diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index df58375..b7d4e8a 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9stat_free);
 
-static size_t pdu_read(struct p9_fcall *pdu, void *data, size_t size)
+size_t pdu_read(struct p9_fcall *pdu, void *data, size_t size)
 {
 	size_t len = min(pdu->size - pdu->offset, size);
 	memcpy(data, &pdu->sdata[pdu->offset], len);
@@ -108,26 +108,6 @@
 	return size - len;
 }
 
-static size_t
-pdu_write_urw(struct p9_fcall *pdu, const char *kdata, const char __user *udata,
-		size_t size)
-{
-	BUG_ON(pdu->size > P9_IOHDRSZ);
-	pdu->pubuf = (char __user *)udata;
-	pdu->pkbuf = (char *)kdata;
-	pdu->pbuf_size = size;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static size_t
-pdu_write_readdir(struct p9_fcall *pdu, const char *kdata, size_t size)
-{
-	BUG_ON(pdu->size > P9_READDIRHDRSZ);
-	pdu->pkbuf = (char *)kdata;
-	pdu->pbuf_size = size;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
 	b - int8_t
 	w - int16_t
@@ -459,26 +439,6 @@
 					errcode = -EFAULT;
 			}
 			break;
-		case 'E':{
-				 int32_t cnt = va_arg(ap, int32_t);
-				 const char *k = va_arg(ap, const void *);
-				 const char __user *u = va_arg(ap,
-							const void __user *);
-				 errcode = p9pdu_writef(pdu, proto_version, "d",
-						 cnt);
-				 if (!errcode && pdu_write_urw(pdu, k, u, cnt))
-					errcode = -EFAULT;
-			 }
-			 break;
-		case 'F':{
-				 int32_t cnt = va_arg(ap, int32_t);
-				 const char *k = va_arg(ap, const void *);
-				 errcode = p9pdu_writef(pdu, proto_version, "d",
-						 cnt);
-				 if (!errcode && pdu_write_readdir(pdu, k, cnt))
-					errcode = -EFAULT;
-			 }
-			 break;
 		case 'U':{
 				int32_t count = va_arg(ap, int32_t);
 				const char __user *udata =
@@ -637,10 +597,6 @@
 {
 	pdu->offset = 0;
 	pdu->size = 0;
-	pdu->private = NULL;
-	pdu->pubuf = NULL;
-	pdu->pkbuf = NULL;
-	pdu->pbuf_size = 0;
 }
 
 int p9dirent_read(char *buf, int len, struct p9_dirent *dirent,