Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

7 files changed, 405 insertions, 140 deletions

diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 7f8e26ea427c..2e32bd340474 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,10 @@ static ssize_t compat_do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
         if (ret < 0)
                 goto out;
 
+        ret = security_file_permission(file, type == READ ? MAY_READ:MAY_WRITE);
+        if (ret)
+                goto out;
+
         fnv = NULL;
         if (type == READ) {
                 fn = file->f_op->read;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index aaf1da17b6d4..8c22aa9a7fbb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
                 if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
                         flags &= ~EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL;
 
+                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 oldflags = ei->i_flags;
 
                 /* The JOURNAL_DATA flag is modifiable only by root */
@@ -60,8 +61,10 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
                  * This test looks nicer. Thanks to Pauline Middelink
                  */
                 if ((flags ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_APPEND_FL | EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL)) {
-                        if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
+                        if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) {
+                                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                                 return -EPERM;
+                        }
                 }
 
                 /*
@@ -69,14 +72,18 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
                  * the relevant capability.
                  */
                 if ((jflag ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL)) {
-                        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
+                        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
+                                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                                 return -EPERM;
+                        }
                 }
 
 
                 handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 1);
-                if (IS_ERR(handle))
+                if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+                        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                         return PTR_ERR(handle);
+                }
                 if (IS_SYNC(inode))
                         handle->h_sync = 1;
                 err = ext3_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
@@ -93,11 +100,14 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
                 err = ext3_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
 flags_err:
                 ext3_journal_stop(handle);
-                if (err)
+                if (err) {
+                        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                         return err;
+                }
 
                 if ((jflag ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL))
                         err = ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(inode, jflag);
+                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 return err;
         }
         case EXT3_IOC_GETVERSION:
diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index c5ffa8523968..8aac5334680d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
                         goto exit_bh;
                 }
                 lock_buffer(bh);
-                memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i], bh->b_size);
+                memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, bh->b_size);
                 set_buffer_uptodate(gdb);
                 unlock_buffer(bh);
                 ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdb);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index cc750c68fe70..104a62dadb94 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -128,14 +128,24 @@ void fuse_put_request(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
         }
 }
 
-void fuse_remove_background(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
+/*
+ * Called with sbput_sem held for read (request_end) or write
+ * (fuse_put_super).  By the time fuse_put_super() is finished, all
+ * inodes belonging to background requests must be released, so the
+ * iputs have to be done within the locked region.
+ */
+void fuse_release_background(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 {
-        list_del_init(&req->bg_entry);
+        iput(req->inode);
+        iput(req->inode2);
+        spin_lock(&fc->lock);
+        list_del(&req->bg_entry);
         if (fc->num_background == FUSE_MAX_BACKGROUND) {
                 fc->blocked = 0;
                 wake_up_all(&fc->blocked_waitq);
         }
         fc->num_background--;
+        spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -165,27 +175,22 @@ static void request_end(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
                 wake_up(&req->waitq);
                 fuse_put_request(fc, req);
         } else {
-                struct inode *inode = req->inode;
-                struct inode *inode2 = req->inode2;
-                struct file *file = req->file;
                 void (*end) (struct fuse_conn *, struct fuse_req *) = req->end;
                 req->end = NULL;
-                req->inode = NULL;
-                req->inode2 = NULL;
-                req->file = NULL;
-                if (!list_empty(&req->bg_entry))
-                        fuse_remove_background(fc, req);
                 spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
+                down_read(&fc->sbput_sem);
+                if (fc->mounted)
+                        fuse_release_background(fc, req);
+                up_read(&fc->sbput_sem);
+
+                /* fput must go outside sbput_sem, otherwise it can deadlock */
+                if (req->file)
+                        fput(req->file);
 
                 if (end)
                         end(fc, req);
                 else
                         fuse_put_request(fc, req);
-
-                if (file)
-                        fput(file);
-                iput(inode);
-                iput(inode2);
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 59661c481d9d..0474202cb5dc 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -258,9 +258,15 @@ struct fuse_conn {
         /** waitq for blocked connection */
         wait_queue_head_t blocked_waitq;
 
+        /** RW semaphore for exclusion with fuse_put_super() */
+        struct rw_semaphore sbput_sem;
+
         /** The next unique request id */
         u64 reqctr;
 
+        /** Mount is active */
+        unsigned mounted;
+
         /** Connection established, cleared on umount, connection
             abort and device release */
         unsigned connected;
@@ -471,11 +477,11 @@ void request_send_noreply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req);
 void request_send_background(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req);
 
