diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 9c2bdda..ce6600f 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	while (err == 0) {
 		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
 			err = p9_client_readdir(fid, rdir->buf, buflen,
-								filp->f_pos);
+						filp->f_pos);
 			if (err <= 0)
 				goto unlock_and_exit;
 
diff --git a/include/net/9p/9p.h b/include/net/9p/9p.h
index 342dcf1..700d41e 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/9p.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/9p.h
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ enum p9_qid_t {
 /* Room for readdir header */
 #define P9_READDIRHDRSZ	24
 
+/* size of header for zero copy read/write */
+#define P9_ZC_HDR_SZ 4096
+
 /**
  * struct p9_qid - file system entity information
  * @type: 8-bit type &p9_qid_t
@@ -526,10 +529,6 @@ struct p9_rstatfs {
  * @tag: transaction id of the request
  * @offset: used by marshalling routines to track current position in buffer
  * @capacity: used by marshalling routines to track total malloc'd capacity
- * @pubuf: Payload user buffer given by the caller
- * @pkbuf: Payload kernel buffer given by the caller
- * @pbuf_size: pubuf/pkbuf(only one will be !NULL) size to be read/write.
- * @private: For transport layer's use.
  * @sdata: payload
  *
  * &p9_fcall represents the structure for all 9P RPC
@@ -546,10 +545,6 @@ struct p9_fcall {
 
 	size_t offset;
 	size_t capacity;
-	char __user *pubuf;
-	char *pkbuf;
-	size_t pbuf_size;
-	void *private;
 
 	u8 *sdata;
 };
diff --git a/include/net/9p/transport.h b/include/net/9p/transport.h
index 83531eb..adcbb20 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/transport.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/transport.h
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@
 #ifndef NET_9P_TRANSPORT_H
 #define NET_9P_TRANSPORT_H
 
-#define P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_MASK 0x1
-
-/* Default. Add Payload to PDU before sending it down to transport layer */
-#define P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_DEF  0x0
-/* Send pay load separately to transport layer along with PDU.*/
-#define P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP  0x1
-
 /**
  * struct p9_trans_module - transport module interface
  * @list: used to maintain a list of currently available transports
@@ -56,13 +49,14 @@ struct p9_trans_module {
 	struct list_head list;
 	char *name;		/* name of transport */
 	int maxsize;		/* max message size of transport */
-	int pref;               /* Preferences of this transport */
 	int def;		/* this transport should be default */
 	struct module *owner;
 	int (*create)(struct p9_client *, const char *, char *);
 	void (*close) (struct p9_client *);
 	int (*request) (struct p9_client *, struct p9_req_t *req);
 	int (*cancel) (struct p9_client *, struct p9_req_t *req);
+	int (*zc_request)(struct p9_client *, struct p9_req_t *,
+			  char *, char *, int , int, int, int);
 };
 
 void v9fs_register_trans(struct p9_trans_module *m);
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 63b384b..d094ce9 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -203,11 +203,12 @@ free_and_return:
  *
  */
 
-static struct p9_req_t *p9_tag_alloc(struct p9_client *c, u16 tag)
+static struct p9_req_t *p9_tag_alloc(struct p9_client *c, u16 tag, int max_size)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int row, col;
 	struct p9_req_t *req;
+	int alloc_msize = min(c->msize, max_size);
 
 	/* This looks up the original request by tag so we know which
 	 * buffer to read the data into */
@@ -245,23 +246,12 @@ static struct p9_req_t *p9_tag_alloc(struct p9_client *c, u16 tag)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		}
 		init_waitqueue_head(req->wq);
-		if ((c->trans_mod->pref & P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_MASK) ==
-				P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP) {
-			int alloc_msize = min(c->msize, 4096);
-			req->tc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+alloc_msize,
-					  GFP_NOFS);
-			req->tc->capacity = alloc_msize;
-			req->rc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+alloc_msize,
-					  GFP_NOFS);
-			req->rc->capacity = alloc_msize;
-		} else {
-			req->tc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+c->msize,
-					  GFP_NOFS);
-			req->tc->capacity = c->msize;
-			req->rc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+c->msize,
-					  GFP_NOFS);
-			req->rc->capacity = c->msize;
-		}
+		req->tc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall) + alloc_msize,
+				  GFP_NOFS);
+		req->tc->capacity = alloc_msize;
+		req->rc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall) + alloc_msize,
+				  GFP_NOFS);
+		req->rc->capacity = alloc_msize;
 		if ((!req->tc) || (!req->rc)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "Couldn't grow tag array\n");
 			kfree(req->tc);
@@ -484,27 +474,8 @@ static int p9_check_errors(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req)
 
