diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 276aed6..873cd31 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-static inline int dt_type(struct p9_stat *mistat)
+static inline int dt_type(struct p9_wstat *mistat)
 {
 	unsigned long perm = mistat->mode;
 	int rettype = DT_REG;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	int over;
-	struct p9_stat st;
+	struct p9_wstat st;
 	int err;
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	int buflen;
@@ -92,20 +92,24 @@
 
 		n = err;
 		while (i < n) {
-			err = p9_deserialize_stat(statbuf + i, buflen-i, &st,
+			err = p9stat_read(statbuf + i, buflen-i, &st,
 							fid->clnt->dotu);
-			if (!err) {
+			if (err) {
+				P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "returned %d\n", err);
 				err = -EIO;
+				p9stat_free(&st);
 				goto free_and_exit;
 			}
 
-			i += err;
-			fid->rdir_fpos += err;
+			i += st.size+2;
+			fid->rdir_fpos += st.size+2;
 
-			over = filldir(dirent, st.name.str, st.name.len,
+			over = filldir(dirent, st.name, strlen(st.name),
 			    filp->f_pos, v9fs_qid2ino(&st.qid), dt_type(&st));
 
-			filp->f_pos += st.size;
+			filp->f_pos += st.size+2;
+
+			p9stat_free(&st);
 
 			if (over) {
 				err = 0;
diff --git a/include/net/9p/9p.h b/include/net/9p/9p.h
index 56c15ae..cb5bc73 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/9p.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/9p.h
@@ -61,21 +61,18 @@
 
 #define P9_DPRINTK(level, format, arg...) \
 do {  \
-	if (level == P9_DEBUG_9P) \
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "(%8.8d) " \
-		format , task_pid_nr(current) , ## arg); \
-	else if ((p9_debug_level & level) == level) \
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "-- %s (%d): " \
-		format , __func__, task_pid_nr(current) , ## arg); \
+	if ((p9_debug_level & level) == level) {\
+		if (level == P9_DEBUG_9P) \
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "(%8.8d) " \
+			format , task_pid_nr(current) , ## arg); \
+		else \
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "-- %s (%d): " \
+			format , __func__, task_pid_nr(current) , ## arg); \
+	} \
 } while (0)
 
-#define PRINT_FCALL_ERROR(s, fcall) P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,   \
-	"%s: %.*s\n", s, fcall?fcall->params.rerror.error.len:0, \
-	fcall?fcall->params.rerror.error.str:"");
-
 #else
 #define P9_DPRINTK(level, format, arg...)  do { } while (0)
-#define PRINT_FCALL_ERROR(s, fcall) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
 #define P9_EPRINTK(level, format, arg...) \
@@ -330,33 +327,6 @@
  * See Also: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/2/stat
  */
 
-struct p9_stat {
-	u16 size;
-	u16 type;
-	u32 dev;
-	struct p9_qid qid;
-	u32 mode;
-	u32 atime;
-	u32 mtime;
-	u64 length;
-	struct p9_str name;
-	struct p9_str uid;
-	struct p9_str gid;
-	struct p9_str muid;
-	struct p9_str extension;	/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_uid;			/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_gid;			/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_muid;			/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-};
-
-/*
- * file metadata (stat) structure used to create Twstat message
- * The is identical to &p9_stat, but the strings don't point to
- * the same memory block and should be freed separately
- *
- * See Also: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/2/stat
- */
-
 struct p9_wstat {
 	u16 size;
 	u16 type;
@@ -498,12 +468,12 @@
 };
 
 struct p9_rstat {
-	struct p9_stat stat;
+	struct p9_wstat stat;
 };
 
 struct p9_twstat {
 	u32 fid;
-	struct p9_stat stat;
+	struct p9_wstat stat;
 };
 
 struct p9_rwstat {
@@ -517,7 +487,6 @@
  * @offset: used by marshalling routines to track currentposition in buffer
  * @capacity: used by marshalling routines to track total capacity
  * @sdata: payload
- * @params: per-operation parameters
  *
  * &p9_fcall represents the structure for all 9P RPC
  * transactions.  Requests are packaged into fcalls, and reponses
@@ -535,66 +504,10 @@
 	size_t capacity;
 