 /**
- * Remove request from the the background list
+ * Release inodes and file associated with background request
  */
-void fuse_remove_background(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req);
+void fuse_release_background(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req);
 
-/** Abort all requests */
+/* Abort all requests */
 void fuse_abort_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc);
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 43a6fc0db8a7..7627022446b2 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -204,26 +204,17 @@ static void fuse_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
         struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn_super(sb);
 
+        down_write(&fc->sbput_sem);
+        while (!list_empty(&fc->background))
+                fuse_release_background(fc,
+                                        list_entry(fc->background.next,
+                                                   struct fuse_req, bg_entry));
+
         spin_lock(&fc->lock);
+        fc->mounted = 0;
         fc->connected = 0;
-        while (!list_empty(&fc->background)) {
-                struct fuse_req *req = list_entry(fc->background.next,
-                                                  struct fuse_req, bg_entry);
-                struct inode *inode = req->inode;
-                struct inode *inode2 = req->inode2;
-
-                /* File would hold a reference to vfsmount */
-                BUG_ON(req->file);
-                req->inode = NULL;
-                req->inode2 = NULL;
-                fuse_remove_background(fc, req);
-
-                spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
-                iput(inode);
-                iput(inode2);
-                spin_lock(&fc->lock);
-        }
         spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
+        up_write(&fc->sbput_sem);
         /* Flush all readers on this fs */
         kill_fasync(&fc->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
         wake_up_all(&fc->waitq);
@@ -395,6 +386,7 @@ static struct fuse_conn *new_conn(void)
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->processing);
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->io);
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->background);
+                init_rwsem(&fc->sbput_sem);
                 kobj_set_kset_s(fc, connections_subsys);
                 kobject_init(&fc->kobj);
                 atomic_set(&fc->num_waiting, 0);
@@ -508,11 +500,6 @@ static int fuse_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
         if (file->f_op != &fuse_dev_operations)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        /* Setting file->private_data can't race with other mount()
-           instances, since BKL is held for ->get_sb() */
-        if (file->private_data)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         fc = new_conn();
         if (!fc)
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -548,7 +535,14 @@ static int fuse_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
         if (err)
                 goto err_free_req;
 
+        /* Setting file->private_data can't race with other mount()
+           instances, since BKL is held for ->get_sb() */
+        err = -EINVAL;
+        if (file->private_data)
+                goto err_kobject_del;
+
         sb->s_root = root_dentry;
+        fc->mounted = 1;
         fc->connected = 1;
         kobject_get(&fc->kobj);
         file->private_data = fc;
@@ -563,6 +557,8 @@ static int fuse_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
         return 0;
 
+ err_kobject_del:
+        kobject_del(&fc->kobj);
  err_free_req:
         fuse_request_free(init_req);
  err_put_root:
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 0559e7577a04..a46ddd28561e 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -27,15 +27,22 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+
+struct partial_page {
+        unsigned int offset;
+        unsigned int len;
+};
 
 /*
- * Passed to the actors
+ * Passed to splice_to_pipe
  */
-struct splice_desc {
-        unsigned int len, total_len;    /* current and remaining length */
+struct splice_pipe_desc {
+        struct page **pages;            /* page map */
+        struct partial_page *partial;   /* pages[] may not be contig */
+        int nr_pages;                   /* number of pages in map */
         unsigned int flags;             /* splice flags */
-        struct file *file;              /* file to read/write */
-        loff_t pos;                     /* file position */
+        struct pipe_buf_operations *ops;/* ops associated with output pipe */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -128,6 +135,19 @@ static void page_cache_pipe_buf_unmap(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
         kunmap(buf->page);
 }
 
+static void *user_page_pipe_buf_map(struct file *file,
+                                    struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+                                    struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+        return kmap(buf->page);
+}
+
+static void user_page_pipe_buf_unmap(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+                                     struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+        kunmap(buf->page);
+}
+
 static void page_cache_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
                                     struct pipe_buffer *buf)
 {
@@ -143,19 +163,33 @@ static struct pipe_buf_operations page_cache_pipe_buf_ops = {
         .get = page_cache_pipe_buf_get,
 };
 
