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;
+}