diff --git a/fs/exofs/Kconfig b/fs/exofs/Kconfig
index 70bae414929..fa9a286c877 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/exofs/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
+# Note ORE needs to "select ASYNC_XOR". So Not to force multiple selects
+# for every ORE user we do it like this. Any user should add itself here
+# at the "depends on EXOFS_FS || ..." with an ||. The dependencies are
+# selected here, and we default to "ON". So in effect it is like been
+# selected by any of the users.
 config ORE
 	tristate
+	depends on EXOFS_FS
+	select ASYNC_XOR
+	default SCSI_OSD_ULD
 
 config EXOFS_FS
 	tristate "exofs: OSD based file system support"
 	depends on SCSI_OSD_ULD
-	select ORE
 	help
 	  EXOFS is a file system that uses an OSD storage device,
 	  as its backing storage.
diff --git a/fs/exofs/ore.c b/fs/exofs/ore.c
index fd6090ddd3b..08ee454b218 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/ore.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/ore.c
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ int ore_verify_layout(unsigned total_comps, struct ore_layout *layout)
 	layout->max_io_length =
 		(BIO_MAX_PAGES_KMALLOC * PAGE_SIZE - layout->stripe_unit) *
 							layout->group_width;
+	if (layout->parity) {
+		unsigned stripe_length =
+				(layout->group_width - layout->parity) *
+				layout->stripe_unit;
+
+		layout->max_io_length /= stripe_length;
+		layout->max_io_length *= stripe_length;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ore_verify_layout);
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@ static struct osd_dev *_ios_od(struct ore_io_state *ios, unsigned index)
 	return ore_comp_dev(ios->oc, index);
 }
 
-static int  _ore_get_io_state(struct ore_layout *layout,
+int  _ore_get_io_state(struct ore_layout *layout,
 			struct ore_components *oc, unsigned numdevs,
 			unsigned sgs_per_dev, unsigned num_par_pages,
 			struct ore_io_state **pios)
@@ -334,7 +342,7 @@ static void _done_io(struct osd_request *or, void *p)
 	kref_put(&ios->kref, _last_io);
 }
 
-static int ore_io_execute(struct ore_io_state *ios)
+int ore_io_execute(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 {
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
 	bool sync = (ios->done == NULL);
@@ -597,6 +605,8 @@ int _ore_add_stripe_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,  unsigned *cur_pg,
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
+		_add_stripe_page(ios->sp2d, &ios->si, pages[pg]);
+
 		pgbase = 0;
 		++pg;
 	}
@@ -636,6 +646,7 @@ static int _prepare_for_striping(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 
 	dev_order = _dev_order(devs_in_group, mirrors_p1, si->par_dev, dev);
 	si->cur_comp = dev_order;
+	si->cur_pg = si->unit_off / PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	while (length) {
 		unsigned comp = dev - first_dev;
@@ -677,14 +688,14 @@ static int _prepare_for_striping(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 		length -= cur_len;
 
 		si->cur_comp = (si->cur_comp + 1) % group_width;
-		if (unlikely((dev == si->par_dev) ||
-			     (!length && ios->parity_pages))) {
-			if (!length)
+		if (unlikely((dev == si->par_dev) || (!length && ios->sp2d))) {
+			if (!length && ios->sp2d) {
 				/* If we are writing and this is the very last
 				 * stripe. then operate on parity dev.
 				 */
 				dev = si->par_dev;
-			if (ios->reading)
+			}
+			if (ios->sp2d)
 				/* In writes cur_len just means if it's the
 				 * last one. See _ore_add_parity_unit.
 				 */
@@ -709,6 +720,7 @@ static int _prepare_for_striping(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 				      devs_in_group + first_dev;
 			/* Next stripe, start fresh */
 			si->cur_comp = 0;
+			si->cur_pg = 0;
 		}
 	}
 out:
@@ -873,6 +885,14 @@ int ore_write(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 	int i;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (unlikely(ios->sp2d && !ios->r4w)) {
+		/* A library is attempting a RAID-write without providing
+		 * a pages lock interface.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	ret = _prepare_for_striping(ios);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
@@ -888,7 +908,7 @@ int ore_write(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ore_write);
 