 	if (!p9_is_proto_dotl(c)) {
 		char *ename;
-
-		if (req->tc->pbuf_size) {
-			/* Handle user buffers */
-			size_t len = req->rc->size - req->rc->offset;
-			if (req->tc->pubuf) {
-				/* User Buffer */
-				err = copy_from_user(
-					&req->rc->sdata[req->rc->offset],
-					req->tc->pubuf, len);
-				if (err) {
-					err = -EFAULT;
-					goto out_err;
-				}
-			} else {
-				/* Kernel Buffer */
-				memmove(&req->rc->sdata[req->rc->offset],
-						req->tc->pkbuf, len);
-			}
-		}
 		err = p9pdu_readf(req->rc, c->proto_version, "s?d",
-				&ename, &ecode);
+				  &ename, &ecode);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_err;
 
@@ -514,11 +485,10 @@ static int p9_check_errors(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req)
 		if (!err || !IS_ERR_VALUE(err)) {
 			err = p9_errstr2errno(ename, strlen(ename));
 
-			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RERROR (%d) %s\n", -ecode,
-					ename);
-
-			kfree(ename);
+			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RERROR (%d) %s\n",
+				   -ecode, ename);
 		}
+		kfree(ename);
 	} else {
 		err = p9pdu_readf(req->rc, c->proto_version, "d", &ecode);
 		err = -ecode;
@@ -526,7 +496,6 @@ static int p9_check_errors(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req)
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RLERROR (%d)\n", -ecode);
 	}
 
-
 	return err;
 
 out_err:
@@ -535,6 +504,110 @@ out_err:
 	return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_check_zc_errors - check 9p packet for error return and process it
+ * @c: current client instance
+ * @req: request to parse and check for error conditions
+ * @in_hdrlen: Size of response protocol buffer.
+ *
+ * returns error code if one is discovered, otherwise returns 0
+ *
+ * this will have to be more complicated if we have multiple
+ * error packet types
+ */
+
+static int p9_check_zc_errors(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req,
+			      char *uidata, int in_hdrlen, int kern_buf)
+{
+	int err;
+	int ecode;
+	int8_t type;
+	char *ename = NULL;
+
+	err = p9_parse_header(req->rc, NULL, &type, NULL, 0);
+	if (err) {
+		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "couldn't parse header %d\n", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	if (type != P9_RERROR && type != P9_RLERROR)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!p9_is_proto_dotl(c)) {
+		/* Error is reported in string format */
+		uint16_t len;
+		/* 7 = header size for RERROR, 2 is the size of string len; */
+		int inline_len = in_hdrlen - (7 + 2);
+
+		/* Read the size of error string */
+		err = p9pdu_readf(req->rc, c->proto_version, "w", &len);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_err;
+
+		ename = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!ename) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+		if (len <= inline_len) {
+			/* We have error in protocol buffer itself */
+			if (pdu_read(req->rc, ename, len)) {
+				err = -EFAULT;
+				goto out_free;
+
+			}
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 *  Part of the data is in user space buffer.
+			 */
+			if (pdu_read(req->rc, ename, inline_len)) {
+				err = -EFAULT;
+				goto out_free;
+
+			}
+			if (kern_buf) {
+				memcpy(ename + inline_len, uidata,
+				       len - inline_len);
+			} else {
+				err = copy_from_user(ename + inline_len,
+						     uidata, len - inline_len);
+				if (err) {
+					err = -EFAULT;
+					goto out_free;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		ename[len] = 0;
+		if (p9_is_proto_dotu(c)) {
+			/* For dotu we also have error code */
+			err = p9pdu_readf(req->rc,
+					  c->proto_version, "d", &ecode);
+			if (err)
+				goto out_free;
+			err = -ecode;
+		}
+		if (!err || !IS_ERR_VALUE(err)) {
+			err = p9_errstr2errno(ename, strlen(ename));
+
+			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RERROR (%d) %s\n",
+				   -ecode, ename);
+		}
+		kfree(ename);
+	} else {
+		err = p9pdu_readf(req->rc, c->proto_version, "d", &ecode);
+		err = -ecode;
+
+		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RLERROR (%d)\n", -ecode);
+	}
+	return err;
+
+out_free:
+	kfree(ename);
+out_err:
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "couldn't parse error%d\n", err);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static struct p9_req_t *
 p9_client_rpc(struct p9_client *c, int8_t type, const char *fmt, ...);
 
@@ -619,7 +692,7 @@ p9_client_rpc(struct p9_client *c, int8_t type, const char *fmt, ...)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
-	req = p9_tag_alloc(c, tag);
+	req = p9_tag_alloc(c, tag, c->msize);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return req;
 