 	uint8_t *sdata;
-
-	union {
-		struct p9_tversion tversion;
-		struct p9_rversion rversion;
-		struct p9_tauth tauth;
-		struct p9_rauth rauth;
-		struct p9_rerror rerror;
-		struct p9_tflush tflush;
-		struct p9_rflush rflush;
-		struct p9_tattach tattach;
-		struct p9_rattach rattach;
-		struct p9_twalk twalk;
-		struct p9_rwalk rwalk;
-		struct p9_topen topen;
-		struct p9_ropen ropen;
-		struct p9_tcreate tcreate;
-		struct p9_rcreate rcreate;
-		struct p9_tread tread;
-		struct p9_rread rread;
-		struct p9_twrite twrite;
-		struct p9_rwrite rwrite;
-		struct p9_tclunk tclunk;
-		struct p9_rclunk rclunk;
-		struct p9_tremove tremove;
-		struct p9_rremove rremove;
-		struct p9_tstat tstat;
-		struct p9_rstat rstat;
-		struct p9_twstat twstat;
-		struct p9_rwstat rwstat;
-	} params;
 };
 
 struct p9_idpool;
 
-int p9_deserialize_stat(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct p9_stat *stat,
-	int dotu);
-int p9_deserialize_fcall(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct p9_fcall *fc, int dotu);
-void p9_set_tag(struct p9_fcall *fc, u16 tag);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tversion(u32 msize, char *version);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tattach(u32 fid, u32 afid, char *uname,
-	char *aname, u32 n_uname, int dotu);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tauth(u32 afid, char *uname, char *aname,
-	u32 n_uname, int dotu);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tflush(u16 oldtag);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twalk(u32 fid, u32 newfid, u16 nwname,
-	char **wnames);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_topen(u32 fid, u8 mode);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tcreate(u32 fid, char *name, u32 perm, u8 mode,
-	char *extension, int dotu);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tread(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twrite(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
-	const char *data);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twrite_u(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
-	const char __user *data);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tclunk(u32 fid);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tremove(u32 fid);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tstat(u32 fid);
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twstat(u32 fid, struct p9_wstat *wstat,
-	int dotu);
-
 int p9_errstr2errno(char *errstr, int len);
 
 struct p9_idpool *p9_idpool_create(void);
diff --git a/include/net/9p/client.h b/include/net/9p/client.h
index 1e49b4d..1f17f3d9 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/client.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/client.h
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@
 struct p9_req_t *p9_tag_lookup(struct p9_client *, u16);
 void p9_client_cb(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req);
 
+int p9stat_read(char *, int, struct p9_wstat *, int);
 void p9stat_free(struct p9_wstat *);
 