-static int _read_mirror(struct ore_io_state *ios, unsigned cur_comp)
+int _ore_read_mirror(struct ore_io_state *ios, unsigned cur_comp)
 {
 	struct osd_request *or;
 	struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev = &ios->per_dev[cur_comp];
@@ -952,7 +972,7 @@ int ore_read(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 		return ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ios->numdevs; i += ios->layout->mirrors_p1) {
-		ret = _read_mirror(ios, i);
+		ret = _ore_read_mirror(ios, i);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/exofs/ore_raid.c b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.c
index 8d4b93a93c6..29c47e5c4a8 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/ore_raid.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.c
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/async_tx.h>
 
 #include "ore_raid.h"
 
+#undef ORE_DBGMSG2
+#define ORE_DBGMSG2 ORE_DBGMSG
+
 struct page *_raid_page_alloc(void)
 {
 	return alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -27,6 +31,236 @@ void _raid_page_free(struct page *p)
 	__free_page(p);
 }
 
+/* This struct is forward declare in ore_io_state, but is private to here.
+ * It is put on ios->sp2d for RAID5/6 writes only. See _gen_xor_unit.
+ *
+ * __stripe_pages_2d is a 2d array of pages, and it is also a corner turn.
+ * Ascending page index access is sp2d(p-minor, c-major). But storage is
+ * sp2d[p-minor][c-major], so it can be properlly presented to the async-xor
+ * API.
+ */
+struct __stripe_pages_2d {
+	/* Cache some hot path repeated calculations */
+	unsigned parity;
+	unsigned data_devs;
+	unsigned pages_in_unit;
+
+	bool needed ;
+
+	/* Array size is pages_in_unit (layout->stripe_unit / PAGE_SIZE) */
+	struct __1_page_stripe {
+		bool alloc;
+		unsigned write_count;
+		struct async_submit_ctl submit;
+		struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
+
+		/* The size of this array is data_devs + parity */
+		struct page **pages;
+		struct page **scribble;
+		/* bool array, size of this array is data_devs */
+		char *page_is_read;
+	} _1p_stripes[];
+};
+
+/* This can get bigger then a page. So support multiple page allocations
+ * _sp2d_free should be called even if _sp2d_alloc fails (by returning
+ * none-zero).
+ */
+static int _sp2d_alloc(unsigned pages_in_unit, unsigned group_width,
+		       unsigned parity, struct __stripe_pages_2d **psp2d)
+{
+	struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d;
+	unsigned data_devs = group_width - parity;
+	struct _alloc_all_bytes {
+		struct __alloc_stripe_pages_2d {
+			struct __stripe_pages_2d sp2d;
+			struct __1_page_stripe _1p_stripes[pages_in_unit];
+		} __asp2d;
+		struct __alloc_1p_arrays {
+			struct page *pages[group_width];
+			struct page *scribble[group_width];
+			char page_is_read[data_devs];
+		} __a1pa[pages_in_unit];
+	} *_aab;
+	struct __alloc_1p_arrays *__a1pa;
+	struct __alloc_1p_arrays *__a1pa_end;
+	const unsigned sizeof__a1pa = sizeof(_aab->__a1pa[0]);
+	unsigned num_a1pa, alloc_size, i;
+
+	/* FIXME: check these numbers in ore_verify_layout */
+	BUG_ON(sizeof(_aab->__asp2d) > PAGE_SIZE);
+	BUG_ON(sizeof__a1pa > PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	if (sizeof(*_aab) > PAGE_SIZE) {
+		num_a1pa = (PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(_aab->__asp2d)) / sizeof__a1pa;
+		alloc_size = sizeof(_aab->__asp2d) + sizeof__a1pa * num_a1pa;
+	} else {
+		num_a1pa = pages_in_unit;
+		alloc_size = sizeof(*_aab);
+	}
+
+	_aab = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!_aab)) {
+		ORE_DBGMSG("!! Failed to alloc sp2d size=%d\n", alloc_size);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	sp2d = &_aab->__asp2d.sp2d;
+	*psp2d = sp2d; /* From here Just call _sp2d_free */
+
+	__a1pa = _aab->__a1pa;
+	__a1pa_end = __a1pa + num_a1pa;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pages_in_unit; ++i) {
+		if (unlikely(__a1pa >= __a1pa_end)) {
+			num_a1pa = min_t(unsigned, PAGE_SIZE / sizeof__a1pa,