@@ -685,6 +758,116 @@ reterr:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
+/**
+ * p9_client_zc_rpc - issue a request and wait for a response
+ * @c: client session
+ * @type: type of request
+ * @uidata: user bffer that should be ued for zero copy read
+ * @uodata: user buffer that shoud be user for zero copy write
+ * @inlen: read buffer size
+ * @olen: write buffer size
+ * @hdrlen: reader header size, This is the size of response protocol data
+ * @fmt: protocol format string (see protocol.c)
+ *
+ * Returns request structure (which client must free using p9_free_req)
+ */
+static struct p9_req_t *p9_client_zc_rpc(struct p9_client *c, int8_t type,
+					 char *uidata, char *uodata,
+					 int inlen, int olen, int in_hdrlen,
+					 int kern_buf, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	int tag, err;
+	struct p9_req_t *req;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int sigpending;
+
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "client %p op %d\n", c, type);
+
+	/* we allow for any status other than disconnected */
+	if (c->status == Disconnected)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+
+	/* If we are called with KERNEL_DS force kern_buf */
+	if (segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
+		kern_buf = 1;
+
+	/* if status is begin_disconnected we allow only clunk request */
+	if ((c->status == BeginDisconnect) && (type != P9_TCLUNK))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+
+	if (signal_pending(current)) {
+		sigpending = 1;
+		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
+	} else
+		sigpending = 0;
+
+	tag = P9_NOTAG;
+	if (type != P9_TVERSION) {
+		tag = p9_idpool_get(c->tagpool);
+		if (tag < 0)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * We allocate a inline protocol data of only 4k bytes.
+	 * The actual content is passed in zero-copy fashion.
+	 */
+	req = p9_tag_alloc(c, tag, P9_ZC_HDR_SZ);
+	if (IS_ERR(req))
+		return req;
+
+	/* marshall the data */
+	p9pdu_prepare(req->tc, tag, type);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	err = p9pdu_vwritef(req->tc, c->proto_version, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	if (err)
+		goto reterr;
+	p9pdu_finalize(req->tc);
+
+	err = c->trans_mod->zc_request(c, req, uidata, uodata,
+				       inlen, olen, in_hdrlen, kern_buf);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		if (err == -EIO)
+			c->status = Disconnected;
+		goto reterr;
+	}
+	if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_ERROR) {
+		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "req_status error %d\n", req->t_err);
+		err = req->t_err;
+	}
+	if ((err == -ERESTARTSYS) && (c->status == Connected)) {
+		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "flushing\n");
+		sigpending = 1;
+		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
+
+		if (c->trans_mod->cancel(c, req))
+			p9_client_flush(c, req);
+
+		/* if we received the response anyway, don't signal error */
+		if (req->status == REQ_STATUS_RCVD)
+			err = 0;
+	}
+	if (sigpending) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&current->sighand->siglock, flags);
+		recalc_sigpending();
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&current->sighand->siglock, flags);
+	}
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto reterr;
+
+	err = p9_check_zc_errors(c, req, uidata, in_hdrlen, kern_buf);
+	if (!err) {
+		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "exit: client %p op %d\n", c, type);
+		return req;
+	}
+reterr:
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "exit: client %p op %d error: %d\n", c, type,
+									err);
+	p9_free_req(c, req);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
 static struct p9_fid *p9_fid_create(struct p9_client *clnt)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -1329,13 +1512,15 @@ int
 p9_client_read(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, char __user *udata, u64 offset,
 								u32 count)
 {
-	int err, rsize;
-	struct p9_client *clnt;
-	struct p9_req_t *req;
 	char *dataptr;
+	int kernel_buf = 0;
+	struct p9_req_t *req;
+	struct p9_client *clnt;
+	int err, rsize, non_zc = 0;
+
 
-	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, ">>> TREAD fid %d offset %llu %d\n", fid->fid,
-					(long long unsigned) offset, count);
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, ">>> TREAD fid %d offset %llu %d\n",
+		   fid->fid, (long long unsigned) offset, count);
 	err = 0;
 	clnt = fid->clnt;
 
@@ -1346,14 +1531,25 @@ p9_client_read(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, char __user *udata, u64 offset,
 	if (count < rsize)
 		rsize = count;
 
