diff --git a/fs/smbfs/request.h b/fs/smbfs/request.h
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+++ b/fs/smbfs/request.h
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+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+
+struct smb_request {
+	struct list_head rq_queue;	/* recvq or xmitq for the server */
+
+	atomic_t rq_count;
+
+	wait_queue_head_t rq_wait;
+	int rq_flags;
+	int rq_mid;	/* multiplex ID, set by request.c */
+
+	struct smb_sb_info *rq_server;
+
+	/* header + word count + parameter words + byte count */
+	unsigned char rq_header[SMB_HEADER_LEN + 20*2 + 2];
+
+	int rq_bufsize;
+	unsigned char *rq_buffer;
+
+	/* FIXME: this is not good enough for merging IO requests. */
+	unsigned char *rq_page;
+	int rq_rsize;
+
+	int rq_resp_wct;
+	int rq_resp_bcc;
+
+	int rq_rlen;
+	int rq_bytes_recvd;
+
+	int rq_slen;
+	int rq_bytes_sent;
+
+	int rq_iovlen;
+	struct kvec rq_iov[4];
+
+	int (*rq_setup_read) (struct smb_request *);
+	void (*rq_callback) (struct smb_request *);
+
+	/* ------ trans2 stuff ------ */
+
+	u16 rq_trans2_command;	/* 0 if not a trans2 request */
+	unsigned int rq_ldata;
+	unsigned char *rq_data;
+	unsigned int rq_lparm;
+	unsigned char *rq_parm;
+
+	int rq_fragment;
+	u32 rq_total_data;
+	u32 rq_total_parm;
+	int rq_trans2bufsize;
+	unsigned char *rq_trans2buffer;
+
+	/* ------ response ------ */
+
+	unsigned short rq_rcls;
+	unsigned short rq_err;
+	int rq_errno;
+};
+
+#define SMB_REQ_STATIC		0x0001	/* rq_buffer is static */
+#define SMB_REQ_NORETRY		0x0002	/* request is invalid after retry */
+
+#define SMB_REQ_TRANSMITTED	0x4000	/* all data has been sent */
+#define SMB_REQ_RECEIVED	0x8000	/* reply received, smbiod is done */
+
+#define xSMB_REQ_NOREPLY	0x0004	/* we don't want the reply (if any) */
+#define xSMB_REQ_NORECEIVER	0x0008	/* caller doesn't wait for response */