+							pages_in_unit - i);
+
+			__a1pa = kzalloc(num_a1pa * sizeof__a1pa, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (unlikely(!__a1pa)) {
+				ORE_DBGMSG("!! Failed to _alloc_1p_arrays=%d\n",
+					   num_a1pa);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+			__a1pa_end = __a1pa + num_a1pa;
+			/* First *pages is marked for kfree of the buffer */
+			sp2d->_1p_stripes[i].alloc = true;
+		}
+
+		sp2d->_1p_stripes[i].pages = __a1pa->pages;
+		sp2d->_1p_stripes[i].scribble = __a1pa->scribble ;
+		sp2d->_1p_stripes[i].page_is_read = __a1pa->page_is_read;
+		++__a1pa;
+	}
+
+	sp2d->parity = parity;
+	sp2d->data_devs = data_devs;
+	sp2d->pages_in_unit = pages_in_unit;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void _sp2d_reset(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d,
+			const struct _ore_r4w_op *r4w, void *priv)
+{
+	unsigned data_devs = sp2d->data_devs;
+	unsigned group_width = data_devs + sp2d->parity;
+	unsigned p;
+
+	if (!sp2d->needed)
+		return;
+
+	for (p = 0; p < sp2d->pages_in_unit; p++) {
+		struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[p];
+
+		if (_1ps->write_count < group_width) {
+			unsigned c;
+
+			for (c = 0; c < data_devs; c++)
+				if (_1ps->page_is_read[c]) {
+					struct page *page = _1ps->pages[c];
+
+					r4w->put_page(priv, page);
+					_1ps->page_is_read[c] = false;
+				}
+		}
+
+		memset(_1ps->pages, 0, group_width * sizeof(*_1ps->pages));
+		_1ps->write_count = 0;
+		_1ps->tx = NULL;
+	}
+
+	sp2d->needed = false;
+}
+
+static void _sp2d_free(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d)
+{
+	unsigned i;
+
+	if (!sp2d)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sp2d->pages_in_unit; ++i) {
+		if (sp2d->_1p_stripes[i].alloc)
+			kfree(sp2d->_1p_stripes[i].pages);
+	}
+
+	kfree(sp2d);
+}
+
+static unsigned _sp2d_min_pg(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d)
+{
+	unsigned p;
+
+	for (p = 0; p < sp2d->pages_in_unit; p++) {
+		struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[p];
+
+		if (_1ps->write_count)
+			return p;
+	}
+
+	return ~0;
+}
+
+static unsigned _sp2d_max_pg(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d)
+{
+	unsigned p;
+
+	for (p = sp2d->pages_in_unit - 1; p >= 0; --p) {
+		struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[p];
+
+		if (_1ps->write_count)
+			return p;
+	}
+
+	return ~0;
+}
+
+static void _gen_xor_unit(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d)
+{
+	unsigned p;
+	for (p = 0; p < sp2d->pages_in_unit; p++) {
+		struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[p];
+
+		if (!_1ps->write_count)
+			continue;
+
+		init_async_submit(&_1ps->submit,
+			ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST | ASYNC_TX_ACK,
+			NULL,
+			NULL, NULL,
+			(addr_conv_t *)_1ps->scribble);
+
+		/* TODO: raid6 */
+		_1ps->tx = async_xor(_1ps->pages[sp2d->data_devs], _1ps->pages,
+				     0, sp2d->data_devs, PAGE_SIZE,
+				     &_1ps->submit);
+	}
+
+	for (p = 0; p < sp2d->pages_in_unit; p++) {
+		struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[p];
+		/* NOTE: We wait for HW synchronously (I don't have such HW
+		 * to test with.) Is parallelism needed with today's multi
+		 * cores?
+		 */
+		async_tx_issue_pending(_1ps->tx);
+	}
+}
+
+void _ore_add_stripe_page(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d,
+		       struct ore_striping_info *si, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps;
+
+	sp2d->needed = true;
+
+	_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[si->cur_pg];
+	_1ps->pages[si->cur_comp] = page;
+	++_1ps->write_count;
+
+	si->cur_pg = (si->cur_pg + 1) % sp2d->pages_in_unit;
+	/* si->cur_comp is advanced outside at main loop */
+}
+
 void _ore_add_sg_seg(struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, unsigned cur_len,
 		     bool not_last)
 {
@@ -76,6 +310,240 @@ void _ore_add_sg_seg(struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, unsigned cur_len,
 	}
 }
 
