Merge branch 'pnfs-submit' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd

* 'pnfs-submit' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd: (32 commits)
  pnfs-obj: pg_test check for max_io_size
  NFSv4.1: define nfs_generic_pg_test
  NFSv4.1: use pnfs_generic_pg_test directly by layout driver
  NFSv4.1: change pg_test return type to bool
  NFSv4.1: unify pnfs_pageio_init functions
  pnfs-obj: objlayout_encode_layoutcommit implementation
  pnfs: encode_layoutcommit
  pnfs-obj: report errors and .encode_layoutreturn Implementation.
  pnfs: encode_layoutreturn
  pnfs: layoutret_on_setattr
  pnfs: layoutreturn
  pnfs-obj: osd raid engine read/write implementation
  pnfs: support for non-rpc layout drivers
  pnfs-obj: define per-inode private structure
  pnfs: alloc and free layout_hdr layoutdriver methods
  pnfs-obj: objio_osd device information retrieval and caching
  pnfs-obj: decode layout, alloc/free lseg
  pnfs-obj: pnfs_osd XDR client implementation
  pnfs-obj: pnfs_osd XDR definitions
  pnfs-obj: objlayoutdriver module skeleton
  ...

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diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index 679cd67..f008c14 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -638,6 +638,25 @@ void xdr_init_decode(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct xdr_buf *buf, __be32 *p)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdr_init_decode);
 
+/**
+ * xdr_init_decode - Initialize an xdr_stream for decoding data.
+ * @xdr: pointer to xdr_stream struct
+ * @buf: pointer to XDR buffer from which to decode data
+ * @pages: list of pages to decode into
+ * @len: length in bytes of buffer in pages
+ */
+void xdr_init_decode_pages(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct xdr_buf *buf,
+			   struct page **pages, unsigned int len)
+{
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
+	buf->pages =  pages;
+	buf->page_len =  len;
+	buf->buflen =  len;
+	buf->len = len;
+	xdr_init_decode(xdr, buf, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdr_init_decode_pages);
+
 static __be32 * __xdr_inline_decode(struct xdr_stream *xdr, size_t nbytes)
 {
 	__be32 *p = xdr->p;