Merge tag 'vfs-6.8.rw' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

Pull vfs rw updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains updates from Amir for read-write backing file helpers
  for stacking filesystems such as overlayfs:

   - Fanotify is currently in the process of introducing pre content
     events. Roughly, a new permission event will be added indicating
     that it is safe to write to the file being accessed. These events
     are used by hierarchical storage managers to e.g., fill the content
     of files on first access.

     During that work we noticed that our current permission checking is
     inconsistent in rw_verify_area() and remap_verify_area().
     Especially in the splice code permission checking is done multiple
     times. For example, one time for the whole range and then again for
     partial ranges inside the iterator.

     In addition, we mostly do permission checking before we call
     file_start_write() except for a few places where we call it after.
     For pre-content events we need such permission checking to be done
     before file_start_write(). So this is a nice reason to clean this
     all up.

     After this series, all permission checking is done before
     file_start_write().

     As part of this cleanup we also massaged the splice code a bit. We
     got rid of a few helpers because we are alredy drowning in special
     read-write helpers. We also cleaned up the return types for splice
     helpers.

   - Introduce generic read-write helpers for backing files. This lifts
     some overlayfs code to common code so it can be used by the FUSE
     passthrough work coming in over the next cycles. Make Amir and
     Miklos the maintainers for this new subsystem of the vfs"

* tag 'vfs-6.8.rw' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (30 commits)
  fs: fix __sb_write_started() kerneldoc formatting
  fs: factor out backing_file_mmap() helper
  fs: factor out backing_file_splice_{read,write}() helpers
  fs: factor out backing_file_{read,write}_iter() helpers
  fs: prepare for stackable filesystems backing file helpers
  fsnotify: optionally pass access range in file permission hooks
  fsnotify: assert that file_start_write() is not held in permission hooks
  fsnotify: split fsnotify_perm() into two hooks
  fs: use splice_copy_file_range() inline helper
  splice: return type ssize_t from all helpers
  fs: use do_splice_direct() for nfsd/ksmbd server-side-copy
  fs: move file_start_write() into direct_splice_actor()
  fs: fork splice_file_range() from do_splice_direct()
  fs: create {sb,file}_write_not_started() helpers
  fs: create file_write_started() helper
  fs: create __sb_write_started() helper
  fs: move kiocb_start_write() into vfs_iocb_iter_write()
  fs: move permission hook out of do_iter_read()
  fs: move permission hook out of do_iter_write()
  fs: move file_start_write() into vfs_iter_write()
  ...

30 files changed, 941 insertions, 567 deletions

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5898fcb8640b..550d98cf14c6 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8143,6 +8143,15 @@ S:	Supported
 F:	fs/iomap/
 F:	include/linux/iomap.h
 
+FILESYSTEMS [STACKABLE]
+M:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
+M:	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
+L:	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
+L:	linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Maintained
+F:	fs/backing-file.c
+F:	include/linux/backing-file.h
+
 FINTEK F75375S HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
 M:	Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi>
 L:	linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 9f2d412fc560..8a8cd4fc9238 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -245,9 +245,7 @@ static int lo_write_bvec(struct file *file, struct bio_vec *bvec, loff_t *ppos)
 
 	iov_iter_bvec(&i, ITER_SOURCE, bvec, 1, bvec->bv_len);
 
-	file_start_write(file);
 	bw = vfs_iter_write(file, &i, ppos, 0);
-	file_end_write(file);
 
 	if (likely(bw ==  bvec->bv_len))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 42837617a55b..231c7703793a 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ config VALIDATE_FS_PARSER
 config FS_IOMAP
 	bool
 