+static int _alloc_read_4_write(struct ore_io_state *ios)
+{
+	struct ore_layout *layout = ios->layout;
+	int ret;
+	/* We want to only read those pages not in cache so worst case
+	 * is a stripe populated with every other page
+	 */
+	unsigned sgs_per_dev = ios->sp2d->pages_in_unit + 2;
+
+	ret = _ore_get_io_state(layout, ios->oc,
+				layout->group_width * layout->mirrors_p1,
+				sgs_per_dev, 0, &ios->ios_read_4_write);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* @si contains info of the to-be-inserted page. Update of @si should be
+ * maintained by caller. Specificaly si->dev, si->obj_offset, ...
+ */
+static int _add_to_read_4_write(struct ore_io_state *ios,
+				struct ore_striping_info *si, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev;
+	struct ore_io_state *read_ios;
+	unsigned first_dev = si->dev - (si->dev %
+			  (ios->layout->group_width * ios->layout->mirrors_p1));
+	unsigned comp = si->dev - first_dev;
+	unsigned added_len;
+
+	if (!ios->ios_read_4_write) {
+		int ret = _alloc_read_4_write(ios);
+
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	read_ios = ios->ios_read_4_write;
+	read_ios->numdevs = ios->layout->group_width * ios->layout->mirrors_p1;
+
+	per_dev = &read_ios->per_dev[comp];
+	if (!per_dev->length) {
+		per_dev->bio = bio_kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL,
+					   ios->sp2d->pages_in_unit);
+		if (unlikely(!per_dev->bio)) {
+			ORE_DBGMSG("Failed to allocate BIO size=%u\n",
+				     ios->sp2d->pages_in_unit);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		per_dev->offset = si->obj_offset;
+		per_dev->dev = si->dev;
+	} else if (si->obj_offset != (per_dev->offset + per_dev->length)) {
+		u64 gap = si->obj_offset - (per_dev->offset + per_dev->length);
+
+		_ore_add_sg_seg(per_dev, gap, true);
+	}
+	q = osd_request_queue(ore_comp_dev(read_ios->oc, per_dev->dev));
+	added_len = bio_add_pc_page(q, per_dev->bio, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+	if (unlikely(added_len != PAGE_SIZE)) {
+		ORE_DBGMSG("Failed to bio_add_pc_page bi_vcnt=%d\n",
+			      per_dev->bio->bi_vcnt);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	per_dev->length += PAGE_SIZE;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void _mark_read4write_pages_uptodate(struct ore_io_state *ios, int ret)
+{
+	struct bio_vec *bv;
+	unsigned i, d;
+
+	/* loop on all devices all pages */
+	for (d = 0; d < ios->numdevs; d++) {
+		struct bio *bio = ios->per_dev[d].bio;
+
+		if (!bio)
+			continue;
+
+		__bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, i, 0) {
+			struct page *page = bv->bv_page;
+
+			SetPageUptodate(page);
+			if (PageError(page))
+				ClearPageError(page);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/* read_4_write is hacked to read the start of the first stripe and/or
+ * the end of the last stripe. If needed, with an sg-gap at each device/page.
+ * It is assumed to be called after the to_be_written pages of the first stripe
+ * are populating ios->sp2d[][]
+ *
+ * NOTE: We call ios->r4w->lock_fn for all pages needed for parity calculations
+ * These pages are held at sp2d[p].pages[c] but with
+ * sp2d[p].page_is_read[c] = true. At _sp2d_reset these pages are
+ * ios->r4w->lock_fn(). The ios->r4w->lock_fn might signal that the page is
+ * @uptodate=true, so we don't need to read it, only unlock, after IO.
+ *
+ * TODO: The read_4_write should calc a need_to_read_pages_count, if bigger then
+ * to-be-written count, we should consider the xor-in-place mode.
+ * need_to_read_pages_count is the actual number of pages not present in cache.
+ * maybe "devs_in_group - ios->sp2d[p].write_count" is a good enough
+ * approximation? In this mode the read pages are put in the empty places of
+ * ios->sp2d[p][*], xor is calculated the same way. These pages are
+ * allocated/freed and don't go through cache
+ */
+static int _read_4_write(struct ore_io_state *ios)
+{
+	struct ore_io_state *ios_read;
+	struct ore_striping_info read_si;
+	struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d = ios->sp2d;
+	u64 offset = ios->si.first_stripe_start;
+	u64 last_stripe_end;