+static int user_page_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+                                    struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+        return 1;
+}
+
+static struct pipe_buf_operations user_page_pipe_buf_ops = {
+        .can_merge = 0,
+        .map = user_page_pipe_buf_map,
+        .unmap = user_page_pipe_buf_unmap,
+        .release = page_cache_pipe_buf_release,
+        .steal = user_page_pipe_buf_steal,
+        .get = page_cache_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+
 /*
  * Pipe output worker. This sets up our pipe format with the page cache
  * pipe buffer operations. Otherwise very similar to the regular pipe_writev().
  */
-static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
-                            int nr_pages, unsigned long len,
-                            unsigned int offset, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+                              struct splice_pipe_desc *spd)
 {
-        int ret, do_wakeup, i;
+        int ret, do_wakeup, page_nr;
 
         ret = 0;
         do_wakeup = 0;
-        i = 0;
+        page_nr = 0;
 
         if (pipe->inode)
                 mutex_lock(&pipe->inode->i_mutex);
@@ -171,27 +205,19 @@ static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
                 if (pipe->nrbufs < PIPE_BUFFERS) {
                         int newbuf = (pipe->curbuf + pipe->nrbufs) & (PIPE_BUFFERS - 1);
                         struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + newbuf;
-                        struct page *page = pages[i++];
-                        unsigned long this_len;
-
-                        this_len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
-                        if (this_len > len)
-                                this_len = len;
 
-                        buf->page = page;
-                        buf->offset = offset;
-                        buf->len = this_len;
-                        buf->ops = &page_cache_pipe_buf_ops;
+                        buf->page = spd->pages[page_nr];
+                        buf->offset = spd->partial[page_nr].offset;
+                        buf->len = spd->partial[page_nr].len;
+                        buf->ops = spd->ops;
                         pipe->nrbufs++;
+                        page_nr++;
+                        ret += buf->len;
+
                         if (pipe->inode)
                                 do_wakeup = 1;
 
-                        ret += this_len;
-                        len -= this_len;
-                        offset = 0;
-                        if (!--nr_pages)
-                                break;
-                        if (!len)
+                        if (!--spd->nr_pages)
                                 break;
                         if (pipe->nrbufs < PIPE_BUFFERS)
                                 continue;
@@ -199,7 +225,7 @@ static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
                         break;
                 }
 
-                if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+                if (spd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
                         if (!ret)
                                 ret = -EAGAIN;
                         break;
@@ -234,8 +260,8 @@ static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
                 kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
         }
 
-        while (i < nr_pages)
-                page_cache_release(pages[i++]);
+        while (page_nr < spd->nr_pages)
+                page_cache_release(spd->pages[page_nr++]);
 
         return ret;
 }
@@ -246,17 +272,24 @@ __generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
                            unsigned int flags)
 {
         struct address_space *mapping = in->f_mapping;
-        unsigned int loff, offset, nr_pages;
+        unsigned int loff, nr_pages;
         struct page *pages[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+        struct partial_page partial[PIPE_BUFFERS];
         struct page *page;
         pgoff_t index, end_index;
         loff_t isize;
-        size_t bytes;
-        int i, error;
+        size_t total_len;
+        int error, page_nr;
+        struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+                .pages = pages,
+                .partial = partial,
+                .flags = flags,
+                .ops = &page_cache_pipe_buf_ops,
+        };
 
         index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-        loff = offset = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
-        nr_pages = (len + offset + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+        loff = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+        nr_pages = (len + loff + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
         if (nr_pages > PIPE_BUFFERS)
                 nr_pages = PIPE_BUFFERS;
@@ -266,47 +299,75 @@ __generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
          * read-ahead if this is a non-zero offset (we are likely doing small
          * chunk splice and the page is already there) for a single page.
          */
-        if (!offset || nr_pages > 1)
-                do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, in, index, nr_pages);
+        if (!loff || nr_pages > 1)
+                page_cache_readahead(mapping, &in->f_ra, in, index, nr_pages);
 
         /*
          * Now fill in the holes:
          */
         error = 0;
-        bytes = 0;
-        for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++, index++) {
-                unsigned int this_len;
+        total_len = 0;
 
-                if (!len)
-                        break;
+        /*
+         * Lookup the (hopefully) full range of pages we need.
+         */
+        spd.nr_pages = find_get_pages_contig(mapping, index, nr_pages, pages);
 
+        /*
+         * If find_get_pages_contig() returned fewer pages than we needed,
+         * allocate the rest.
+         */
+        index += spd.nr_pages;
+        while (spd.nr_pages < nr_pages) {
                 /*
-                 * this_len is the max we'll use from this page
-                 */
-                this_len = min(len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - loff);
-find_page:
-                /*
-                 * lookup the page for this index
+                 * Page could be there, find_get_pages_contig() breaks on
+                 * the first hole.
                  */
                 page = find_get_page(mapping, index);
                 if (!page) {
                         /*
-                         * page didn't exist, allocate one
+                         * page didn't exist, allocate one.
                          */
                         page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
                         if (!page)
                                 break;
 