+# Stackable filesystems
+config FS_STACK
+	bool
+
 config BUFFER_HEAD
 	bool
 
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 75522f88e763..a6962c588962 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF)	+= compat_binfmt_elf.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC)	+= binfmt_elf_fdpic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT)	+= binfmt_flat.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_FS_STACK)		+= backing-file.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE)	+= mbcache.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)	+= posix_acl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_COMMON)	+= nfs_common/
diff --git a/fs/backing-file.c b/fs/backing-file.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a681f38d84d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/backing-file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Common helpers for stackable filesystems and backing files.
+ *
+ * Forked from fs/overlayfs/file.c.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 CTERA Networks.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/backing-file.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+/**
+ * backing_file_open - open a backing file for kernel internal use
+ * @user_path:	path that the user reuqested to open
+ * @flags:	open flags
+ * @real_path:	path of the backing file
+ * @cred:	credentials for open
+ *
+ * Open a backing file for a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs).
+ * @user_path may be on the stackable filesystem and @real_path on the
+ * underlying filesystem.  In this case, we want to be able to return the
+ * @user_path of the stackable filesystem. This is done by embedding the
+ * returned file into a container structure that also stores the stacked
+ * file's path, which can be retrieved using backing_file_user_path().
+ */
+struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
+			       const struct path *real_path,
+			       const struct cred *cred)
+{
+	struct file *f;
+	int error;
+
+	f = alloc_empty_backing_file(flags, cred);
+	if (IS_ERR(f))
+		return f;
+
+	path_get(user_path);
+	*backing_file_user_path(f) = *user_path;
+	error = vfs_open(real_path, f);
+	if (error) {
+		fput(f);
+		f = ERR_PTR(error);
+	}
+
+	return f;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_open);
+
+struct backing_aio {
+	struct kiocb iocb;
+	refcount_t ref;
+	struct kiocb *orig_iocb;
+	/* used for aio completion */
+	void (*end_write)(struct file *);
+	struct work_struct work;
+	long res;
+};
+
+static struct kmem_cache *backing_aio_cachep;
+
+#define BACKING_IOCB_MASK \
+	(IOCB_NOWAIT | IOCB_HIPRI | IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC | IOCB_APPEND)
+
+static rwf_t iocb_to_rw_flags(int flags)
+{
+	return (__force rwf_t)(flags & BACKING_IOCB_MASK);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_put(struct backing_aio *aio)
+{
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&aio->ref)) {
+		fput(aio->iocb.ki_filp);
+		kmem_cache_free(backing_aio_cachep, aio);
+	}
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_cleanup(struct backing_aio *aio, long res)
+{
+	struct kiocb *iocb = &aio->iocb;
+	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio->orig_iocb;
+
+	if (aio->end_write)
+		aio->end_write(orig_iocb->ki_filp);
+
+	orig_iocb->ki_pos = iocb->ki_pos;
+	backing_aio_put(aio);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_rw_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = container_of(iocb, struct backing_aio, iocb);
+	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio->orig_iocb;
+
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
+		kiocb_end_write(iocb);
+
+	backing_aio_cleanup(aio, res);
+	orig_iocb->ki_complete(orig_iocb, res);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_complete_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = container_of(work, struct backing_aio, work);
+
+	backing_aio_rw_complete(&aio->iocb, aio->res);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_queue_completion(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = container_of(iocb, struct backing_aio, iocb);
+
+	/*
+	 * Punt to a work queue to serialize updates of mtime/size.
+	 */
+	aio->res = res;
+	INIT_WORK(&aio->work, backing_aio_complete_work);
+	queue_work(file_inode(aio->orig_iocb->ki_filp)->i_sb->s_dio_done_wq,
+		   &aio->work);
+}
+
+static int backing_aio_init_wq(struct kiocb *iocb)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_sb;
+
+	if (sb->s_dio_done_wq)
+		return 0;
+
+	return sb_init_dio_done_wq(sb);
+}
+
+
+ssize_t backing_file_read_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			       struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+			       struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = NULL;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
