u32                     bio_length;
                };
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
-               struct ceph_bvec_iter   bvec_pos;
+               struct {
+                       struct ceph_bvec_iter   bvec_pos;
+                       u32                     num_bvecs;
+               };
        };
 };
 
                                    struct ceph_bio_iter *bio_pos,
                                    u32 bio_length);
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
+void osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvecs(struct ceph_osd_request *osd_req,
+                                     unsigned int which,
+                                     struct bio_vec *bvecs, u32 num_bvecs,
+                                     u32 bytes);
 void osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvec_pos(struct ceph_osd_request *osd_req,
                                         unsigned int which,
                                         struct ceph_bvec_iter *bvec_pos);
                                        bool own_pages);
 void osd_req_op_cls_request_data_bvecs(struct ceph_osd_request *osd_req,
                                       unsigned int which,
-                                      struct bio_vec *bvecs, u32 bytes);
+                                      struct bio_vec *bvecs, u32 num_bvecs,
+                                      u32 bytes);
 extern void osd_req_op_cls_response_data_pages(struct ceph_osd_request *,
                                        unsigned int which,
                                        struct page **pages, u64 length,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 
 static void ceph_osd_data_bvecs_init(struct ceph_osd_data *osd_data,
-                                    struct ceph_bvec_iter *bvec_pos)
+                                    struct ceph_bvec_iter *bvec_pos,
+                                    u32 num_bvecs)
 {
        osd_data->type = CEPH_OSD_DATA_TYPE_BVECS;
        osd_data->bvec_pos = *bvec_pos;
+       osd_data->num_bvecs = num_bvecs;
 }
 
 #define osd_req_op_data(oreq, whch, typ, fld)                          \
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bio);
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 
+void osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvecs(struct ceph_osd_request *osd_req,
+                                     unsigned int which,
+                                     struct bio_vec *bvecs, u32 num_bvecs,
+                                     u32 bytes)
+{
+       struct ceph_osd_data *osd_data;
+       struct ceph_bvec_iter it = {
+               .bvecs = bvecs,
+               .iter = { .bi_size = bytes },
+       };
+
+       osd_data = osd_req_op_data(osd_req, which, extent, osd_data);
+       ceph_osd_data_bvecs_init(osd_data, &it, num_bvecs);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvecs);
+
 void osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvec_pos(struct ceph_osd_request *osd_req,
                                         unsigned int which,
                                         struct ceph_bvec_iter *bvec_pos)
        struct ceph_osd_data *osd_data;
 
        osd_data = osd_req_op_data(osd_req, which, extent, osd_data);
-       ceph_osd_data_bvecs_init(osd_data, bvec_pos);
+       ceph_osd_data_bvecs_init(osd_data, bvec_pos, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvec_pos);
 
 
 void osd_req_op_cls_request_data_bvecs(struct ceph_osd_request *osd_req,
                                       unsigned int which,
-                                      struct bio_vec *bvecs, u32 bytes)
+                                      struct bio_vec *bvecs, u32 num_bvecs,
+                                      u32 bytes)
 {
        struct ceph_osd_data *osd_data;
        struct ceph_bvec_iter it = {
        };
 
        osd_data = osd_req_op_data(osd_req, which, cls, request_data);
-       ceph_osd_data_bvecs_init(osd_data, &it);
+       ceph_osd_data_bvecs_init(osd_data, &it, num_bvecs);
        osd_req->r_ops[which].cls.indata_len += bytes;
        osd_req->r_ops[which].indata_len += bytes;
 }