diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h
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+#ifndef _FS_CEPH_OSD_CLIENT_H
+#define _FS_CEPH_OSD_CLIENT_H
+
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/mempool.h>
+#include <linux/rbtree.h>
+
+#include "types.h"
+#include "osdmap.h"
+#include "messenger.h"
+
+struct ceph_msg;
+struct ceph_snap_context;
+struct ceph_osd_request;
+struct ceph_osd_client;
+struct ceph_authorizer;
+struct ceph_pagelist;
+
+/*
+ * completion callback for async writepages
+ */
+typedef void (*ceph_osdc_callback_t)(struct ceph_osd_request *,
+				     struct ceph_msg *);
+
+/* a given osd we're communicating with */
+struct ceph_osd {
+	atomic_t o_ref;
+	struct ceph_osd_client *o_osdc;
+	int o_osd;
+	int o_incarnation;
+	struct rb_node o_node;
+	struct ceph_connection o_con;
+	struct list_head o_requests;
+	struct list_head o_osd_lru;
+	struct ceph_authorizer *o_authorizer;
+	void *o_authorizer_buf, *o_authorizer_reply_buf;
+	size_t o_authorizer_buf_len, o_authorizer_reply_buf_len;
+	unsigned long lru_ttl;
+	int o_marked_for_keepalive;
+	struct list_head o_keepalive_item;
+};
+
+/* an in-flight request */
+struct ceph_osd_request {
+	u64             r_tid;              /* unique for this client */
+	struct rb_node  r_node;
+	struct list_head r_req_lru_item;
+	struct list_head r_osd_item;
+	struct ceph_osd *r_osd;
+	struct ceph_pg   r_pgid;
+	int              r_pg_osds[CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE];
+	int              r_num_pg_osds;
+
+	struct ceph_connection *r_con_filling_msg;
+
+	struct ceph_msg  *r_request, *r_reply;
+	int               r_result;
+	int               r_flags;     /* any additional flags for the osd */
+	u32               r_sent;      /* >0 if r_request is sending/sent */
+	int               r_got_reply;
+
+	struct ceph_osd_client *r_osdc;
+	struct kref       r_kref;
+	bool              r_mempool;
+	struct completion r_completion, r_safe_completion;
+	ceph_osdc_callback_t r_callback, r_safe_callback;
+	struct ceph_eversion r_reassert_version;
+	struct list_head  r_unsafe_item;
+
+	struct inode *r_inode;         	      /* for use by callbacks */
+	void *r_priv;			      /* ditto */
+
+	char              r_oid[40];          /* object name */
+	int               r_oid_len;
+	unsigned long     r_stamp;            /* send OR check time */
+	bool              r_resend;           /* msg send failed, needs retry */
+
+	struct ceph_file_layout r_file_layout;
+	struct ceph_snap_context *r_snapc;    /* snap context for writes */
+	unsigned          r_num_pages;        /* size of page array (follows) */
+	struct page     **r_pages;            /* pages for data payload */
+	int               r_pages_from_pool;
+	int               r_own_pages;        /* if true, i own page list */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+	struct bio       *r_bio;	      /* instead of pages */
+#endif
+
+	struct ceph_pagelist *r_trail;	      /* trailing part of the data */
+};
+
+struct ceph_osd_client {
+	struct ceph_client     *client;
+
+	struct ceph_osdmap     *osdmap;       /* current map */
+	struct rw_semaphore    map_sem;
+	struct completion      map_waiters;
+	u64                    last_requested_map;
+
+	struct mutex           request_mutex;
+	struct rb_root         osds;          /* osds */
+	struct list_head       osd_lru;       /* idle osds */
+	u64                    timeout_tid;   /* tid of timeout triggering rq */
+	u64                    last_tid;      /* tid of last request */
+	struct rb_root         requests;      /* pending requests */
+	struct list_head       req_lru;	      /* pending requests lru */
+	int                    num_requests;
+	struct delayed_work    timeout_work;
+	struct delayed_work    osds_timeout_work;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	struct dentry 	       *debugfs_file;
+#endif
+
+	mempool_t              *req_mempool;