+	    !(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
+	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
+		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(flags);
+
+		ret = vfs_iter_read(file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		aio = kmem_cache_zalloc(backing_aio_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!aio)
+			goto out;
+
+		aio->orig_iocb = iocb;
+		kiocb_clone(&aio->iocb, iocb, get_file(file));
+		aio->iocb.ki_complete = backing_aio_rw_complete;
+		refcount_set(&aio->ref, 2);
+		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_read(file, &aio->iocb, iter);
+		backing_aio_put(aio);
+		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
+			backing_aio_cleanup(aio, ret);
+	}
+out:
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+	if (ctx->accessed)
+		ctx->accessed(ctx->user_file);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_read_iter);
+
+ssize_t backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+				struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+				struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = file_remove_privs(ctx->user_file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
+	    !(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Stacked filesystems don't support deferred completions, don't copy
+	 * this property in case it is set by the issuer.
+	 */
+	flags &= ~IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP;
+
+	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
+	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
+		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(flags);
+
+		ret = vfs_iter_write(file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
+		if (ctx->end_write)
+			ctx->end_write(ctx->user_file);
+	} else {
+		struct backing_aio *aio;
+
+		ret = backing_aio_init_wq(iocb);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		aio = kmem_cache_zalloc(backing_aio_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!aio)
+			goto out;
+
+		aio->orig_iocb = iocb;
+		aio->end_write = ctx->end_write;
+		kiocb_clone(&aio->iocb, iocb, get_file(file));
+		aio->iocb.ki_flags = flags;
+		aio->iocb.ki_complete = backing_aio_queue_completion;
+		refcount_set(&aio->ref, 2);
+		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_write(file, &aio->iocb, iter);
+		backing_aio_put(aio);
+		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
+			backing_aio_cleanup(aio, ret);
+	}
+out:
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_write_iter);
+
+ssize_t backing_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+				 unsigned int flags,
+				 struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
+	ret = vfs_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+	if (ctx->accessed)
+		ctx->accessed(ctx->user_file);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_splice_read);
+
+ssize_t backing_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				  struct file *out, loff_t *ppos, size_t len,
+				  unsigned int flags,
+				  struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	ret = file_remove_privs(ctx->user_file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
+	file_start_write(out);
+	ret = iter_file_splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
+	file_end_write(out);
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+	if (ctx->end_write)
+		ctx->end_write(ctx->user_file);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_splice_write);
+
+int backing_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		      struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)) ||
+	    WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->user_file != vma->vm_file))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (!file->f_op->mmap)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	vma_set_file(vma, file);
+
+	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
+	ret = call_mmap(vma->vm_file, vma);
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+	if (ctx->accessed)
+		ctx->accessed(ctx->user_file);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_mmap);
+
+static int __init backing_aio_init(void)
+{
+	backing_aio_cachep = kmem_cache_create("backing_aio",
+					       sizeof(struct backing_aio),
+					       0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+	if (!backing_aio_cachep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+fs_initcall(backing_aio_init);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index a1743904202b..41b479861b3c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4533,29 +4533,29 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write(struct file *file, void __user *argp, bool
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_acct;
 