-	/* Don't bother zerocopy for small IO (< 1024) */
-	if (((clnt->trans_mod->pref & P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_MASK) ==
-			P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP) && (rsize > 1024)) {
-		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TREAD, "dqE", fid->fid, offset,
-				rsize, data, udata);
+	/* Don't bother zerocopy form small IO (< 1024) */
+	if (clnt->trans_mod->zc_request && rsize > 1024) {
+		char *indata;
+		if (data) {
+			kernel_buf = 1;
+			indata = data;
+		} else
+			indata = (char *)udata;
+		/*
+		 * response header len is 11
+		 * PDU Header(7) + IO Size (4)
+		 */
+		req = p9_client_zc_rpc(clnt, P9_TREAD, indata, NULL, rsize, 0,
+				       11, kernel_buf, "dqd", fid->fid,
+				       offset, rsize);
 	} else {
+		non_zc = 1;
 		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TREAD, "dqd", fid->fid, offset,
-				rsize);
+				    rsize);
 	}
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -1369,7 +1565,7 @@ p9_client_read(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, char __user *udata, u64 offset,
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RREAD count %d\n", count);
 	P9_DUMP_PKT(1, req->rc);
 
-	if (!req->tc->pbuf_size) {
+	if (non_zc) {
 		if (data) {
 			memmove(data, dataptr, count);
 		} else {
@@ -1395,6 +1591,7 @@ p9_client_write(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, const char __user *udata,
 							u64 offset, u32 count)
 {
 	int err, rsize;
+	int kernel_buf = 0;
 	struct p9_client *clnt;
 	struct p9_req_t *req;
 
@@ -1411,18 +1608,23 @@ p9_client_write(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, const char __user *udata,
 		rsize = count;
 
 	/* Don't bother zerocopy form small IO (< 1024) */
-	if (((clnt->trans_mod->pref & P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_MASK) ==
-				P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP) && (rsize > 1024)) {
-		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TWRITE, "dqE", fid->fid, offset,
-				rsize, data, udata);
+	if (clnt->trans_mod->zc_request && rsize > 1024) {
+		char *odata;
+		if (data) {
+			kernel_buf = 1;
+			odata = data;
+		} else
+			odata = (char *)udata;
+		req = p9_client_zc_rpc(clnt, P9_TWRITE, NULL, odata, 0, rsize,
+				       P9_ZC_HDR_SZ, kernel_buf, "dqd",
+				       fid->fid, offset, rsize);
 	} else {
-
 		if (data)
 			req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TWRITE, "dqD", fid->fid,
-					offset, rsize, data);
+					    offset, rsize, data);
 		else
 			req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TWRITE, "dqU", fid->fid,
-					offset, rsize, udata);
+					    offset, rsize, udata);
 	}
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -1823,7 +2025,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(p9_client_xattrcreate);
 
 int p9_client_readdir(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, u32 count, u64 offset)
 {
-	int err, rsize;
+	int err, rsize, non_zc = 0;
 	struct p9_client *clnt;
 	struct p9_req_t *req;
 	char *dataptr;
@@ -1841,13 +2043,18 @@ int p9_client_readdir(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, u32 count, u64 offset)
 	if (count < rsize)
 		rsize = count;
 
-	if ((clnt->trans_mod->pref & P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_MASK) ==
-			P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP) {
-		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TREADDIR, "dqF", fid->fid,
-				offset, rsize, data);
+	/* Don't bother zerocopy form small IO (< 1024) */
+	if (clnt->trans_mod->zc_request && rsize > 1024) {
+		/*
+		 * response header len is 11
+		 * PDU Header(7) + IO Size (4)
+		 */
+		req = p9_client_zc_rpc(clnt, P9_TREADDIR, data, NULL, rsize, 0,
+				       11, 1, "dqd", fid->fid, offset, rsize);
 	} else {
+		non_zc = 1;
 		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TREADDIR, "dqd", fid->fid,
-				offset, rsize);
+				    offset, rsize);
 	}
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -1862,7 +2069,7 @@ int p9_client_readdir(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, u32 count, u64 offset)
 
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RREADDIR count %d\n", count);
 
-	if (!req->tc->pbuf_size && data)
+	if (non_zc)
 		memmove(data, dataptr, count);
 
 	p9_free_req(clnt, req);
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 @@ void p9stat_free(struct p9_wstat *stbuf)
 }
 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 @@ pdu_write_u(struct p9_fcall *pdu, const char __user *udata, size_t size)
 	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 @@ p9pdu_vwritef(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
 					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 @@ void p9pdu_reset(struct p9_fcall *pdu)
 {
 	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,
diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.h b/net/9p/protocol.h
index 2431c0f..e5083f3 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.h
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.h
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ int p9pdu_prepare(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int16_t tag, int8_t type);
 int p9pdu_finalize(struct p9_fcall *pdu);
 void p9pdu_dump(int, struct p9_fcall *);
 void p9pdu_reset(struct p9_fcall *pdu);
+size_t pdu_read(struct p9_fcall *pdu, void *data, size_t size);
+
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_common.c b/net/9p/trans_common.c
index 9a70ebd..de8df95 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_common.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_common.c
@@ -21,30 +21,25 @@
 