+	unsigned bytes_in_stripe = ios->si.bytes_in_stripe;
+	unsigned i, c, p, min_p = sp2d->pages_in_unit, max_p = -1;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (offset == ios->offset) /* Go to start collect $200 */
+		goto read_last_stripe;
+
+	min_p = _sp2d_min_pg(sp2d);
+	max_p = _sp2d_max_pg(sp2d);
+
+	for (c = 0; ; c++) {
+		ore_calc_stripe_info(ios->layout, offset, 0, &read_si);
+		read_si.obj_offset += min_p * PAGE_SIZE;
+		offset += min_p * PAGE_SIZE;
+		for (p = min_p; p <= max_p; p++) {
+			struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[p];
+			struct page **pp = &_1ps->pages[c];
+			bool uptodate;
+
+			if (*pp)
+				/* to-be-written pages start here */
+				goto read_last_stripe;
+
+			*pp = ios->r4w->get_page(ios->private, offset,
+						 &uptodate);
+			if (unlikely(!*pp))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+
+			if (!uptodate)
+				_add_to_read_4_write(ios, &read_si, *pp);
+
+			/* Mark read-pages to be cache_released */
+			_1ps->page_is_read[c] = true;
+			read_si.obj_offset += PAGE_SIZE;
+			offset += PAGE_SIZE;
+		}
+		offset += (sp2d->pages_in_unit - p) * PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+
+read_last_stripe:
+	offset = ios->offset + (ios->length + PAGE_SIZE - 1) /
+				PAGE_SIZE * PAGE_SIZE;
+	last_stripe_end = div_u64(offset + bytes_in_stripe - 1, bytes_in_stripe)
+				 * bytes_in_stripe;
+	if (offset == last_stripe_end) /* Optimize for the aligned case */
+		goto read_it;
+
+	ore_calc_stripe_info(ios->layout, offset, 0, &read_si);
+	p = read_si.unit_off / PAGE_SIZE;
+	c = _dev_order(ios->layout->group_width * ios->layout->mirrors_p1,
+		       ios->layout->mirrors_p1, read_si.par_dev, read_si.dev);
+
+	BUG_ON(ios->si.first_stripe_start + bytes_in_stripe != last_stripe_end);
+	/* unaligned IO must be within a single stripe */
+
+	if (min_p == sp2d->pages_in_unit) {
+		/* Didn't do it yet */
+		min_p = _sp2d_min_pg(sp2d);
+		max_p = _sp2d_max_pg(sp2d);
+	}
+
+	while (offset < last_stripe_end) {
+		struct __1_page_stripe *_1ps = &sp2d->_1p_stripes[p];
+
+		if ((min_p <= p) && (p <= max_p)) {
+			struct page *page;
+			bool uptodate;
+
+			BUG_ON(_1ps->pages[c]);
+			page = ios->r4w->get_page(ios->private, offset,
+						  &uptodate);
+			if (unlikely(!page))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+
+			_1ps->pages[c] = page;
+			/* Mark read-pages to be cache_released */
+			_1ps->page_is_read[c] = true;
+			if (!uptodate)
+				_add_to_read_4_write(ios, &read_si, page);
+		}
+
+		offset += PAGE_SIZE;
+		if (p == (sp2d->pages_in_unit - 1)) {
+			++c;
+			p = 0;
+			ore_calc_stripe_info(ios->layout, offset, 0, &read_si);
+		} else {
+			read_si.obj_offset += PAGE_SIZE;
+			++p;
+		}
+	}
+
+read_it:
+	ios_read = ios->ios_read_4_write;
+	if (!ios_read)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* FIXME: Ugly to signal _sbi_read_mirror that we have bio(s). Change
+	 * to check for per_dev->bio
+	 */
+	ios_read->pages = ios->pages;
+
+	/* Now read these devices */
+	for (i = 0; i < ios_read->numdevs; i += ios_read->layout->mirrors_p1) {
+		ret = _ore_read_mirror(ios_read, i);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = ore_io_execute(ios_read); /* Synchronus execution */
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		ORE_DBGMSG("!! ore_io_execute => %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	_mark_read4write_pages_uptodate(ios_read, ret);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* In writes @cur_len means length left. .i.e cur_len==0 is the last parity U */
 int _ore_add_parity_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,
 			    struct ore_striping_info *si,
@@ -86,42 +554,89 @@ int _ore_add_parity_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,
 		BUG_ON(per_dev->cur_sg >= ios->sgs_per_dev);
 		_ore_add_sg_seg(per_dev, cur_len, true);
 	} else {
+		struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d = ios->sp2d;
 		struct page **pages = ios->parity_pages + ios->cur_par_page;
-		unsigned num_pages = ios->layout->stripe_unit / PAGE_SIZE;
+		unsigned num_pages;
 		unsigned array_start = 0;
 		unsigned i;
 		int ret;
 
