diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.h b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.h
index fa02621..9a405e8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.h
@@ -59,6 +59,26 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * per-I/O operation state
+ * embedded in objects provider io_state data structure
+ */
+struct objlayout_io_state {
+	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg;
+
+	struct page **pages;
+	unsigned pgbase;
+	unsigned nr_pages;
+	unsigned long count;
+	loff_t offset;
+	bool sync;
+
+	void *rpcdata;
+	int status;             /* res */
+	int eof;                /* res */
+	int committed;          /* res */
+};
+
+/*
  * Raid engine I/O API
  */
 extern int objio_alloc_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment **outp,
@@ -68,9 +88,24 @@
 	gfp_t gfp_flags);
 extern void objio_free_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
 
+extern int objio_alloc_io_state(
+	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
+	struct objlayout_io_state **outp,
+	gfp_t gfp_flags);
+extern void objio_free_io_state(struct objlayout_io_state *state);
+
+extern ssize_t objio_read_pagelist(struct objlayout_io_state *ol_state);
+extern ssize_t objio_write_pagelist(struct objlayout_io_state *ol_state,
+				    bool stable);
+
 /*
  * callback API
  */
+extern void objlayout_read_done(struct objlayout_io_state *state,
+				ssize_t status, bool sync);
+extern void objlayout_write_done(struct objlayout_io_state *state,
+				 ssize_t status, bool sync);
+
 extern int objlayout_get_deviceinfo(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *pnfslay,
 	struct nfs4_deviceid *d_id, struct pnfs_osd_deviceaddr **deviceaddr,
 	gfp_t gfp_flags);
@@ -89,4 +124,11 @@
 	gfp_t gfp_flags);
 extern void objlayout_free_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *);
 
+extern enum pnfs_try_status objlayout_read_pagelist(
+	struct nfs_read_data *);
+
+extern enum pnfs_try_status objlayout_write_pagelist(
+	struct nfs_write_data *,
+	int how);
+
 #endif /* _OBJLAYOUT_H */