+
 #endif /* NET_9P_CLIENT_H */
diff --git a/net/9p/Makefile b/net/9p/Makefile
index c3302d8..1041b7b 100644
--- a/net/9p/Makefile
+++ b/net/9p/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 9pnet-objs := \
 	mod.o \
 	client.o \
-	conv.o \
 	error.o \
 	util.o \
 	protocol.o \
diff --git a/net/9p/conv.c b/net/9p/conv.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ad3a3b..0000000
--- a/net/9p/conv.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1054 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * net/9p/conv.c
- *
- * 9P protocol conversion functions
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/idr.h>
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <net/9p/9p.h>
-
-/*
- * Buffer to help with string parsing
- */
-struct cbuf {
-	unsigned char *sp;
-	unsigned char *p;
-	unsigned char *ep;
-};
-
-static inline void buf_init(struct cbuf *buf, void *data, int datalen)
-{
-	buf->sp = buf->p = data;
-	buf->ep = data + datalen;
-}
-
-static inline int buf_check_overflow(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	return buf->p > buf->ep;
-}
-
-static int buf_check_size(struct cbuf *buf, int len)
-{
-	if (buf->p + len > buf->ep) {
-		if (buf->p < buf->ep) {
-			P9_EPRINTK(KERN_ERR,
-				"buffer overflow: want %d has %d\n", len,
-				(int)(buf->ep - buf->p));
-			dump_stack();
-			buf->p = buf->ep + 1;
-		}
-
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static void *buf_alloc(struct cbuf *buf, int len)
-{
-	void *ret = NULL;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, len)) {
-		ret = buf->p;
-		buf->p += len;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int8(struct cbuf *buf, u8 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 1)) {
-		buf->p[0] = val;
-		buf->p++;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int16(struct cbuf *buf, u16 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 2)) {
-		*(__le16 *) buf->p = cpu_to_le16(val);
-		buf->p += 2;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int32(struct cbuf *buf, u32 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 4)) {
-		*(__le32 *)buf->p = cpu_to_le32(val);
-		buf->p += 4;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int64(struct cbuf *buf, u64 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 8)) {
-		*(__le64 *)buf->p = cpu_to_le64(val);
-		buf->p += 8;
-	}
-}
-
-static char *buf_put_stringn(struct cbuf *buf, const char *s, u16 slen)
-{
-	char *ret;
-
-	ret = NULL;
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, slen + 2)) {
-		buf_put_int16(buf, slen);
-		ret = buf->p;
-		memcpy(buf->p, s, slen);
-		buf->p += slen;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static u8 buf_get_int8(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u8 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 1)) {
-		ret = buf->p[0];
-		buf->p++;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static u16 buf_get_int16(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u16 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 2)) {
-		ret = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *)buf->p);
-		buf->p += 2;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static u32 buf_get_int32(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u32 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 4)) {
-		ret = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)buf->p);
-		buf->p += 4;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static u64 buf_get_int64(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u64 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 8)) {
-		ret = le64_to_cpu(*(__le64 *)buf->p);
-		buf->p += 8;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void buf_get_str(struct cbuf *buf, struct p9_str *vstr)
-{
-	vstr->len = buf_get_int16(buf);
-	if (!buf_check_overflow(buf) && buf_check_size(buf, vstr->len)) {
-		vstr->str = buf->p;
-		buf->p += vstr->len;
-	} else {
-		vstr->len = 0;
-		vstr->str = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_get_qid(struct cbuf *bufp, struct p9_qid *qid)
-{
-	qid->type = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-	qid->version = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	qid->path = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-}
-
-/**
- * p9_size_wstat - calculate the size of a variable length stat struct
- * @wstat: metadata (stat) structure
- * @dotu: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- */
-
-static int p9_size_wstat(struct p9_wstat *wstat, int dotu)
-{
-	int size = 0;
-
-	if (wstat == NULL) {
-		P9_EPRINTK(KERN_ERR, "p9_size_stat: got a NULL stat pointer\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	size =			/* 2 + *//* size[2] */
-	    2 +			/* type[2] */
-	    4 +			/* dev[4] */
-	    1 +			/* qid.type[1] */
-	    4 +			/* qid.vers[4] */
-	    8 +			/* qid.path[8] */
-	    4 +			/* mode[4] */
-	    4 +			/* atime[4] */
-	    4 +			/* mtime[4] */
-	    8 +			/* length[8] */
-	    8;			/* minimum sum of string lengths */
-
-	if (wstat->name)
-		size += strlen(wstat->name);
-	if (wstat->uid)
-		size += strlen(wstat->uid);
-	if (wstat->gid)
-		size += strlen(wstat->gid);
-	if (wstat->muid)
-		size += strlen(wstat->muid);
-
-	if (dotu) {
-		size += 4 +	/* n_uid[4] */
-		    4 +		/* n_gid[4] */
-		    4 +		/* n_muid[4] */
-		    2;		/* string length of extension[4] */
-		if (wstat->extension)
-			size += strlen(wstat->extension);
-	}
-
-	return size;
-}
-
-/**
- * buf_get_stat - safely decode a recieved metadata (stat) structure