+		si->cur_pg = _sp2d_min_pg(sp2d);
+		num_pages  = _sp2d_max_pg(sp2d) + 1 - si->cur_pg;
+
+		if (!cur_len) /* If last stripe operate on parity comp */
+			si->cur_comp = sp2d->data_devs;
+
+		if (!per_dev->length) {
+			per_dev->offset += si->cur_pg * PAGE_SIZE;
+			/* If first stripe, Read in all read4write pages
+			 * (if needed) before we calculate the first parity.
+			 */
+			_read_4_write(ios);
+		}
+
 		for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
 			pages[i] = _raid_page_alloc();
 			if (unlikely(!pages[i]))
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
 			++(ios->cur_par_page);
-			/* TODO: only read support for now */
-			clear_highpage(pages[i]);
 		}
 
-		ORE_DBGMSG("writing dev=%d num_pages=%d cur_par_page=%d",
-			     per_dev->dev, num_pages, ios->cur_par_page);
+		BUG_ON(si->cur_comp != sp2d->data_devs);
+		BUG_ON(si->cur_pg + num_pages > sp2d->pages_in_unit);
 
 		ret = _ore_add_stripe_unit(ios,  &array_start, 0, pages,
 					   per_dev, num_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ret;
+
+		/* TODO: raid6 if (last_parity_dev) */
+		_gen_xor_unit(sp2d);
+		_sp2d_reset(sp2d, ios->r4w, ios->private);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int _ore_post_alloc_raid_stuff(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 {
-	/*TODO: Only raid writes has stuff to add here */
+	struct ore_layout *layout = ios->layout;
+
+	if (ios->parity_pages) {
+		unsigned pages_in_unit = layout->stripe_unit / PAGE_SIZE;
+		unsigned stripe_size = ios->si.bytes_in_stripe;
+		u64 last_stripe, first_stripe;
+
+		if (_sp2d_alloc(pages_in_unit, layout->group_width,
+				layout->parity, &ios->sp2d)) {
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		BUG_ON(ios->offset % PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		/* Round io down to last full strip */
+		first_stripe = div_u64(ios->offset, stripe_size);
+		last_stripe = div_u64(ios->offset + ios->length, stripe_size);
+
+		/* If an IO spans more then a single stripe it must end at
+		 * a stripe boundary. The reminder at the end is pushed into the
+		 * next IO.
+		 */
+		if (last_stripe != first_stripe) {
+			ios->length = last_stripe * stripe_size - ios->offset;
+
+			BUG_ON(!ios->length);
+			ios->nr_pages = (ios->length + PAGE_SIZE - 1) /
+					PAGE_SIZE;
+			ios->si.length = ios->length; /*make it consistent */
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void _ore_free_raid_stuff(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 {
-	if (ios->parity_pages) { /* writing and raid */
+	if (ios->sp2d) { /* writing and raid */
 		unsigned i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < ios->cur_par_page; i++) {
@@ -132,9 +647,14 @@ void _ore_free_raid_stuff(struct ore_io_state *ios)
 		}
 		if (ios->extra_part_alloc)