                         error = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index,
-                                                mapping_gfp_mask(mapping));
+                                              mapping_gfp_mask(mapping));
                         if (unlikely(error)) {
                                 page_cache_release(page);
                                 break;
                         }
-
-                        goto readpage;
+                        /*
+                         * add_to_page_cache() locks the page, unlock it
+                         * to avoid convoluting the logic below even more.
+                         */
+                        unlock_page(page);
                 }
 
+                pages[spd.nr_pages++] = page;
+                index++;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Now loop over the map and see if we need to start IO on any
+         * pages, fill in the partial map, etc.
+         */
+        index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+        nr_pages = spd.nr_pages;
+        spd.nr_pages = 0;
+        for (page_nr = 0; page_nr < nr_pages; page_nr++) {
+                unsigned int this_len;
+
+                if (!len)
+                        break;
+
+                /*
+                 * this_len is the max we'll use from this page
+                 */
+                this_len = min_t(unsigned long, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - loff);
+                page = pages[page_nr];
+
                 /*
                  * If the page isn't uptodate, we may need to start io on it
                  */
@@ -327,7 +388,6 @@ find_page:
                          */
                         if (!page->mapping) {
                                 unlock_page(page);
-                                page_cache_release(page);
                                 break;
                         }
                         /*
@@ -338,16 +398,20 @@ find_page:
                                 goto fill_it;
                         }
 
-readpage:
                         /*
                          * need to read in the page
                          */
                         error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(in, page);
-
                         if (unlikely(error)) {
-                                page_cache_release(page);
+                                /*
+                                 * We really should re-lookup the page here,
+                                 * but it complicates things a lot. Instead
+                                 * lets just do what we already stored, and
+                                 * we'll get it the next time we are called.
+                                 */
                                 if (error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE)
-                                        goto find_page;
+                                        error = 0;
+
                                 break;
                         }
 
@@ -356,10 +420,8 @@ readpage:
                          */
                         isize = i_size_read(mapping->host);
                         end_index = (isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-                        if (unlikely(!isize || index > end_index)) {
-                                page_cache_release(page);
+                        if (unlikely(!isize || index > end_index))
                                 break;
-                        }
 
                         /*
                          * if this is the last page, see if we need to shrink
@@ -367,26 +429,35 @@ readpage:
                          */
                         if (end_index == index) {
                                 loff = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - (isize & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
-                                if (bytes + loff > isize) {
-                                        page_cache_release(page);
+                                if (total_len + loff > isize)
                                         break;
-                                }
                                 /*
                                  * force quit after adding this page
                                  */
-                                nr_pages = i;
+                                len = this_len;
                                 this_len = min(this_len, loff);
+                                loff = 0;
                         }
                 }
 fill_it:
-                pages[i] = page;
-                bytes += this_len;
+                partial[page_nr].offset = loff;
+                partial[page_nr].len = this_len;
                 len -= this_len;
+                total_len += this_len;
                 loff = 0;
+                spd.nr_pages++;
+                index++;
         }
 
-        if (i)
-                return move_to_pipe(pipe, pages, i, bytes, offset, flags);
+        /*
+         * Release any pages at the end, if we quit early. 'i' is how far
+         * we got, 'nr_pages' is how many pages are in the map.
+         */
+        while (page_nr < nr_pages)
+                page_cache_release(pages[page_nr++]);
+
+        if (spd.nr_pages)
+                return splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
 
         return error;
 }
@@ -439,14 +510,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_read);
 
 /*
  * Send 'sd->len' bytes to socket from 'sd->file' at position 'sd->pos'
- * using sendpage().
+ * using sendpage(). Return the number of bytes sent.
  */
 static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
                             struct pipe_buffer *buf, struct splice_desc *sd)
 {
         struct file *file = sd->file;
         loff_t pos = sd->pos;
-        unsigned int offset;
         ssize_t ret;
         void *ptr;
         int more;
@@ -461,16 +531,13 @@ static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
         if (IS_ERR(ptr))
                 return PTR_ERR(ptr);
 
-        offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
         more = (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MORE) || sd->len < sd->total_len;
 
