diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index 0efe8cb..ed83370 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -66,6 +66,40 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static loff_t
+filelayout_get_dense_offset(struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *flseg,
+			    loff_t offset)
+{
+	u32 stripe_width = flseg->stripe_unit * flseg->dsaddr->stripe_count;
+	u64 tmp;
+
+	offset -= flseg->pattern_offset;
+	tmp = offset;
+	do_div(tmp, stripe_width);
+
+	return tmp * flseg->stripe_unit + do_div(offset, flseg->stripe_unit);
+}
+
+/* This function is used by the layout driver to calculate the
+ * offset of the file on the dserver based on whether the
+ * layout type is STRIPE_DENSE or STRIPE_SPARSE
+ */
+static loff_t
+filelayout_get_dserver_offset(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, loff_t offset)
+{
+	struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *flseg = FILELAYOUT_LSEG(lseg);
+
+	switch (flseg->stripe_type) {
+	case STRIPE_SPARSE:
+		return offset;
+
+	case STRIPE_DENSE:
+		return filelayout_get_dense_offset(flseg, offset);
+	}
+
+	BUG();
+}
+
 /*
  * filelayout_check_layout()
  *
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
index bbf60dd..9fef76e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
@@ -83,9 +83,16 @@
 			    generic_hdr);
 }
 
+extern struct nfs_fh *
+nfs4_fl_select_ds_fh(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 j);
+
 extern void nfs4_fl_free_deviceid_callback(struct pnfs_deviceid_node *);
 extern void print_ds(struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds);
 extern void print_deviceid(struct nfs4_deviceid *dev_id);
+u32 nfs4_fl_calc_j_index(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, loff_t offset);
+u32 nfs4_fl_calc_ds_index(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 j);
+struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *nfs4_fl_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
+					u32 ds_idx);
 extern struct nfs4_file_layout_dsaddr *
 nfs4_fl_find_get_deviceid(struct nfs_client *, struct nfs4_deviceid *dev_id);
 struct nfs4_file_layout_dsaddr *
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c
index 8bc91fb..f466fed 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c
@@ -516,3 +516,70 @@
 	return (d == NULL) ? NULL :
 		container_of(d, struct nfs4_file_layout_dsaddr, deviceid);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Want res = (offset - layout->pattern_offset)/ layout->stripe_unit
+ * Then: ((res + fsi) % dsaddr->stripe_count)
+ */
+u32
+nfs4_fl_calc_j_index(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, loff_t offset)
+{
+	struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *flseg = FILELAYOUT_LSEG(lseg);
+	u64 tmp;
+
+	tmp = offset - flseg->pattern_offset;
+	do_div(tmp, flseg->stripe_unit);
+	tmp += flseg->first_stripe_index;
+	return do_div(tmp, flseg->dsaddr->stripe_count);
+}
+
+u32
+nfs4_fl_calc_ds_index(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 j)
+{
+	return FILELAYOUT_LSEG(lseg)->dsaddr->stripe_indices[j];
+}
+
+struct nfs_fh *
+nfs4_fl_select_ds_fh(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 j)
+{
+	struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *flseg = FILELAYOUT_LSEG(lseg);
+	u32 i;
+
+	if (flseg->stripe_type == STRIPE_SPARSE) {
+		if (flseg->num_fh == 1)
+			i = 0;
+		else if (flseg->num_fh == 0)
+			/* Use the MDS OPEN fh set in nfs_read_rpcsetup */
+			return NULL;
+		else
+			i = nfs4_fl_calc_ds_index(lseg, j);
+	} else
+		i = j;
+	return flseg->fh_array[i];
+}
+
+struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *
+nfs4_fl_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 ds_idx)
+{
+	struct nfs4_file_layout_dsaddr *dsaddr = FILELAYOUT_LSEG(lseg)->dsaddr;
+	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds = dsaddr->ds_list[ds_idx];
+
+	if (ds == NULL) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: No data server for offset index %d\n",
+			__func__, ds_idx);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!ds->ds_clp) {
+		int err;
+
+		err = nfs4_ds_connect(NFS_SERVER(lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode),
+					  dsaddr->ds_list[ds_idx]);
+		if (err) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s nfs4_ds_connect error %d\n",
+			       __func__, err);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return ds;
+}