Index: common/bcache.c
===================================================================
--- common/bcache.c
+++ common/bcache.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 	((bc)->bcache_ctl[BHASH((bc), (blkno))].bc_blkno != (blkno))
 #define	BCACHE_READAHEAD	256
 #define	BCACHE_MINREADAHEAD	32
-#define	BCACHE_MARKER		0xdeadbeef
 
 static void	bcache_invalidate(struct bcache *bc, daddr_t blkno);
 static void	bcache_insert(struct bcache *bc, daddr_t blkno);
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@
     u_int i;
     struct bcache *bc = malloc(sizeof (struct bcache));
     int disks = bcache_numdev;
-    uint32_t *marker;
 
     if (disks == 0)
 	disks = 1;	/* safe guard */
@@ -142,8 +140,7 @@
 
     bc->bcache_nblks = bcache_total_nblks >> i;
     bcache_unit_nblks = bc->bcache_nblks;
-    bc->bcache_data = malloc(bc->bcache_nblks * bcache_blksize +
-	sizeof(uint32_t));
+    bc->bcache_data = malloc(bc->bcache_nblks * bcache_blksize);
     if (bc->bcache_data == NULL) {
 	/* dont error out yet. fall back to 32 blocks and try again */
 	bc->bcache_nblks = 32;
@@ -158,9 +155,6 @@
 	errno = ENOMEM;
 	return (NULL);
     }
-    /* Insert cache end marker. */
-    marker = (uint32_t *)(bc->bcache_data + bc->bcache_nblks * bcache_blksize);
-    *marker = BCACHE_MARKER;
 
     /* Flush the cache */
     for (i = 0; i < bc->bcache_nblks; i++) {
@@ -222,7 +216,6 @@
     int				result;
     daddr_t			p_blk;
     caddr_t			p_buf;
-    uint32_t			*marker;
 
     if (bc == NULL) {
 	errno = ENODEV;
@@ -229,8 +222,6 @@
 	return (-1);
     }
 
-    marker = (uint32_t *)(bc->bcache_data + bc->bcache_nblks * bcache_blksize);
-
     if (rsize != NULL)
 	*rsize = 0;
 
@@ -350,12 +341,6 @@
 	result = 0;
     }
 
-    if (*marker != BCACHE_MARKER) {
-	printf("BUG: bcache corruption detected: nblks: %zu p_blk: %lu, "
-	    "p_size: %zu, ra: %zu\n", bc->bcache_nblks,
-	    (long unsigned)BHASH(bc, p_blk), p_size, ra);
-    }
-
  done:
     if ((result == 0) && (rsize != NULL))
 	*rsize = size;