- * @bufp: buffer to deserialize
- * @stat: metadata (stat) structure
- * @dotu: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- */
-
-static void
-buf_get_stat(struct cbuf *bufp, struct p9_stat *stat, int dotu)
-{
-	stat->size = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-	stat->type = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-	stat->dev = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->qid.type = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-	stat->qid.version = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->qid.path = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-	stat->mode = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->atime = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->mtime = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->length = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->name);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->uid);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->gid);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->muid);
-
-	if (dotu) {
-		buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->extension);
-		stat->n_uid = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		stat->n_gid = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		stat->n_muid = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * p9_deserialize_stat - decode a received metadata structure
- * @buf: buffer to deserialize
- * @buflen: length of received buffer
- * @stat: metadata structure to decode into
- * @dotu: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- * Note: stat will point to the buf region.
- */
-
-int
-p9_deserialize_stat(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct p9_stat *stat,
-		int dotu)
-{
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-	unsigned char *p;
-
-	buf_init(bufp, buf, buflen);
-	p = bufp->p;
-	buf_get_stat(bufp, stat, dotu);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp))
-		return 0;
-	else
-		return bufp->p - p;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_deserialize_stat);
-
-/**
- * deserialize_fcall - unmarshal a response
- * @buf: recieved buffer
- * @buflen: length of received buffer
- * @rcall: fcall structure to populate
- * @rcalllen: length of fcall structure to populate
- * @dotu: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- */
-
-int
-p9_deserialize_fcall(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct p9_fcall *rcall,
-		       int dotu)
-{
-
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-	int i = 0;
-
-	buf_init(bufp, buf, buflen);
-
-	rcall->size = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	rcall->id = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-	rcall->tag = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-
-	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_CONV, "size %d id %d tag %d\n", rcall->size,
-							rcall->id, rcall->tag);
-
-	switch (rcall->id) {
-	default:
-		P9_EPRINTK(KERN_ERR, "unknown message type: %d\n", rcall->id);
-		return -EPROTO;
-	case P9_RVERSION:
-		rcall->params.rversion.msize = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		buf_get_str(bufp, &rcall->params.rversion.version);
-		break;
-	case P9_RFLUSH:
-		break;
-	case P9_RATTACH:
-		rcall->params.rattach.qid.type = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-		rcall->params.rattach.qid.version = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		rcall->params.rattach.qid.path = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-		break;
-	case P9_RWALK:
-		rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-		if (rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid > P9_MAXWELEM) {
-			P9_EPRINTK(KERN_ERR,
-					"Rwalk with more than %d qids: %d\n",
-					P9_MAXWELEM, rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid);
-			return -EPROTO;
-		}
-
-		for (i = 0; i < rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid; i++)
-			buf_get_qid(bufp, &rcall->params.rwalk.wqids[i]);
-		break;
-	case P9_ROPEN:
-		buf_get_qid(bufp, &rcall->params.ropen.qid);
-		rcall->params.ropen.iounit = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		break;
-	case P9_RCREATE:
-		buf_get_qid(bufp, &rcall->params.rcreate.qid);
-		rcall->params.rcreate.iounit = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		break;
-	case P9_RREAD:
-		rcall->params.rread.count = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		rcall->params.rread.data = bufp->p;
-		buf_check_size(bufp, rcall->params.rread.count);
-		break;
-	case P9_RWRITE:
-		rcall->params.rwrite.count = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		break;
-	case P9_RCLUNK:
-		break;
-	case P9_RREMOVE:
-		break;
-	case P9_RSTAT:
-		buf_get_int16(bufp);
-		buf_get_stat(bufp, &rcall->params.rstat.stat, dotu);
-		break;
-	case P9_RWSTAT:
-		break;
-	case P9_RERROR:
-		buf_get_str(bufp, &rcall->params.rerror.error);
-		if (dotu)
-			rcall->params.rerror.errno = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "buffer overflow\n");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	return bufp->p - bufp->sp;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_deserialize_fcall);
-