 /**
  *  p9_release_req_pages - Release pages after the transaction.
- *  @*private: PDU's private page of struct trans_rpage_info
  */
-void
-p9_release_req_pages(struct trans_rpage_info *rpinfo)
+void p9_release_pages(struct page **pages, int nr_pages)
 {
 	int i = 0;
-
-	while (rpinfo->rp_data[i] && rpinfo->rp_nr_pages--) {
-		put_page(rpinfo->rp_data[i]);
+	while (pages[i] && nr_pages--) {
+		put_page(pages[i]);
 		i++;
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_release_req_pages);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_release_pages);
 
 /**
  * p9_nr_pages - Return number of pages needed to accommodate the payload.
  */
-int
-p9_nr_pages(struct p9_req_t *req)
+int p9_nr_pages(char *data, int len)
 {
 	unsigned long start_page, end_page;
-	start_page =  (unsigned long)req->tc->pubuf >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	end_page = ((unsigned long)req->tc->pubuf + req->tc->pbuf_size +
-			PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	start_page =  (unsigned long)data >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	end_page = ((unsigned long)data + len + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	return end_page - start_page;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_nr_pages);
@@ -58,35 +53,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_nr_pages);
  * @nr_pages: number of pages to accommodate the payload
  * @rw: Indicates if the pages are for read or write.
  */
-int
-p9_payload_gup(struct p9_req_t *req, size_t *pdata_off, int *pdata_len,
-		int nr_pages, u8 rw)
-{
-	uint32_t first_page_bytes = 0;
-	int32_t pdata_mapped_pages;
-	struct trans_rpage_info  *rpinfo;
-
-	*pdata_off = (__force size_t)req->tc->pubuf & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
 
-	if (*pdata_off)
-		first_page_bytes = min(((size_t)PAGE_SIZE - *pdata_off),
-				       req->tc->pbuf_size);
+int p9_payload_gup(char *data, int *nr_pages, struct page **pages, int write)
+{
+	int nr_mapped_pages;
 
-	rpinfo = req->tc->private;
-	pdata_mapped_pages = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)req->tc->pubuf,
-			nr_pages, rw, &rpinfo->rp_data[0]);
-	if (pdata_mapped_pages <= 0)
-		return pdata_mapped_pages;
+	nr_mapped_pages = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)data,
+					      *nr_pages, write, pages);
+	if (nr_mapped_pages <= 0)
+		return nr_mapped_pages;
 
-	rpinfo->rp_nr_pages = pdata_mapped_pages;
-	if (*pdata_off) {
-		*pdata_len = first_page_bytes;
-		*pdata_len += min((req->tc->pbuf_size - *pdata_len),
-				((size_t)pdata_mapped_pages - 1) << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	} else {
-		*pdata_len = min(req->tc->pbuf_size,
-				(size_t)pdata_mapped_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	}
+	*nr_pages = nr_mapped_pages;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_payload_gup);
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_common.h b/net/9p/trans_common.h
index 7630922..173bb55 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_common.h
+++ b/net/9p/trans_common.h
@@ -12,21 +12,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-/* TRUE if it is user context */
-#define P9_IS_USER_CONTEXT (!segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
-
-/**
- * struct trans_rpage_info - To store mapped page information in PDU.
- * @rp_alloc:Set if this structure is allocd, not a reuse unused space in pdu.
- * @rp_nr_pages: Number of mapped pages
- * @rp_data: Array of page pointers
- */
-struct trans_rpage_info {
-	u8 rp_alloc;
-	int rp_nr_pages;
-	struct page *rp_data[0];
-};
-
-void p9_release_req_pages(struct trans_rpage_info *);
-int p9_payload_gup(struct p9_req_t *, size_t *, int *, int, u8);
-int p9_nr_pages(struct p9_req_t *);
+void p9_release_pages(struct page **, int);
+int p9_payload_gup(char *, int *, struct page **, int);
+int p9_nr_pages(char *, int);
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 175b513..e03cde0 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -163,17 +163,6 @@ static void req_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, ": rc %p\n", rc);
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, ": lookup tag %d\n", rc->tag);
 		req = p9_tag_lookup(chan->client, rc->tag);
-		if (req->tc->private) {
-			struct trans_rpage_info *rp = req->tc->private;
-			int p = rp->rp_nr_pages;
-			/*Release pages */
-			p9_release_req_pages(rp);
-			atomic_sub(p, &vp_pinned);
-			wake_up(&vp_wq);
-			if (rp->rp_alloc)
-				kfree(rp);
-			req->tc->private = NULL;
-		}
 		req->status = REQ_STATUS_RCVD;
 		p9_client_cb(chan->client, req);
 	}
@@ -193,9 +182,8 @@ static void req_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
  *
  */
 