-        ret = file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, offset, sd->len, &pos,more);
+        ret = file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset, sd->len,
+                                   &pos, more);
 
         buf->ops->unmap(info, buf);
-        if (ret == sd->len)
-                return 0;
-
-        return -EIO;
+        return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -499,7 +566,7 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *info, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         struct file *file = sd->file;
         struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
         gfp_t gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
-        unsigned int offset;
+        unsigned int offset, this_len;
         struct page *page;
         pgoff_t index;
         char *src;
@@ -515,6 +582,10 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *info, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         index = sd->pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
         offset = sd->pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 
+        this_len = sd->len;
+        if (this_len + offset > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+                this_len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+
         /*
          * Reuse buf page, if SPLICE_F_MOVE is set.
          */
@@ -558,7 +629,7 @@ find_page:
                  * the full page.
                  */
                 if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
-                        if (sd->len < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
+                        if (this_len < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
                                 ret = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
                                 if (unlikely(ret))
                                         goto out;
@@ -582,7 +653,7 @@ find_page:
                 }
         }
 
-        ret = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, 0, sd->len);
+        ret = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+this_len);
         if (ret == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
                 page_cache_release(page);
                 goto find_page;
@@ -592,18 +663,22 @@ find_page:
         if (!(buf->flags & PIPE_BUF_FLAG_STOLEN)) {
                 char *dst = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 
-                memcpy(dst + offset, src + buf->offset, sd->len);
+                memcpy(dst + offset, src + buf->offset, this_len);
                 flush_dcache_page(page);
                 kunmap_atomic(dst, KM_USER0);
         }
 
-        ret = mapping->a_ops->commit_write(file, page, 0, sd->len);
+        ret = mapping->a_ops->commit_write(file, page, offset, offset+this_len);
         if (ret == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
                 page_cache_release(page);
                 goto find_page;
         } else if (ret)
                 goto out;
 
+        /*
+         * Return the number of bytes written.
+         */
+        ret = this_len;
         mark_page_accessed(page);
         balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
 out:
@@ -616,17 +691,14 @@ out_nomem:
         return ret;
 }
 
-typedef int (splice_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *,
-                           struct splice_desc *);
-
 /*
  * Pipe input worker. Most of this logic works like a regular pipe, the
  * key here is the 'actor' worker passed in that actually moves the data
  * to the wanted destination. See pipe_to_file/pipe_to_sendpage above.
  */
-static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-                              loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
-                              splice_actor *actor)
+ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+                         loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+                         splice_actor *actor)
 {
         int ret, do_wakeup, err;
         struct splice_desc sd;
@@ -652,16 +724,22 @@ static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
                                 sd.len = sd.total_len;
 
                         err = actor(pipe, buf, &sd);
-                        if (err) {
+                        if (err <= 0) {
                                 if (!ret && err != -ENODATA)
                                         ret = err;
 
                                 break;
                         }
 
-                        ret += sd.len;
-                        buf->offset += sd.len;
-                        buf->len -= sd.len;
+                        ret += err;
+                        buf->offset += err;
+                        buf->len -= err;
+
+                        sd.len -= err;
+                        sd.pos += err;
+                        sd.total_len -= err;
+                        if (sd.len)
+                                continue;
 
                         if (!buf->len) {
                                 buf->ops = NULL;
@@ -672,8 +750,6 @@ static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
                                         do_wakeup = 1;
                         }
 
-                        sd.pos += sd.len;
-                        sd.total_len -= sd.len;
                         if (!sd.total_len)
                                 break;
                 }
@@ -741,7 +817,7 @@ generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
         struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
         ssize_t ret;
 