-static inline void p9_put_int8(struct cbuf *bufp, u8 val, u8 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int8(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static inline void p9_put_int16(struct cbuf *bufp, u16 val, u16 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int16(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static inline void p9_put_int32(struct cbuf *bufp, u32 val, u32 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int32(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static inline void p9_put_int64(struct cbuf *bufp, u64 val, u64 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int64(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static void
-p9_put_str(struct cbuf *bufp, char *data, struct p9_str *str)
-{
-	int len;
-	char *s;
-
-	if (data)
-		len = strlen(data);
-	else
-		len = 0;
-
-	s = buf_put_stringn(bufp, data, len);
-	if (str) {
-		str->len = len;
-		str->str = s;
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-p9_put_data(struct cbuf *bufp, const char *data, int count,
-		   unsigned char **pdata)
-{
-	*pdata = buf_alloc(bufp, count);
-	if (*pdata == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	memmove(*pdata, data, count);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-p9_put_user_data(struct cbuf *bufp, const char __user *data, int count,
-		   unsigned char **pdata)
-{
-	*pdata = buf_alloc(bufp, count);
-	if (*pdata == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	return copy_from_user(*pdata, data, count);
-}
-
-static void
-p9_put_wstat(struct cbuf *bufp, struct p9_wstat *wstat,
-	       struct p9_stat *stat, int statsz, int dotu)
-{
-	p9_put_int16(bufp, statsz, &stat->size);
-	p9_put_int16(bufp, wstat->type, &stat->type);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->dev, &stat->dev);
-	p9_put_int8(bufp, wstat->qid.type, &stat->qid.type);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->qid.version, &stat->qid.version);
-	p9_put_int64(bufp, wstat->qid.path, &stat->qid.path);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->mode, &stat->mode);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->atime, &stat->atime);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->mtime, &stat->mtime);
-	p9_put_int64(bufp, wstat->length, &stat->length);
-
-	p9_put_str(bufp, wstat->name, &stat->name);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, wstat->uid, &stat->uid);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, wstat->gid, &stat->gid);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, wstat->muid, &stat->muid);
-
-	if (dotu) {
-		p9_put_str(bufp, wstat->extension, &stat->extension);
-		p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->n_uid, &stat->n_uid);
-		p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->n_gid, &stat->n_gid);
-		p9_put_int32(bufp, wstat->n_muid, &stat->n_muid);
-	}
-}
-
-static struct p9_fcall *
-p9_create_common(struct cbuf *bufp, u32 size, u8 id)
-{
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-
-	size += 4 + 1 + 2;	/* size[4] id[1] tag[2] */
-	fc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall) + size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fc)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	fc->sdata = (char *)fc + sizeof(*fc);
-
-	buf_init(bufp, (char *)fc->sdata, size);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, size, &fc->size);
-	p9_put_int8(bufp, id, &fc->id);
-	p9_put_int16(bufp, P9_NOTAG, &fc->tag);
-
-	return fc;
-}
-
-/**
- * p9_set_tag - set the tag field of an &p9_fcall structure
- * @fc: fcall structure to set tag within
- * @tag: tag id to set
- */
-
-void p9_set_tag(struct p9_fcall *fc, u16 tag)
-{
-	fc->tag = tag;
-	*(__le16 *) (fc->sdata + 5) = cpu_to_le16(tag);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_set_tag);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tversion - allocates and creates a T_VERSION request
- * @msize: requested maximum data size
- * @version: version string to negotiate
- *
- */
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tversion(u32 msize, char *version)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 2 + strlen(version);	/* msize[4] version[s] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TVERSION);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, msize, &fc->params.tversion.msize);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, version, &fc->params.tversion.version);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tversion);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tauth - allocates and creates a T_AUTH request
- * @afid: handle to use for authentication protocol
- * @uname: user name attempting to authenticate
- * @aname: mount specifier for remote server
- * @n_uname: numeric id for user attempting to authneticate
- * @dotu: 9P2000.u extension flag
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tauth(u32 afid, char *uname, char *aname,
-	u32 n_uname, int dotu)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	/* afid[4] uname[s] aname[s] */
-	size = 4 + 2 + 2;
-	if (uname)
-		size += strlen(uname);
-
-	if (aname)
-		size += strlen(aname);
-
-	if (dotu)
-		size += 4;	/* n_uname */
-
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TAUTH);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, afid, &fc->params.tauth.afid);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, uname, &fc->params.tauth.uname);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, aname, &fc->params.tauth.aname);
-	if (dotu)
-		p9_put_int32(bufp, n_uname, &fc->params.tauth.n_uname);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tauth);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tattach - allocates and creates a T_ATTACH request
- * @fid: handle to use for the new mount point
- * @afid: handle to use for authentication protocol