-static int
-pack_sg_list(struct scatterlist *sg, int start, int limit, char *data,
-								int count)
+static int pack_sg_list(struct scatterlist *sg, int start,
+			int limit, char *data, int count)
 {
 	int s;
 	int index = start;
@@ -225,30 +213,33 @@ static int p9_virtio_cancel(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
  * @sg: scatter/gather list to pack into
  * @start: which segment of the sg_list to start at
  * @pdata_off: Offset into the first page
+ * @end_page_len: length of the last page
  * @**pdata: a list of pages to add into sg.
- * @count: amount of data to pack into the scatter/gather list
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages to pack into the scatter/gather list
  */
 static int
-pack_sg_list_p(struct scatterlist *sg, int start, int limit, size_t pdata_off,
-		struct page **pdata, int count)
+pack_sg_list_p(struct scatterlist *sg, int start, int limit,
+	       size_t pdata_off, int end_page_len,
+		struct page **pdata, int nr_pages)
 {
-	int s;
 	int i = 0;
+	int s = PAGE_SIZE;
 	int index = start;
 
+	BUG_ON(nr_pages > (limit - start));
 	if (pdata_off) {
-		s = min((int)(PAGE_SIZE - pdata_off), count);
+		if (nr_pages == 1)
+			s = end_page_len;
 		sg_set_page(&sg[index++], pdata[i++], s, pdata_off);
-		count -= s;
+		nr_pages--;
 	}
-
-	while (count) {
-		BUG_ON(index > limit);
-		s = min((int)PAGE_SIZE, count);
+	while (nr_pages) {
+		if (nr_pages == 1)
+			s = end_page_len;
 		sg_set_page(&sg[index++], pdata[i++], s, 0);
-		count -= s;
+		nr_pages--;
 	}
-	return index-start;
+	return index - start;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -261,143 +252,224 @@ pack_sg_list_p(struct scatterlist *sg, int start, int limit, size_t pdata_off,
 static int
 p9_virtio_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 {
-	int in, out, inp, outp;
+	int err;
+	int in, out;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct virtio_chan *chan = client->trans;
 	char *rdata = (char *)req->rc+sizeof(struct p9_fcall);
-	unsigned long flags;
-	size_t pdata_off = 0;
-	struct trans_rpage_info *rpinfo = NULL;
-	int err, pdata_len = 0;
 
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p debug: virtio request\n");
 
 	req->status = REQ_STATUS_SENT;
+req_retry_pinned:
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
 
-	if (req->tc->pbuf_size && (req->tc->pubuf && P9_IS_USER_CONTEXT)) {
-		int nr_pages = p9_nr_pages(req);
-		int rpinfo_size = sizeof(struct trans_rpage_info) +
-			sizeof(struct page *) * nr_pages;
+	/* Handle out VirtIO ring buffers */
+	out = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, 0, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, req->tc->sdata,
+			   req->tc->size);
 
-		if (atomic_read(&vp_pinned) >= chan->p9_max_pages) {
-			err = wait_event_interruptible(vp_wq,
-				atomic_read(&vp_pinned) < chan->p9_max_pages);
+	in = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
+			  rdata, req->rc->capacity);
+
+	err = virtqueue_add_buf(chan->vq, chan->sg, out, in, req->tc);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		if (err == -ENOSPC) {
+			chan->ring_bufs_avail = 0;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
+			err = wait_event_interruptible(*chan->vc_wq,
+							chan->ring_bufs_avail);
 			if (err  == -ERESTARTSYS)
 				return err;
-			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p: May gup pages now.\n");
-		}
 
-		if (rpinfo_size <= (req->tc->capacity - req->tc->size)) {
-			/* We can use sdata */
-			req->tc->private = req->tc->sdata + req->tc->size;
-			rpinfo = (struct trans_rpage_info *)req->tc->private;
-			rpinfo->rp_alloc = 0;
+			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p:Retry virtio request\n");
+			goto req_retry_pinned;
 		} else {
-			req->tc->private = kmalloc(rpinfo_size, GFP_NOFS);
-			if (!req->tc->private) {
-				P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p debug: "
-					"private kmalloc returned NULL");
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			}
-			rpinfo = (struct trans_rpage_info *)req->tc->private;
-			rpinfo->rp_alloc = 1;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
+			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS,
+					"9p debug: "
+					"virtio rpc add_buf returned failure");
+			return -EIO;
 		}
+	}
+	virtqueue_kick(chan->vq);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
+
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p debug: virtio request kicked\n");
+	return 0;
+}
 