-        ret = move_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
+        ret = splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
         if (ret > 0) {
                 struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 
@@ -783,7 +859,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_write);
 ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
                                 loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
-        return move_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_sendpage);
+        return splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_sendpage);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_splice_sendpage);
@@ -870,7 +946,7 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 
                 /*
                  * We don't have an immediate reader, but we'll read the stuff
-                 * out of the pipe right after the move_to_pipe(). So set
+                 * out of the pipe right after the splice_to_pipe(). So set
                  * PIPE_READERS appropriately.
                  */
                 pipe->readers = 1;
@@ -1010,6 +1086,174 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
         return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Map an iov into an array of pages and offset/length tupples. With the
+ * partial_page structure, we can map several non-contiguous ranges into
+ * our ones pages[] map instead of splitting that operation into pieces.
+ * Could easily be exported as a generic helper for other users, in which
+ * case one would probably want to add a 'max_nr_pages' parameter as well.
+ */
+static int get_iovec_page_array(const struct iovec __user *iov,
+                                unsigned int nr_vecs, struct page **pages,
+                                struct partial_page *partial)
+{
+        int buffers = 0, error = 0;
+
+        /*
+         * It's ok to take the mmap_sem for reading, even
+         * across a "get_user()".
+         */
+        down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+        while (nr_vecs) {
+                unsigned long off, npages;
+                void __user *base;
+                size_t len;
+                int i;
+
+                /*
+                 * Get user address base and length for this iovec.
+                 */
+                error = get_user(base, &iov->iov_base);
+                if (unlikely(error))
+                        break;
+                error = get_user(len, &iov->iov_len);
+                if (unlikely(error))
+                        break;
+
+                /*
+                 * Sanity check this iovec. 0 read succeeds.
+                 */
+                if (unlikely(!len))
+                        break;
+                error = -EFAULT;
+                if (unlikely(!base))
+                        break;
+
+                /*
+                 * Get this base offset and number of pages, then map
+                 * in the user pages.
+                 */
+                off = (unsigned long) base & ~PAGE_MASK;
+                npages = (off + len + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+                if (npages > PIPE_BUFFERS - buffers)
+                        npages = PIPE_BUFFERS - buffers;
+
+                error = get_user_pages(current, current->mm,
+                                       (unsigned long) base, npages, 0, 0,
+                                       &pages[buffers], NULL);
+
+                if (unlikely(error <= 0))
+                        break;
+
+                /*
+                 * Fill this contiguous range into the partial page map.
+                 */
+                for (i = 0; i < error; i++) {
+                        const int plen = min_t(size_t, len, PAGE_SIZE) - off;
+
+                        partial[buffers].offset = off;
+                        partial[buffers].len = plen;
+
+                        off = 0;
+                        len -= plen;
+                        buffers++;
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * We didn't complete this iov, stop here since it probably
+                 * means we have to move some of this into a pipe to
+                 * be able to continue.
+                 */
+                if (len)
+                        break;
+
+                /*
+                 * Don't continue if we mapped fewer pages than we asked for,
+                 * or if we mapped the max number of pages that we have
+                 * room for.
+                 */
+                if (error < npages || buffers == PIPE_BUFFERS)
+                        break;
+
+                nr_vecs--;
+                iov++;
+        }
+
+        up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+        if (buffers)
+                return buffers;
+
+        return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * vmsplice splices a user address range into a pipe. It can be thought of
+ * as splice-from-memory, where the regular splice is splice-from-file (or
+ * to file). In both cases the output is a pipe, naturally.
+ *
+ * Note that vmsplice only supports splicing _from_ user memory to a pipe,
+ * not the other way around. Splicing from user memory is a simple operation
+ * that can be supported without any funky alignment restrictions or nasty
+ * vm tricks. We simply map in the user memory and fill them into a pipe.
+ * The reverse isn't quite as easy, though. There are two possible solutions
+ * for that:
+ *
+ *      - memcpy() the data internally, at which point we might as well just
+ *        do a regular read() on the buffer anyway.
+ *      - Lots of nasty vm tricks, that are neither fast nor flexible (it
+ *        has restriction limitations on both ends of the pipe).
+ *
+ * Alas, it isn't here.
+ *
+ */
+static long do_vmsplice(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+                        unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
+{
+        struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
+        struct page *pages[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+        struct partial_page partial[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+        struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+                .pages = pages,
+                .partial = partial,
+                .flags = flags,
+                .ops = &user_page_pipe_buf_ops,
+        };
+
+        if (unlikely(!pipe))
+                return -EBADF;
+        if (unlikely(nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV))
+                return -EINVAL;
+        else if (unlikely(!nr_segs))
+                return 0;
+
+        spd.nr_pages = get_iovec_page_array(iov, nr_segs, pages, partial);
+        if (spd.nr_pages <= 0)
+                return spd.nr_pages;
+
+        return splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+}
+
+asmlinkage long sys_vmsplice(int fd, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+                             unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
+{
+        struct file *file;
+        long error;
+        int fput;
+
+        error = -EBADF;
+        file = fget_light(fd, &fput);
+        if (file) {
+                if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+                        error = do_vmsplice(file, iov, nr_segs, flags);
+
+                fput_light(file, fput);
+        }
+
+        return error;
+}
+
 asmlinkage long sys_splice(int fd_in, loff_t __user *off_in,
                            int fd_out, loff_t __user *off_out,
                            size_t len, unsigned int flags)