diff --git a/fs/ceph/pagelist.h b/fs/ceph/pagelist.h
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+++ b/fs/ceph/pagelist.h
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+#ifndef __FS_CEPH_PAGELIST_H
+#define __FS_CEPH_PAGELIST_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+struct ceph_pagelist {
+	struct list_head head;
+	void *mapped_tail;
+	size_t length;
+	size_t room;
+};
+
+static inline void ceph_pagelist_init(struct ceph_pagelist *pl)
+{
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pl->head);
+	pl->mapped_tail = NULL;
+	pl->length = 0;
+	pl->room = 0;
+}
+extern int ceph_pagelist_release(struct ceph_pagelist *pl);
+
+extern int ceph_pagelist_append(struct ceph_pagelist *pl, void *d, size_t l);
+
+static inline int ceph_pagelist_encode_64(struct ceph_pagelist *pl, u64 v)
+{
+	__le64 ev = cpu_to_le64(v);
+	return ceph_pagelist_append(pl, &ev, sizeof(ev));
+}
+static inline int ceph_pagelist_encode_32(struct ceph_pagelist *pl, u32 v)
+{
+	__le32 ev = cpu_to_le32(v);
+	return ceph_pagelist_append(pl, &ev, sizeof(ev));
+}
+static inline int ceph_pagelist_encode_16(struct ceph_pagelist *pl, u16 v)
+{
+	__le16 ev = cpu_to_le16(v);
+	return ceph_pagelist_append(pl, &ev, sizeof(ev));
+}
+static inline int ceph_pagelist_encode_8(struct ceph_pagelist *pl, u8 v)
+{
+	return ceph_pagelist_append(pl, &v, 1);
+}
+static inline int ceph_pagelist_encode_string(struct ceph_pagelist *pl,
+					      char *s, size_t len)
+{
+	int ret = ceph_pagelist_encode_32(pl, len);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	if (len)
+		return ceph_pagelist_append(pl, s, len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif