diff --git a/fs/exofs/Kbuild b/fs/exofs/Kbuild
index c5a5855..352ba14 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/Kbuild
+++ b/fs/exofs/Kbuild
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 #
 
 # ore module library
-obj-$(CONFIG_ORE) += ore.o
+libore-y := ore.o ore_raid.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ORE) += libore.o
 
 exofs-y := inode.o file.o symlink.o namei.o dir.o super.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EXOFS_FS) += exofs.o
diff --git a/fs/exofs/ore.c b/fs/exofs/ore.c
index d92998d..fd6090d 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/ore.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/ore.c
@@ -24,24 +24,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
+#include <linux/lcm.h>
 
-#include <scsi/osd_ore.h>
-
-#define ORE_ERR(fmt, a...) printk(KERN_ERR "ore: " fmt, ##a)
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXOFS_DEBUG
-#define ORE_DBGMSG(fmt, a...) \
-	printk(KERN_NOTICE "ore @%s:%d: " fmt, __func__, __LINE__, ##a)
-#else
-#define ORE_DBGMSG(fmt, a...) \
-	do { if (0) printk(fmt, ##a); } while (0)
-#endif
-
-/* u64 has problems with printk this will cast it to unsigned long long */
-#define _LLU(x) (unsigned long long)(x)
-
-#define ORE_DBGMSG2(M...) do {} while (0)
-/* #define ORE_DBGMSG2 ORE_DBGMSG */
+#include "ore_raid.h"
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Objects Raid Engine ore.ko");
@@ -133,21 +118,81 @@
 	return ore_comp_dev(ios->oc, index);
 }
 
-static int  _get_io_state(struct ore_layout *layout,
-			  struct ore_components *oc, unsigned numdevs,
-			  struct ore_io_state **pios)
+static int  _ore_get_io_state(struct ore_layout *layout,
+			struct ore_components *oc, unsigned numdevs,
+			unsigned sgs_per_dev, unsigned num_par_pages,
+			struct ore_io_state **pios)
 {
 	struct ore_io_state *ios;
+	struct page **pages;
+	struct osd_sg_entry *sgilist;
+	struct __alloc_all_io_state {
+		struct ore_io_state ios;
+		struct ore_per_dev_state per_dev[numdevs];
+		union {
+			struct osd_sg_entry sglist[sgs_per_dev * numdevs];
+			struct page *pages[num_par_pages];
+		};
+	} *_aios;
 
-	/*TODO: Maybe use kmem_cach per sbi of size
-	 * exofs_io_state_size(layout->s_numdevs)
-	 */
-	ios = kzalloc(ore_io_state_size(numdevs), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(!ios)) {
-		ORE_DBGMSG("Failed kzalloc bytes=%d\n",
-			   ore_io_state_size(numdevs));
-		*pios = NULL;
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (likely(sizeof(*_aios) <= PAGE_SIZE)) {
+		_aios = kzalloc(sizeof(*_aios), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (unlikely(!_aios)) {
+			ORE_DBGMSG("Failed kzalloc bytes=%zd\n",
+				   sizeof(*_aios));
+			*pios = NULL;
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		pages = num_par_pages ? _aios->pages : NULL;
+		sgilist = sgs_per_dev ? _aios->sglist : NULL;
+		ios = &_aios->ios;
+	} else {
+		struct __alloc_small_io_state {
+			struct ore_io_state ios;
+			struct ore_per_dev_state per_dev[numdevs];
+		} *_aio_small;
+		union __extra_part {
+			struct osd_sg_entry sglist[sgs_per_dev * numdevs];
+			struct page *pages[num_par_pages];
+		} *extra_part;
+
+		_aio_small = kzalloc(sizeof(*_aio_small), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (unlikely(!_aio_small)) {
+			ORE_DBGMSG("Failed alloc first part bytes=%zd\n",
+				   sizeof(*_aio_small));
+			*pios = NULL;
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		extra_part = kzalloc(sizeof(*extra_part), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (unlikely(!extra_part)) {
+			ORE_DBGMSG("Failed alloc second part bytes=%zd\n",
+				   sizeof(*extra_part));
+			kfree(_aio_small);
+			*pios = NULL;
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		pages = num_par_pages ? extra_part->pages : NULL;
+		sgilist = sgs_per_dev ? extra_part->sglist : NULL;
+		/* In this case the per_dev[0].sgilist holds the pointer to
+		 * be freed
+		 */
+		ios = &_aio_small->ios;
+		ios->extra_part_alloc = true;
+	}
+
+	if (pages) {
+		ios->parity_pages = pages;
+		ios->max_par_pages = num_par_pages;
+	}
+	if (sgilist) {
+		unsigned d;
+
+		for (d = 0; d < numdevs; ++d) {
+			ios->per_dev[d].sglist = sgilist;
+			sgilist += sgs_per_dev;
+		}
+		ios->sgs_per_dev = sgs_per_dev;
 	}
 
 	ios->layout = layout;
@@ -178,9 +223,42 @@
 {
 	struct ore_io_state *ios;
 	unsigned numdevs = layout->group_width * layout->mirrors_p1;
+	unsigned sgs_per_dev = 0, max_par_pages = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = _get_io_state(layout, oc, numdevs, pios);
+	if (layout->parity && length) {
+		unsigned data_devs = layout->group_width - layout->parity;
+		unsigned stripe_size = layout->stripe_unit * data_devs;
+		unsigned pages_in_unit = layout->stripe_unit / PAGE_SIZE;
+		u32 remainder;
+		u64 num_stripes;
+		u64 num_raid_units;
+
+		num_stripes = div_u64_rem(length, stripe_size, &remainder);
+		if (remainder)
+			++num_stripes;
+
+		num_raid_units =  num_stripes * layout->parity;
+
+		if (is_reading) {
+			/* For reads add per_dev sglist array */
+			/* TODO: Raid 6 we need twice more. Actually:
+			*         num_stripes / LCMdP(W,P);
+			*         if (W%P != 0) num_stripes *= parity;
+			*/
+
+			/* first/last seg is split */
+			num_raid_units += layout->group_width;
+			sgs_per_dev = div_u64(num_raid_units, data_devs);
+		} else {
+			/* For Writes add parity pages array. */
+			max_par_pages = num_raid_units * pages_in_unit *
+						sizeof(struct page *);
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = _ore_get_io_state(layout, oc, numdevs, sgs_per_dev, max_par_pages,
+				pios);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
 
@@ -189,10 +267,11 @@
 	ios->offset = offset;
 
 	if (length) {
-		ore_calc_stripe_info(layout, offset, &ios->si);
-		ios->length = (length <= ios->si.group_length) ? length :
-							ios->si.group_length;
+		ore_calc_stripe_info(layout, offset, length, &ios->si);
+		ios->length = ios->si.length;
 		ios->nr_pages = (ios->length + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+		if (layout->parity)
+			_ore_post_alloc_raid_stuff(ios);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -209,7 +288,7 @@
 int  ore_get_io_state(struct ore_layout *layout, struct ore_components *oc,
 		      struct ore_io_state **pios)
 {
-	return _get_io_state(layout, oc, oc->numdevs, pios);
+	return _ore_get_io_state(layout, oc, oc->numdevs, 0, 0, pios);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ore_get_io_state);
 
@@ -227,6 +306,7 @@
 				bio_put(per_dev->bio);
 		}
 
+		_ore_free_raid_stuff(ios);
 		kfree(ios);
 	}
 }
@@ -367,53 +447,65 @@
 /*
  * L - logical offset into the file
  *
- * U - The number of bytes in a stripe within a group
+ * D - number of Data devices
+ *	D = group_width - parity
  *
- *	U = stripe_unit * group_width
+ * U - The number of bytes in a stripe within a group
+ *	U =  stripe_unit * D
  *
  * T - The number of bytes striped within a group of component objects
  *     (before advancing to the next group)
- *
- *	T = stripe_unit * group_width * group_depth
+ *	T = U * group_depth
  *
  * S - The number of bytes striped across all component objects
  *     before the pattern repeats
+ *	S = T * group_count
  *
- *	S = stripe_unit * group_width * group_depth * group_count
- *
- * M - The "major" (i.e., across all components) stripe number
- *
+ * M - The "major" (i.e., across all components) cycle number
  *	M = L / S
  *
- * G - Counts the groups from the beginning of the major stripe
- *
+ * G - Counts the groups from the beginning of the major cycle
  *	G = (L - (M * S)) / T	[or (L % S) / T]
  *
  * H - The byte offset within the group
- *
  *	H = (L - (M * S)) % T	[or (L % S) % T]
  *
  * N - The "minor" (i.e., across the group) stripe number
- *
  *	N = H / U
  *
  * C - The component index coresponding to L
  *
- *	C = (H - (N * U)) / stripe_unit + G * group_width
- *	[or (L % U) / stripe_unit + G * group_width]
+ *	C = (H - (N * U)) / stripe_unit + G * D
+ *	[or (L % U) / stripe_unit + G * D]
  *
  * O - The component offset coresponding to L
- *
  *	O = L % stripe_unit + N * stripe_unit + M * group_depth * stripe_unit
+ *
+ * LCMdP – Parity cycle: Lowest Common Multiple of group_width, parity
+ *          divide by parity
+ *	LCMdP = lcm(group_width, parity) / parity
+ *
+ * R - The parity Rotation stripe
+ *     (Note parity cycle always starts at a group's boundary)
+ *	R = N % LCMdP
+ *
+ * I = the first parity device index
+ *	I = (group_width + group_width - R*parity - parity) % group_width
+ *
+ * Craid - The component index Rotated
+ *	Craid = (group_width + C - R*parity) % group_width
+ *      (We add the group_width to avoid negative numbers modulo math)
  */
 void ore_calc_stripe_info(struct ore_layout *layout, u64 file_offset,
-			  struct ore_striping_info *si)
+			  u64 length, struct ore_striping_info *si)
 {
 	u32	stripe_unit = layout->stripe_unit;
 	u32	group_width = layout->group_width;
 	u64	group_depth = layout->group_depth;
+	u32	parity      = layout->parity;
 
-	u32	U = stripe_unit * group_width;
+	u32	D = group_width - parity;
+	u32	U = D * stripe_unit;
 	u64	T = U * group_depth;
 	u64	S = T * layout->group_count;
 	u64	M = div64_u64(file_offset, S);
@@ -429,22 +521,43 @@
 	u32	N = div_u64(H, U);
 
 	/* "H - (N * U)" is just "H % U" so it's bound to u32 */
-	si->dev = (u32)(H - (N * U)) / stripe_unit + G * group_width;
-	si->dev *= layout->mirrors_p1;
+	u32	C = (u32)(H - (N * U)) / stripe_unit + G * group_width;
 
 	div_u64_rem(file_offset, stripe_unit, &si->unit_off);
 
 	si->obj_offset = si->unit_off + (N * stripe_unit) +
 				  (M * group_depth * stripe_unit);
 
-	si->group_length = T - H;
+	if (parity) {
+		u32 LCMdP = lcm(group_width, parity) / parity;
+		/* R     = N % LCMdP; */
+		u32 RxP   = (N % LCMdP) * parity;
+		u32 first_dev = C - C % group_width;
+
+		si->par_dev = (group_width + group_width - parity - RxP) %
+			      group_width + first_dev;
+		si->dev = (group_width + C - RxP) % group_width + first_dev;
+		si->bytes_in_stripe = U;
+		si->first_stripe_start = M * S + G * T + N * U;
+	} else {
+		/* Make the math correct see _prepare_one_group */
+		si->par_dev = group_width;
+		si->dev = C;
+	}
+
+	si->dev *= layout->mirrors_p1;
+	si->par_dev *= layout->mirrors_p1;
+	si->offset = file_offset;
+	si->length = T - H;
+	if (si->length > length)
+		si->length = length;
 	si->M = M;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ore_calc_stripe_info);
 
-static int _add_stripe_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,  unsigned *cur_pg,
-		unsigned pgbase, struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev,
-		int cur_len)
+int _ore_add_stripe_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,  unsigned *cur_pg,
+			 unsigned pgbase, struct page **pages,
+			 struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, int cur_len)
 {
 	unsigned pg = *cur_pg;
 	struct request_queue *q =
@@ -455,8 +568,11 @@
 	if (per_dev->bio == NULL) {
 		unsigned pages_in_stripe = ios->layout->group_width *
 					(ios->layout->stripe_unit / PAGE_SIZE);
-		unsigned bio_size = (ios->nr_pages + pages_in_stripe) /
-						ios->layout->group_width;
+		unsigned nr_pages = ios->nr_pages * ios->layout->group_width /
+					(ios->layout->group_width -
+					 ios->layout->parity);
+		unsigned bio_size = (nr_pages + pages_in_stripe) /
+					ios->layout->group_width;
 
 		per_dev->bio = bio_kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_size);
 		if (unlikely(!per_dev->bio)) {
@@ -471,12 +587,13 @@
 		unsigned pglen = min_t(unsigned, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase, cur_len);
 		unsigned added_len;
 
-		BUG_ON(ios->nr_pages <= pg);
 		cur_len -= pglen;
 
-		added_len = bio_add_pc_page(q, per_dev->bio, ios->pages[pg],
+		added_len = bio_add_pc_page(q, per_dev->bio, pages[pg],
 					    pglen, pgbase);
 		if (unlikely(pglen != added_len)) {
+			ORE_DBGMSG("Failed bio_add_pc_page bi_vcnt=%u\n",
+				   per_dev->bio->bi_vcnt);
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -501,9 +618,11 @@
 	struct ore_striping_info *si = &ios->si;
 	unsigned stripe_unit = ios->layout->stripe_unit;
 	unsigned mirrors_p1 = ios->layout->mirrors_p1;
-	unsigned devs_in_group = ios->layout->group_width * mirrors_p1;
+	unsigned group_width = ios->layout->group_width;
+	unsigned devs_in_group = group_width * mirrors_p1;
 	unsigned dev = si->dev;
 	unsigned first_dev = dev - (dev % devs_in_group);
+	unsigned dev_order;
 	unsigned cur_pg = ios->pages_consumed;
 	u64 length = ios->length;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -513,7 +632,10 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(length > si->group_length);
+	BUG_ON(length > si->length);
+
+	dev_order = _dev_order(devs_in_group, mirrors_p1, si->par_dev, dev);
+	si->cur_comp = dev_order;
 
 	while (length) {
 		unsigned comp = dev - first_dev;
@@ -522,17 +644,20 @@
 
 		if (!per_dev->length) {
 			per_dev->dev = dev;
-			if (dev < si->dev) {
-				per_dev->offset = si->obj_offset + stripe_unit -
-								   si->unit_off;
-				cur_len = stripe_unit;
-			} else if (dev == si->dev) {
+			if (dev == si->dev) {
+				WARN_ON(dev == si->par_dev);
 				per_dev->offset = si->obj_offset;
 				cur_len = stripe_unit - si->unit_off;
 				page_off = si->unit_off & ~PAGE_MASK;
 				BUG_ON(page_off && (page_off != ios->pgbase));
-			} else { /* dev > si->dev */
-				per_dev->offset = si->obj_offset - si->unit_off;
+			} else {
+				if (si->cur_comp > dev_order)
+					per_dev->offset =
+						si->obj_offset - si->unit_off;
+				else /* si->cur_comp < dev_order */
+					per_dev->offset =
+						si->obj_offset + stripe_unit -
+								   si->unit_off;
 				cur_len = stripe_unit;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -541,8 +666,8 @@
 		if (cur_len >= length)
 			cur_len = length;
 
-		ret = _add_stripe_unit(ios, &cur_pg, page_off , per_dev,
-				       cur_len);
+		ret = _ore_add_stripe_unit(ios, &cur_pg, page_off, ios->pages,
+					   per_dev, cur_len);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			goto out;
 
@@ -550,6 +675,41 @@
 		dev = (dev % devs_in_group) + first_dev;
 
 		length -= cur_len;
+
+		si->cur_comp = (si->cur_comp + 1) % group_width;
+		if (unlikely((dev == si->par_dev) ||
+			     (!length && ios->parity_pages))) {
+			if (!length)
+				/* If we are writing and this is the very last
+				 * stripe. then operate on parity dev.
+				 */
+				dev = si->par_dev;
+			if (ios->reading)
+				/* In writes cur_len just means if it's the
+				 * last one. See _ore_add_parity_unit.
+				 */
+				cur_len = length;
+			per_dev = &ios->per_dev[dev - first_dev];
+			if (!per_dev->length) {
+				/* Only/always the parity unit of the first
+				 * stripe will be empty. So this is a chance to
+				 * initialize the per_dev info.
+				 */
+				per_dev->dev = dev;
+				per_dev->offset = si->obj_offset - si->unit_off;
+			}
+
+			ret = _ore_add_parity_unit(ios, si, per_dev, cur_len);
+			if (unlikely(ret))
+					goto out;
+
+			/* Rotate next par_dev backwards with wraping */
+			si->par_dev = (devs_in_group + si->par_dev -
+				       ios->layout->parity * mirrors_p1) %
+				      devs_in_group + first_dev;
+			/* Next stripe, start fresh */
+			si->cur_comp = 0;
+		}
 	}
 out:
 	ios->numdevs = devs_in_group;
@@ -747,12 +907,24 @@
 	per_dev->or = or;
 
 	if (ios->pages) {
-		osd_req_read(or, obj, per_dev->offset,
-				per_dev->bio, per_dev->length);
+		if (per_dev->cur_sg) {
+			/* finalize the last sg_entry */
+			_ore_add_sg_seg(per_dev, 0, false);
+			if (unlikely(!per_dev->cur_sg))
+				return 0; /* Skip parity only device */
+
+			osd_req_read_sg(or, obj, per_dev->bio,
+					per_dev->sglist, per_dev->cur_sg);
+		} else {
+			/* The no raid case */
+			osd_req_read(or, obj, per_dev->offset,
+				     per_dev->bio, per_dev->length);
+		}
+
 		ORE_DBGMSG("read(0x%llx) offset=0x%llx length=0x%llx"
-			     " dev=%d\n", _LLU(obj->id),
+			     " dev=%d sg_len=%d\n", _LLU(obj->id),
 			     _LLU(per_dev->offset), _LLU(per_dev->length),
-			     first_dev);
+			     first_dev, per_dev->cur_sg);
 	} else {
 		BUG_ON(ios->kern_buff);
 
@@ -849,7 +1021,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned stripe_unit = layout->stripe_unit;
 
-	ore_calc_stripe_info(layout, file_offset, &ti->si);
+	ore_calc_stripe_info(layout, file_offset, 0, &ti->si);
 
 	ti->prev_group_obj_off = ti->si.M * stripe_unit;
 	ti->next_group_obj_off = ti->si.M ? (ti->si.M - 1) * stripe_unit : 0;
diff --git a/fs/exofs/ore_raid.c b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d4b93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011
+ * Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
+ *
+ * This file is part of the objects raid engine (ore).
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with "ore". If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc:
+ *	"Free Software Foundation <info@fsf.org>"
+ */
+
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
+
+#include "ore_raid.h"
+
+struct page *_raid_page_alloc(void)
+{
+	return alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+void _raid_page_free(struct page *p)
+{
+	__free_page(p);
+}
+
+void _ore_add_sg_seg(struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, unsigned cur_len,
+		     bool not_last)
+{
+	struct osd_sg_entry *sge;
+
+	ORE_DBGMSG("dev=%d cur_len=0x%x not_last=%d cur_sg=%d "
+		     "offset=0x%llx length=0x%x last_sgs_total=0x%x\n",
+		     per_dev->dev, cur_len, not_last, per_dev->cur_sg,
+		     _LLU(per_dev->offset), per_dev->length,
+		     per_dev->last_sgs_total);
+
+	if (!per_dev->cur_sg) {
+		sge = per_dev->sglist;
+
+		/* First time we prepare two entries */
+		if (per_dev->length) {
+			++per_dev->cur_sg;
+			sge->offset = per_dev->offset;
+			sge->len = per_dev->length;
+		} else {
+			/* Here the parity is the first unit of this object.
+			 * This happens every time we reach a parity device on
+			 * the same stripe as the per_dev->offset. We need to
+			 * just skip this unit.
+			 */
+			per_dev->offset += cur_len;
+			return;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* finalize the last one */
+		sge = &per_dev->sglist[per_dev->cur_sg - 1];
+		sge->len = per_dev->length - per_dev->last_sgs_total;
+	}
+
+	if (not_last) {
+		/* Partly prepare the next one */
+		struct osd_sg_entry *next_sge = sge + 1;
+
+		++per_dev->cur_sg;
+		next_sge->offset = sge->offset + sge->len + cur_len;
+		/* Save cur len so we know how mutch was added next time */
+		per_dev->last_sgs_total = per_dev->length;
+		next_sge->len = 0;
+	} else if (!sge->len) {
+		/* Optimize for when the last unit is a parity */
+		--per_dev->cur_sg;
+	}
+}
+
+/* In writes @cur_len means length left. .i.e cur_len==0 is the last parity U */
+int _ore_add_parity_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,
+			    struct ore_striping_info *si,
+			    struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev,
+			    unsigned cur_len)
+{
+	if (ios->reading) {
+		BUG_ON(per_dev->cur_sg >= ios->sgs_per_dev);
+		_ore_add_sg_seg(per_dev, cur_len, true);
+	} else {
+		struct page **pages = ios->parity_pages + ios->cur_par_page;
+		unsigned num_pages = ios->layout->stripe_unit / PAGE_SIZE;
+		unsigned array_start = 0;
+		unsigned i;
+		int ret;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+			pages[i] = _raid_page_alloc();
+			if (unlikely(!pages[i]))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+
+			++(ios->cur_par_page);
+			/* TODO: only read support for now */
+			clear_highpage(pages[i]);
+		}
+
+		ORE_DBGMSG("writing dev=%d num_pages=%d cur_par_page=%d",
+			     per_dev->dev, num_pages, ios->cur_par_page);
+
+		ret = _ore_add_stripe_unit(ios,  &array_start, 0, pages,
+					   per_dev, num_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			return ret;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int _ore_post_alloc_raid_stuff(struct ore_io_state *ios)
+{
+	/*TODO: Only raid writes has stuff to add here */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void _ore_free_raid_stuff(struct ore_io_state *ios)
+{
+	if (ios->parity_pages) { /* writing and raid */
+		unsigned i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ios->cur_par_page; i++) {
+			struct page *page = ios->parity_pages[i];
+
+			if (page)
+				_raid_page_free(page);
+		}
+		if (ios->extra_part_alloc)
+			kfree(ios->parity_pages);
+	} else {
+		/* Will only be set if raid reading && sglist is big */
+		if (ios->extra_part_alloc)
+			kfree(ios->per_dev[0].sglist);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fs/exofs/ore_raid.h b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c21080b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) from 2011
+ * Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
+ *
+ * This file is part of the objects raid engine (ore).
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with "ore". If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc:
+ *	"Free Software Foundation <info@fsf.org>"
+ */
+
+#include <scsi/osd_ore.h>
+
+#define ORE_ERR(fmt, a...) printk(KERN_ERR "ore: " fmt, ##a)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXOFS_DEBUG
+#define ORE_DBGMSG(fmt, a...) \
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE "ore @%s:%d: " fmt, __func__, __LINE__, ##a)
+#else
+#define ORE_DBGMSG(fmt, a...) \
+	do { if (0) printk(fmt, ##a); } while (0)
+#endif
+
+/* u64 has problems with printk this will cast it to unsigned long long */
+#define _LLU(x) (unsigned long long)(x)
+
+#define ORE_DBGMSG2(M...) do {} while (0)
+/* #define ORE_DBGMSG2 ORE_DBGMSG */
+
+/* Calculate the component order in a stripe. eg the logical data unit
+ * address within the stripe of @dev given the @par_dev of this stripe.
+ */
+static inline unsigned _dev_order(unsigned devs_in_group, unsigned mirrors_p1,
+				  unsigned par_dev, unsigned dev)
+{
+	unsigned first_dev = dev - dev % devs_in_group;
+
+	dev -= first_dev;
+	par_dev -= first_dev;
+
+	if (devs_in_group == par_dev) /* The raid 0 case */
+		return dev / mirrors_p1;
+	/* raid4/5/6 case */
+	return ((devs_in_group + dev - par_dev - mirrors_p1) % devs_in_group) /
+	       mirrors_p1;
+}
+
+/* ios_raid.c stuff needed by ios.c */
+int _ore_post_alloc_raid_stuff(struct ore_io_state *ios);
+void _ore_free_raid_stuff(struct ore_io_state *ios);
+
+void _ore_add_sg_seg(struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, unsigned cur_len,
+		 bool not_last);
+int _ore_add_parity_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios, struct ore_striping_info *si,
+		     struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, unsigned cur_len);
+
+/* ios.c stuff needed by ios_raid.c */
+int _ore_add_stripe_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,  unsigned *cur_pg,
+		unsigned pgbase, struct page **pages,
+		struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, int cur_len);
diff --git a/include/scsi/osd_ore.h b/include/scsi/osd_ore.h
index a8e39d1..43821c1 100644
--- a/include/scsi/osd_ore.h
+++ b/include/scsi/osd_ore.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	unsigned mirrors_p1;
 
 	unsigned group_width;
+	unsigned parity;
 	u64	 group_depth;
 	unsigned group_count;
 
@@ -89,11 +90,16 @@
 }
 
 struct ore_striping_info {
+	u64 offset;
 	u64 obj_offset;
-	u64 group_length;
+	u64 length;
+	u64 first_stripe_start; /* only used in raid writes */
 	u64 M; /* for truncate */
+	unsigned bytes_in_stripe;
 	unsigned dev;
+	unsigned par_dev;
 	unsigned unit_off;
+	unsigned cur_comp;
 };
 
 struct ore_io_state;
@@ -127,6 +133,13 @@
 
 	bool			reading;
 
+	/* House keeping of Parity pages */
+	bool			extra_part_alloc;
+	struct page		**parity_pages;
+	unsigned		max_par_pages;
+	unsigned		cur_par_page;
+	unsigned		sgs_per_dev;
+
 	/* Variable array of size numdevs */
 	unsigned numdevs;
 	struct ore_per_dev_state {
@@ -134,7 +147,10 @@
 		struct bio *bio;
 		loff_t offset;
 		unsigned length;
+		unsigned last_sgs_total;
 		unsigned dev;
+		struct osd_sg_entry *sglist;
+		unsigned cur_sg;
 	} per_dev[];
 };
 
@@ -147,8 +163,7 @@
 /* ore.c */
 int ore_verify_layout(unsigned total_comps, struct ore_layout *layout);
 void ore_calc_stripe_info(struct ore_layout *layout, u64 file_offset,
-			  struct ore_striping_info *si);
-
+			  u64 length, struct ore_striping_info *si);
 int ore_get_rw_state(struct ore_layout *layout, struct ore_components *comps,
 		     bool is_reading, u64 offset, u64 length,
 		     struct ore_io_state **ios);