-		err = p9_payload_gup(req, &pdata_off, &pdata_len, nr_pages,
-				req->tc->id == P9_TREAD ? 1 : 0);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			if (rpinfo->rp_alloc)
-				kfree(rpinfo);
+static int p9_get_mapped_pages(struct virtio_chan *chan,
+			       struct page **pages, char *data,
+			       int nr_pages, int write, int kern_buf)
+{
+	int err;
+	if (!kern_buf) {
+		/*
+		 * We allow only p9_max_pages pinned. We wait for the
+		 * Other zc request to finish here
+		 */
+		if (atomic_read(&vp_pinned) >= chan->p9_max_pages) {
+			err = wait_event_interruptible(vp_wq,
+			      (atomic_read(&vp_pinned) < chan->p9_max_pages));
+			if (err == -ERESTARTSYS)
+				return err;
+		}
+		err = p9_payload_gup(data, &nr_pages, pages, write);
+		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
-		} else {
-			atomic_add(rpinfo->rp_nr_pages, &vp_pinned);
+		atomic_add(nr_pages, &vp_pinned);
+	} else {
+		/* kernel buffer, no need to pin pages */
+		int s, index = 0;
+		int count = nr_pages;
+		while (nr_pages) {
+			s = rest_of_page(data);
+			pages[index++] = virt_to_page(data);
+			data += s;
+			nr_pages--;
 		}
+		nr_pages = count;
 	}
+	return nr_pages;
+}
 
-req_retry_pinned:
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
+/**
+ * p9_virtio_zc_request - issue a zero copy request
+ * @client: client instance issuing the request
+ * @req: request to be issued
+ * @uidata: user bffer that should be ued for zero copy read
+ * @uodata: user buffer that shoud be user for zero copy write
+ * @inlen: read buffer size
+ * @olen: write buffer size
+ * @hdrlen: reader header size, This is the size of response protocol data
+ *
+ */
+static int
+p9_virtio_zc_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req,
+		     char *uidata, char *uodata, int inlen,
+		     int outlen, int in_hdr_len, int kern_buf)
+{
+	int in, out, err;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int in_nr_pages = 0, out_nr_pages = 0;
+	size_t data_in_off = 0, data_out_off = 0;
+	int end_in_page_len = 0, end_out_page_len = 0;
+	struct page **in_pages = NULL, **out_pages = NULL;
+	struct virtio_chan *chan = client->trans;
+	char *rdata = (char *)req->rc->sdata;
 
-	/* Handle out VirtIO ring buffers */
-	out = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, 0, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, req->tc->sdata,
-			req->tc->size);
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p debug: virtio request\n");
 