 			kfree(ios->parity_pages);
+		/* If IO returned an error pages might need unlocking */
+		_sp2d_reset(ios->sp2d, ios->r4w, ios->private);
+		_sp2d_free(ios->sp2d);
 	} else {
 		/* Will only be set if raid reading && sglist is big */
 		if (ios->extra_part_alloc)
 			kfree(ios->per_dev[0].sglist);
 	}
+	if (ios->ios_read_4_write)
+		ore_put_io_state(ios->ios_read_4_write);
 }
diff --git a/fs/exofs/ore_raid.h b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.h
index c21080b4407..2ffd2c3c6e4 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/ore_raid.h
+++ b/fs/exofs/ore_raid.h
@@ -57,8 +57,23 @@ void _ore_add_sg_seg(struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, unsigned cur_len,
 		 bool not_last);
 int _ore_add_parity_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios, struct ore_striping_info *si,
 		     struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, unsigned cur_len);
+void _ore_add_stripe_page(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d,
+		       struct ore_striping_info *si, struct page *page);
+static inline void _add_stripe_page(struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d,
+				struct ore_striping_info *si, struct page *page)
+{
+	if (!sp2d) /* Inline the fast path */
+		return; /* Hay no raid stuff */
+	_ore_add_stripe_page(sp2d, si, page);
+}
 
 /* ios.c stuff needed by ios_raid.c */
+int  _ore_get_io_state(struct ore_layout *layout,
+			struct ore_components *oc, unsigned numdevs,
+			unsigned sgs_per_dev, unsigned num_par_pages,
+			struct ore_io_state **pios);
 int _ore_add_stripe_unit(struct ore_io_state *ios,  unsigned *cur_pg,
 		unsigned pgbase, struct page **pages,
 		struct ore_per_dev_state *per_dev, int cur_len);
+int _ore_read_mirror(struct ore_io_state *ios, unsigned cur_comp);
+int ore_io_execute(struct ore_io_state *ios);
diff --git a/include/scsi/osd_ore.h b/include/scsi/osd_ore.h
index 43821c18cd3..f05fa826f89 100644
--- a/include/scsi/osd_ore.h
+++ b/include/scsi/osd_ore.h
@@ -99,11 +99,17 @@ struct ore_striping_info {
 	unsigned dev;
 	unsigned par_dev;
 	unsigned unit_off;
+	unsigned cur_pg;
 	unsigned cur_comp;
 };
 
 struct ore_io_state;
 typedef void (*ore_io_done_fn)(struct ore_io_state *ios, void *private);
+struct _ore_r4w_op {
+	/* @Priv given here is passed ios->private */
+	struct page * (*get_page)(void *priv, u64 page_index, bool *uptodate);
+	void (*put_page)(void *priv, struct page *page);
+};
 
 struct ore_io_state {
 	struct kref		kref;
@@ -139,6 +145,9 @@ struct ore_io_state {
 	unsigned		max_par_pages;
 	unsigned		cur_par_page;
 	unsigned		sgs_per_dev;
+	struct __stripe_pages_2d *sp2d;
+	struct ore_io_state	 *ios_read_4_write;
+	const struct _ore_r4w_op *r4w;
 
 	/* Variable array of size numdevs */
 	unsigned numdevs;