+
+	struct ceph_msgpool	msgpool_op;
+	struct ceph_msgpool	msgpool_op_reply;
+};
+
+struct ceph_osd_req_op {
+	u16 op;           /* CEPH_OSD_OP_* */
+	u32 flags;        /* CEPH_OSD_FLAG_* */
+	union {
+		struct {
+			u64 offset, length;
+			u64 truncate_size;
+			u32 truncate_seq;
+		} extent;
+		struct {
+			const char *name;
+			u32 name_len;
+			const char  *val;
+			u32 value_len;
+			__u8 cmp_op;       /* CEPH_OSD_CMPXATTR_OP_* */
+			__u8 cmp_mode;     /* CEPH_OSD_CMPXATTR_MODE_* */
+		} xattr;
+		struct {
+			const char *class_name;
+			__u8 class_len;
+			const char *method_name;
+			__u8 method_len;
+			__u8 argc;
+			const char *indata;
+			u32 indata_len;
+		} cls;
+		struct {
+			u64 cookie, count;
+		} pgls;
+	        struct {
+		        u64 snapid;
+	        } snap;
+	};
+	u32 payload_len;
+};
+
+extern int ceph_osdc_init(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+			  struct ceph_client *client);
+extern void ceph_osdc_stop(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc);
+
+extern void ceph_osdc_handle_reply(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+				   struct ceph_msg *msg);
+extern void ceph_osdc_handle_map(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+				 struct ceph_msg *msg);
+
+extern void ceph_calc_raw_layout(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+			struct ceph_file_layout *layout,
+			u64 snapid,
+			u64 off, u64 *plen, u64 *bno,
+			struct ceph_osd_request *req,
+			struct ceph_osd_req_op *op);
+
+extern struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_alloc_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+					       int flags,
+					       struct ceph_snap_context *snapc,
+					       struct ceph_osd_req_op *ops,
+					       bool use_mempool,
+					       gfp_t gfp_flags,
+					       struct page **pages,
+					       struct bio *bio);
+
+extern void ceph_osdc_build_request(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
+				    u64 off, u64 *plen,
+				    struct ceph_osd_req_op *src_ops,
+				    struct ceph_snap_context *snapc,
+				    struct timespec *mtime,
+				    const char *oid,
+				    int oid_len);
+
+extern struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_new_request(struct ceph_osd_client *,
+				      struct ceph_file_layout *layout,
+				      struct ceph_vino vino,
+				      u64 offset, u64 *len, int op, int flags,
+				      struct ceph_snap_context *snapc,
+				      int do_sync, u32 truncate_seq,
+				      u64 truncate_size,
+				      struct timespec *mtime,
+				      bool use_mempool, int num_reply);
+
+static inline void ceph_osdc_get_request(struct ceph_osd_request *req)
+{
+	kref_get(&req->r_kref);
+}
+extern void ceph_osdc_release_request(struct kref *kref);
+static inline void ceph_osdc_put_request(struct ceph_osd_request *req)
+{
+	kref_put(&req->r_kref, ceph_osdc_release_request);
+}
+
+extern int ceph_osdc_start_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+				   struct ceph_osd_request *req,
+				   bool nofail);
+extern int ceph_osdc_wait_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+				  struct ceph_osd_request *req);
+extern void ceph_osdc_sync(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc);
+
+extern int ceph_osdc_readpages(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+			       struct ceph_vino vino,
+			       struct ceph_file_layout *layout,
+			       u64 off, u64 *plen,
+			       u32 truncate_seq, u64 truncate_size,
+			       struct page **pages, int nr_pages);
+
+extern int ceph_osdc_writepages(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
+				struct ceph_vino vino,
+				struct ceph_file_layout *layout,
+				struct ceph_snap_context *sc,
+				u64 off, u64 len,
+				u32 truncate_seq, u64 truncate_size,
+				struct timespec *mtime,
+				struct page **pages, int nr_pages,
+				int flags, int do_sync, bool nofail);
+
+#endif
+