-	if (req->tc->pbuf_size && (req->tc->id == P9_TWRITE)) {
-		/* We have additional write payload buffer to take care */
-		if (req->tc->pubuf && P9_IS_USER_CONTEXT) {
-			outp = pack_sg_list_p(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
-					pdata_off, rpinfo->rp_data, pdata_len);
-		} else {
-			char *pbuf;
-			if (req->tc->pubuf)
-				pbuf = (__force char *) req->tc->pubuf;
-			else
-				pbuf = req->tc->pkbuf;
-			outp = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, pbuf,
-					req->tc->pbuf_size);
+	if (uidata) {
+		in_nr_pages = p9_nr_pages(uidata, inlen);
+		in_pages = kmalloc(sizeof(struct page *) * in_nr_pages,
+				   GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!in_pages) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_out;
 		}
-		out += outp;
+		in_nr_pages = p9_get_mapped_pages(chan, in_pages, uidata,
+						  in_nr_pages, 1, kern_buf);
+		if (in_nr_pages < 0) {
+			err = in_nr_pages;
+			kfree(in_pages);
+			in_pages = NULL;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+		data_in_off = offset_in_page(uidata);
+		end_in_page_len = PAGE_SIZE -
+			((in_nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE) - (inlen + data_in_off));
 	}
-
-	/* Handle in VirtIO ring buffers */
-	if (req->tc->pbuf_size &&
-		((req->tc->id == P9_TREAD) || (req->tc->id == P9_TREADDIR))) {
-		/*
-		 * Take care of additional Read payload.
-		 * 11 is the read/write header = PDU Header(7) + IO Size (4).
-		 * Arrange in such a way that server places header in the
-		 * alloced memory and payload onto the user buffer.
-		 */
-		inp = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, rdata, 11);
-		/*
-		 * Running executables in the filesystem may result in
-		 * a read request with kernel buffer as opposed to user buffer.
-		 */
-		if (req->tc->pubuf && P9_IS_USER_CONTEXT) {
-			in = pack_sg_list_p(chan->sg, out+inp, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
-					pdata_off, rpinfo->rp_data, pdata_len);
-		} else {
-			char *pbuf;
-			if (req->tc->pubuf)
-				pbuf = (__force char *) req->tc->pubuf;
-			else
-				pbuf = req->tc->pkbuf;
-
-			in = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out+inp, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
-					pbuf, req->tc->pbuf_size);
+	if (uodata) {
+		out_nr_pages = p9_nr_pages(uodata, outlen);
+		out_pages = kmalloc(sizeof(struct page *) * out_nr_pages,
+				    GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!out_pages) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_out;
 		}
-		in += inp;
-	} else {
-		in = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, rdata,
-				req->rc->capacity);
+		out_nr_pages = p9_get_mapped_pages(chan, out_pages, uodata,
+						   out_nr_pages, 0, kern_buf);
+		if (out_nr_pages < 0) {
+			err = out_nr_pages;
+			kfree(out_pages);
+			out_pages = NULL;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+		data_out_off = offset_in_page(uodata);
+		end_out_page_len = PAGE_SIZE -
+			((out_nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE) - (outlen + data_out_off));
 	}
 
+	req->status = REQ_STATUS_SENT;
+req_retry_pinned:
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
+	/* out data */
+	out = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, 0, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, req->tc->sdata,
+			   req->tc->size);
+
+	if (out_pages)
+		out += pack_sg_list_p(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
+				      data_out_off, end_out_page_len,
+				      out_pages, out_nr_pages);
+	/*
+	 * Take care of in data
+	 * For example TREAD have 11.
+	 * 11 is the read/write header = PDU Header(7) + IO Size (4).
+	 * Arrange in such a way that server places header in the
+	 * alloced memory and payload onto the user buffer.
+	 */
+	in = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, rdata, in_hdr_len);
+	if (in_pages)
+		in += pack_sg_list_p(chan->sg, out + in, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
+				     data_in_off, end_in_page_len,
+				     in_pages, in_nr_pages);
+
 	err = virtqueue_add_buf(chan->vq, chan->sg, out, in, req->tc);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		if (err == -ENOSPC) {
 			chan->ring_bufs_avail = 0;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
 			err = wait_event_interruptible(*chan->vc_wq,
-							chan->ring_bufs_avail);
+						       chan->ring_bufs_avail);
 			if (err  == -ERESTARTSYS)
-				return err;
+				goto err_out;
 
 			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p:Retry virtio request\n");
 			goto req_retry_pinned;
 		} else {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
 			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS,
-					"9p debug: "
-					"virtio rpc add_buf returned failure");
-			if (rpinfo && rpinfo->rp_alloc)
-				kfree(rpinfo);
-			return -EIO;
+				   "9p debug: "
+				   "virtio rpc add_buf returned failure");
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto err_out;
 		}
 	}
-
 	virtqueue_kick(chan->vq);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
-
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "9p debug: virtio request kicked\n");
-	return 0;
+	err = wait_event_interruptible(*req->wq,
+				       req->status >= REQ_STATUS_RCVD);
+	/*
+	 * Non kernel buffers are pinned, unpin them
+	 */
+err_out:
+	if (!kern_buf) {
+		if (in_pages) {
+			p9_release_pages(in_pages, in_nr_pages);
+			atomic_sub(in_nr_pages, &vp_pinned);
+		}
+		if (out_pages) {
+			p9_release_pages(out_pages, out_nr_pages);
+			atomic_sub(out_nr_pages, &vp_pinned);
+		}
+		/* wakeup anybody waiting for slots to pin pages */
+		wake_up(&vp_wq);
+	}
+	kfree(in_pages);
+	kfree(out_pages);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static ssize_t p9_mount_tag_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -591,9 +663,9 @@ static struct p9_trans_module p9_virtio_trans = {
 	.create = p9_virtio_create,
 	.close = p9_virtio_close,
 	.request = p9_virtio_request,
+	.zc_request = p9_virtio_zc_request,
 	.cancel = p9_virtio_cancel,
 	.maxsize = PAGE_SIZE*VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
-	.pref = P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP,
 	.def = 0,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 };
