diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 8e590b424d75..5f279425ee77 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -311,6 +311,13 @@ extern int nfs4_set_rw_stateid(nfs4_stateid *stateid,
 		const struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
 		const struct nfs_lock_context *l_ctx,
 		fmode_t fmode);
+extern int nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
+			     struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct nfs4_label *label,
+			     struct inode *inode);
+extern int update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state,
+				const nfs4_stateid *open_stateid,
+				const nfs4_stateid *deleg_stateid,
+				fmode_t fmode);
 
 extern int nfs4_proc_get_lease_time(struct nfs_client *clp,
 		struct nfs_fsinfo *fsinfo);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index b68b41be6d9f..1898262a2cb1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include "delegation.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "iostat.h"
@@ -286,6 +287,99 @@ static loff_t nfs42_remap_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 out:
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : count;
 }
+
+static int read_name_gen = 1;
+#define SSC_READ_NAME_BODY "ssc_read_%d"
+
+struct file *
+nfs42_ssc_open(struct vfsmount *ss_mnt, struct nfs_fh *src_fh,
+		nfs4_stateid *stateid)
+{
+	struct nfs_fattr fattr;
+	struct file *filep, *res;
+	struct nfs_server *server;
+	struct inode *r_ino = NULL;
+	struct nfs_open_context *ctx;
+	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp;
+	char *read_name;
+	int len, status = 0;
+
+	server = NFS_SERVER(ss_mnt->mnt_root->d_inode);
+
+	nfs_fattr_init(&fattr);
+
+	status = nfs4_proc_getattr(server, src_fh, &fattr, NULL, NULL);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		res = ERR_PTR(status);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	res = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	len = strlen(SSC_READ_NAME_BODY) + 16;
+	read_name = kzalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (read_name == NULL)
+		goto out;
+	snprintf(read_name, len, SSC_READ_NAME_BODY, read_name_gen++);
+
+	r_ino = nfs_fhget(ss_mnt->mnt_root->d_inode->i_sb, src_fh, &fattr,
+			NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(r_ino)) {
+		res = ERR_CAST(r_ino);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	filep = alloc_file_pseudo(r_ino, ss_mnt, read_name, FMODE_READ,
+				     r_ino->i_fop);
+	if (IS_ERR(filep)) {
+		res = ERR_CAST(filep);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	filep->f_mode |= FMODE_READ;
+
+	ctx = alloc_nfs_open_context(filep->f_path.dentry, filep->f_mode,
+					filep);
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
+		res = ERR_CAST(ctx);
+		goto out_filep;
+	}
+
+	res = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	sp = nfs4_get_state_owner(server, ctx->cred, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (sp == NULL)
+		goto out_ctx;
+
+	ctx->state = nfs4_get_open_state(r_ino, sp);
+	if (ctx->state == NULL)
+		goto out_stateowner;
+
+	set_bit(NFS_OPEN_STATE, &ctx->state->flags);
+	memcpy(&ctx->state->open_stateid.other, &stateid->other,
+	       NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE);
+	update_open_stateid(ctx->state, stateid, NULL, filep->f_mode);
+
+	nfs_file_set_open_context(filep, ctx);
+	put_nfs_open_context(ctx);
+
+	file_ra_state_init(&filep->f_ra, filep->f_mapping->host->i_mapping);
+	res = filep;
+out:
+	return res;
+out_stateowner:
+	nfs4_put_state_owner(sp);
+out_ctx:
+	put_nfs_open_context(ctx);
+out_filep:
+	fput(filep);
+	goto out;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs42_ssc_open);
+void nfs42_ssc_close(struct file *filep)
+{
+	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(filep);
+
+	ctx->state->flags = 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs42_ssc_close);
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_2 */
 
 const struct file_operations nfs4_file_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 505045b47670..f3a1f8d8e447 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ struct nfs4_opendata;
 static int _nfs4_recover_proc_open(struct nfs4_opendata *data);
 static int nfs4_do_fsinfo(struct nfs_server *, struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fsinfo *);
 static void nfs_fixup_referral_attributes(struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
-static int nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *, struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fattr *, struct nfs4_label *label, struct inode *inode);
 static int _nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct nfs4_label *label, struct inode *inode);
 static int nfs4_do_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred,
 			    struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct iattr *sattr,
@@ -1718,7 +1717,7 @@ static void nfs_state_clear_delegation(struct nfs4_state *state)
 	write_sequnlock(&state->seqlock);
 }
 
-static int update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state,
+int update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state,
 		const nfs4_stateid *open_stateid,
 		const nfs4_stateid *delegation,
 		fmode_t fmode)
@@ -4065,7 +4064,7 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 	return nfs4_call_sync(server->client, server, &msg, &args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 0);
 }
 
-static int nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
+int nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 				struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct nfs4_label *label,
 				struct inode *inode)
 {