diff --git a/fs/nfsd/flexfilelayoutxdr.h b/fs/nfsd/flexfilelayoutxdr.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Tom Haynes <loghyr@primarydata.com>
+ */
+#ifndef _NFSD_FLEXFILELAYOUTXDR_H
+#define _NFSD_FLEXFILELAYOUTXDR_H 1
+
+#include <linux/inet.h>
+#include "xdr4.h"
+
+#define FF_FLAGS_NO_LAYOUTCOMMIT 1
+#define FF_FLAGS_NO_IO_THRU_MDS  2
+#define FF_FLAGS_NO_READ_IO      4
+
+struct xdr_stream;
+
+#define FF_NETID_LEN		(4)
+#define FF_ADDR_LEN		(INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + 8)
+struct pnfs_ff_netaddr {
+	char				netid[FF_NETID_LEN + 1];
+	char				addr[FF_ADDR_LEN + 1];
+	u32				netid_len;
+	u32				addr_len;
+};
+
+struct pnfs_ff_device_addr {
+	struct pnfs_ff_netaddr		netaddr;
+	u32				version;
+	u32				minor_version;
+	u32				rsize;
+	u32				wsize;
+	bool				tightly_coupled;
+};
+
+struct pnfs_ff_layout {
+	u32				flags;
+	u32				stats_collect_hint;
+	kuid_t				uid;
+	kgid_t				gid;
+	struct nfsd4_deviceid		deviceid;
+	stateid_t			stateid;
+	struct nfs_fh			fh;
+};
+
+__be32 nfsd4_ff_encode_getdeviceinfo(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
+		struct nfsd4_getdeviceinfo *gdp);
+__be32 nfsd4_ff_encode_layoutget(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
+		struct nfsd4_layoutget *lgp);
+
+#endif /* _NFSD_FLEXFILELAYOUTXDR_H */