-	file_start_write(file);
-
 	if (iov_iter_count(&iter) == 0) {
 		ret = 0;
-		goto out_end_write;
+		goto out_iov;
 	}
 	pos = args.offset;
 	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, &pos, args.len);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_end_write;
+		goto out_iov;
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
 	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, 0);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_end_write;
+		goto out_iov;
 	kiocb.ki_pos = pos;
 
+	file_start_write(file);
+
 	ret = btrfs_do_write_iter(&kiocb, &iter, &args);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		fsnotify_modify(file);
 
-out_end_write:
 	file_end_write(file);
+out_iov:
 	kfree(iov);
 out_acct:
 	if (ret > 0)
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/io.c b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
index 009d23cd435b..5857241c5918 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/io.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ static void cachefiles_write_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long ret)
 
 	_enter("%ld", ret);
 
-	kiocb_end_write(iocb);
+	if (ki->was_async)
+		kiocb_end_write(iocb);
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		trace_cachefiles_io_error(object, inode, ret,
@@ -319,8 +320,6 @@ int __cachefiles_write(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 		ki->iocb.ki_complete = cachefiles_write_complete;
 	atomic_long_add(ki->b_writing, &cache->b_writing);
 
-	kiocb_start_write(&ki->iocb);
-
 	get_file(ki->iocb.ki_filp);
 	cachefiles_grab_object(object, cachefiles_obj_get_ioreq);
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 3b5aae29e944..d380d9dad0e0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
 
 #include "super.h"
 #include "mds_client.h"
@@ -3010,8 +3011,8 @@ static ssize_t __ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 		 * {read,write}_iter, which will get caps again.
 		 */
 		put_rd_wr_caps(src_ci, src_got, dst_ci, dst_got);
-		ret = do_splice_direct(src_file, &src_off, dst_file,
-				       &dst_off, src_objlen, flags);
+		ret = splice_file_range(src_file, &src_off, dst_file, &dst_off,
+					src_objlen);
 		/* Abort on short copies or on error */
 		if (ret < (long)src_objlen) {
 			doutc(cl, "Failed partial copy (%zd)\n", ret);
@@ -3065,8 +3066,8 @@ out_caps:
 	 */
 	if (len && (len < src_ci->i_layout.object_size)) {
 		doutc(cl, "Final partial copy of %zu bytes\n", len);
-		bytes = do_splice_direct(src_file, &src_off, dst_file,
-					 &dst_off, len, flags);
+		bytes = splice_file_range(src_file, &src_off, dst_file,
+					  &dst_off, len);
 		if (bytes > 0)
 			ret += bytes;
 		else
@@ -3089,8 +3090,8 @@ static ssize_t ceph_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 				     len, flags);
 
 	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP || ret == -EXDEV)
-		ret = generic_copy_file_range(src_file, src_off, dst_file,
-					      dst_off, len, flags);
+		ret = splice_copy_file_range(src_file, src_off, dst_file,
+					     dst_off, len);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 16acc58311ea..148856a582a9 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -79,14 +79,12 @@ coda_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 	if (ret)
 		goto finish_write;
 
-	file_start_write(host_file);
 	inode_lock(coda_inode);
 	ret = vfs_iter_write(cfi->cfi_container, to, &iocb->ki_pos, 0);
 	coda_inode->i_size = file_inode(host_file)->i_size;
 	coda_inode->i_blocks = (coda_inode->i_size + 511) >> 9;
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(coda_inode, inode_set_ctime_current(coda_inode));
 	inode_unlock(coda_inode);
-	file_end_write(host_file);
 
 finish_write:
 	venus_access_intent(coda_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(coda_inode),
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index a660f1f21540..148a71b8b4d0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/filelock.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
 
 static int fuse_send_open(struct fuse_mount *fm, u64 nodeid,
 			  unsigned int open_flags, int opcode,
@@ -3195,8 +3196,8 @@ static ssize_t fuse_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_off,
 				     len, flags);
 
 	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP || ret == -EXDEV)
-		ret = generic_copy_file_range(src_file, src_off, dst_file,
-					      dst_off, len, flags);
+		ret = splice_copy_file_range(src_file, src_off, dst_file,
+					     dst_off, len);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 3a970a0644ce..bf2ee2e0d45d 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ int do_statx(int dfd, struct filename *filename, unsigned int flags,
 /*
  * fs/splice.c:
  */
-long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
-			 struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
-			 loff_t *offset,
-			 size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
+			    struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			    loff_t *offset,
+			    size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * fs/xattr.c:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 02788c3c85e5..e238abc78a13 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_ssc.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
 #include "delegation.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "iostat.h"
@@ -195,8 +196,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs4_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 	ret = __nfs4_copy_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, count,
 				     flags);
 	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP || ret == -EXDEV)
-		ret = generic_copy_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out,
-					      pos_out, count, flags);
+		ret = splice_copy_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out,
+					     pos_out, count);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index e01e4e2acbd9..707ef21f275b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,10 @@ __be32 nfsd_splice_read(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	ssize_t host_err;
 
 	trace_nfsd_read_splice(rqstp, fhp, offset, *count);
-	host_err = splice_direct_to_actor(file, &sd, nfsd_direct_splice_actor);
+	host_err = rw_verify_area(READ, file, &offset, *count);
+	if (!host_err)
+		host_err = splice_direct_to_actor(file, &sd,
+						  nfsd_direct_splice_actor);
 	return nfsd_finish_read(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, count, eof, host_err);
 }
 