- * @uname: user name attempting to attach
- * @aname: mount specifier for remote server
- * @n_uname: numeric id for user attempting to attach
- * @n_uname: numeric id for user attempting to attach
- * @dotu: 9P2000.u extension flag
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *
-p9_create_tattach(u32 fid, u32 afid, char *uname, char *aname,
-	u32 n_uname, int dotu)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	/* fid[4] afid[4] uname[s] aname[s] */
-	size = 4 + 4 + 2 + 2;
-	if (uname)
-		size += strlen(uname);
-
-	if (aname)
-		size += strlen(aname);
-
-	if (dotu)
-		size += 4;	/* n_uname */
-
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TATTACH);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tattach.fid);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, afid, &fc->params.tattach.afid);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, uname, &fc->params.tattach.uname);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, aname, &fc->params.tattach.aname);
-	if (dotu)
-		p9_put_int32(bufp, n_uname, &fc->params.tattach.n_uname);
-
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tattach);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tflush - allocates and creates a T_FLUSH request
- * @oldtag: tag id for the transaction we are attempting to cancel
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tflush(u16 oldtag)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 2;		/* oldtag[2] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TFLUSH);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int16(bufp, oldtag, &fc->params.tflush.oldtag);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tflush);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_twalk - allocates and creates a T_FLUSH request
- * @fid: handle we are traversing from
- * @newfid: a new handle for this transaction
- * @nwname: number of path elements to traverse
- * @wnames: array of path elements
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twalk(u32 fid, u32 newfid, u16 nwname,
-				     char **wnames)
-{
-	int i, size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	if (nwname > P9_MAXWELEM) {
-		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "nwname > %d\n", P9_MAXWELEM);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	size = 4 + 4 + 2;	/* fid[4] newfid[4] nwname[2] ... */
-	for (i = 0; i < nwname; i++) {
-		size += 2 + strlen(wnames[i]);	/* wname[s] */
-	}
-
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TWALK);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.twalk.fid);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, newfid, &fc->params.twalk.newfid);
-	p9_put_int16(bufp, nwname, &fc->params.twalk.nwname);
-	for (i = 0; i < nwname; i++) {
-		p9_put_str(bufp, wnames[i], &fc->params.twalk.wnames[i]);
-	}
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twalk);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_topen - allocates and creates a T_OPEN request
- * @fid: handle we are trying to open
- * @mode: what mode we are trying to open the file in
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_topen(u32 fid, u8 mode)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 1;		/* fid[4] mode[1] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TOPEN);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.topen.fid);
-	p9_put_int8(bufp, mode, &fc->params.topen.mode);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_topen);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tcreate - allocates and creates a T_CREATE request
- * @fid: handle of directory we are trying to create in
- * @name: name of the file we are trying to create
- * @perm: permissions for the file we are trying to create
- * @mode: what mode we are trying to open the file in
- * @extension: 9p2000.u extension string (for special files)
- * @dotu: 9p2000.u enabled flag
- *
- * Note: Plan 9 create semantics include opening the resulting file
- * which is why mode is included.
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tcreate(u32 fid, char *name, u32 perm, u8 mode,
-	char *extension, int dotu)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	/* fid[4] name[s] perm[4] mode[1] */
-	size = 4 + 2 + strlen(name) + 4 + 1;
-	if (dotu) {
-		size += 2 +			/* extension[s] */
-		    (extension == NULL ? 0 : strlen(extension));
-	}
-
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TCREATE);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tcreate.fid);
-	p9_put_str(bufp, name, &fc->params.tcreate.name);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, perm, &fc->params.tcreate.perm);
-	p9_put_int8(bufp, mode, &fc->params.tcreate.mode);
-	if (dotu)
-		p9_put_str(bufp, extension, &fc->params.tcreate.extension);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tcreate);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tread - allocates and creates a T_READ request
- * @fid: handle of the file we are trying to read
- * @offset: offset to start reading from
- * @count: how many bytes to read
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tread(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 8 + 4;	/* fid[4] offset[8] count[4] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TREAD);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tread.fid);
-	p9_put_int64(bufp, offset, &fc->params.tread.offset);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, count, &fc->params.tread.count);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tread);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_twrite - allocates and creates a T_WRITE request from the kernel
