buffer::create_static( len, buf ) );
 
   Mutex::Locker l(*lock);
   objecter->read(oid, oloc,
@@ -669,7 +668,6 @@ int librados::IoCtxImpl::aio_sparse_read
 
   c->is_read = true;
   c->io = this;
-  c->pbl = NULL;
 
   onack->m_ops.sparse_read(off, len, m, data_bl, NULL);
 
@@ -1180,15 +1178,6 @@ void librados::IoCtxImpl::C_aio_Ack::fin
     c->safe = true;
   c->cond.Signal();
 
-  if (c->buf && c->bl.length() > 0) {
-    unsigned l = MIN(c->bl.length(), c->maxlen);
-    c->bl.copy(0, l, c->buf);
-    c->rval = c->bl.length();
-  }
-  if (c->pbl) {
-    *c->pbl = c->bl;
-  }
-
   if (c->callback_complete) {
     c->io->client->finisher.queue(new C_AioComplete(c));
   }