- * @fid: handle of the file we are trying to write
- * @offset: offset to start writing at
- * @count: how many bytes to write
- * @data: data to write
- *
- * This function will create a requst with data buffers from the kernel
- * such as the page cache.
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twrite(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
-				      const char *data)
-{
-	int size, err;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	/* fid[4] offset[8] count[4] data[count] */
-	size = 4 + 8 + 4 + count;
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TWRITE);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.twrite.fid);
-	p9_put_int64(bufp, offset, &fc->params.twrite.offset);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, count, &fc->params.twrite.count);
-	err = p9_put_data(bufp, data, count, &fc->params.twrite.data);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(err);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twrite);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_twrite_u - allocates and creates a T_WRITE request from userspace
- * @fid: handle of the file we are trying to write
- * @offset: offset to start writing at
- * @count: how many bytes to write
- * @data: data to write
- *
- * This function will create a request with data buffers from userspace
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twrite_u(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
-				      const char __user *data)
-{
-	int size, err;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	/* fid[4] offset[8] count[4] data[count] */
-	size = 4 + 8 + 4 + count;
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TWRITE);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.twrite.fid);
-	p9_put_int64(bufp, offset, &fc->params.twrite.offset);
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, count, &fc->params.twrite.count);
-	err = p9_put_user_data(bufp, data, count, &fc->params.twrite.data);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(err);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twrite_u);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tclunk - allocate a request to forget about a file handle
- * @fid: handle of the file we closing or forgetting about
- *
- * clunk is used both to close open files and to discard transient handles
- * which may be created during meta-data operations and hierarchy traversal.
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tclunk(u32 fid)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4;		/* fid[4] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TCLUNK);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tclunk.fid);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tclunk);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tremove - allocate and create a request to remove a file
- * @fid: handle of the file or directory we are removing
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tremove(u32 fid)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4;		/* fid[4] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TREMOVE);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tremove.fid);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tremove);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tstat - allocate and populate a request for attributes
- * @fid: handle of the file or directory we are trying to get the attributes of
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_tstat(u32 fid)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4;		/* fid[4] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TSTAT);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tstat.fid);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_tstat);
-
-/**
- * p9_create_tstat - allocate and populate a request to change attributes
- * @fid: handle of the file or directory we are trying to change
- * @wstat: &p9_stat structure with attributes we wish to set
- * @dotu: 9p2000.u enabled flag
- *
- */
-
-struct p9_fcall *p9_create_twstat(u32 fid, struct p9_wstat *wstat,
-				      int dotu)
-{
-	int size, statsz;
-	struct p9_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	statsz = p9_size_wstat(wstat, dotu);
-	size = 4 + 2 + 2 + statsz;	/* fid[4] stat[n] */
-	fc = p9_create_common(bufp, size, P9_TWSTAT);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	p9_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.twstat.fid);
-	buf_put_int16(bufp, statsz + 2);
-	p9_put_wstat(bufp, wstat, &fc->params.twstat.stat, statsz, dotu);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-error:
-	return fc;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_create_twstat);
-
diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index 4ebeffd..92cb60b 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -509,6 +509,19 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int p9stat_read(char *buf, int len, struct p9_wstat *st, int dotu)
+{
+	struct p9_fcall fake_pdu;
+
+	fake_pdu.size = len;
+	fake_pdu.capacity = len;
+	fake_pdu.sdata = buf;
+	fake_pdu.offset = 0;
+
+	return p9pdu_readf(&fake_pdu, dotu, "S", st);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9stat_read);
+
 int p9pdu_prepare(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int16_t tag, int8_t type)
 {
 	return p9pdu_writef(pdu, 0, "dbw", 0, type, tag);