@@ -1176,9 +1179,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf,
 	since = READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err);
 	if (verf)
 		nfsd_copy_write_verifier(verf, nn);
-	file_start_write(file);
 	host_err = vfs_iter_write(file, &iter, &pos, flags);
-	file_end_write(file);
 	if (host_err < 0) {
 		commit_reset_write_verifier(nn, rqstp, host_err);
 		goto out_nfserr;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 954d8fcbb635..a84d21e55c39 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ int vfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = fsnotify_file_area_perm(file, MAY_WRITE, &offset, len);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode))
 		return -ESPIPE;
 
@@ -1178,44 +1182,6 @@ struct file *kernel_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_file_open);
 
-/**
- * backing_file_open - open a backing file for kernel internal use
- * @user_path:	path that the user reuqested to open
- * @flags:	open flags
- * @real_path:	path of the backing file
- * @cred:	credentials for open
- *
- * Open a backing file for a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs).
- * @user_path may be on the stackable filesystem and @real_path on the
- * underlying filesystem.  In this case, we want to be able to return the
- * @user_path of the stackable filesystem. This is done by embedding the
- * returned file into a container structure that also stores the stacked
- * file's path, which can be retrieved using backing_file_user_path().
- */
-struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
-			       const struct path *real_path,
-			       const struct cred *cred)
-{
-	struct file *f;
-	int error;
-
-	f = alloc_empty_backing_file(flags, cred);
-	if (IS_ERR(f))
-		return f;
-
-	path_get(user_path);
-	*backing_file_user_path(f) = *user_path;
-	f->f_path = *real_path;
-	error = do_dentry_open(f, d_inode(real_path->dentry), NULL);
-	if (error) {
-		fput(f);
-		f = ERR_PTR(error);
-	}
-
-	return f;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_open);
-
 #define WILL_CREATE(flags)	(flags & (O_CREAT | __O_TMPFILE))
 #define O_PATH_FLAGS		(O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_PATH | O_CLOEXEC)
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
index fec5020c3495..2ac67e04a6fb 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config OVERLAY_FS
 	tristate "Overlay filesystem support"
+	select FS_STACK
 	select EXPORTFS
 	help
 	  An overlay filesystem combines two filesystems - an 'upper' filesystem
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 8bea66c97316..45cadc3aed85 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -230,6 +230,19 @@ static int ovl_copy_fileattr(struct inode *inode, const struct path *old,
 	return ovl_real_fileattr_set(new, &newfa);
 }
 
+static int ovl_verify_area(loff_t pos, loff_t pos2, loff_t len, loff_t totlen)
+{
+	loff_t tmp;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pos != pos2))
+		return -EIO;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pos < 0 || len < 0 || totlen < 0))
+		return -EIO;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(check_add_overflow(pos, len, &tmp)))
+		return -EIO;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ovl_copy_up_file(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 			    struct file *new_file, loff_t len)
 {
@@ -244,13 +257,20 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_file(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int error = 0;
 
 	ovl_path_lowerdata(dentry, &datapath);
-	if (WARN_ON(datapath.dentry == NULL))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(datapath.dentry == NULL) ||
+	    WARN_ON_ONCE(len < 0))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	old_file = ovl_path_open(&datapath, O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(old_file))
 		return PTR_ERR(old_file);
 
+	error = rw_verify_area(READ, old_file, &old_pos, len);
+	if (!error)
+		error = rw_verify_area(WRITE, new_file, &new_pos, len);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_fput;
+
 	/* Try to use clone_file_range to clone up within the same fs */
 	ovl_start_write(dentry);
 	cloned = do_clone_file_range(old_file, 0, new_file, 0, len, 0);
@@ -265,7 +285,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_file(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	while (len) {
 		size_t this_len = OVL_COPY_UP_CHUNK_SIZE;
-		long bytes;
+		ssize_t bytes;
 
 		if (len < this_len)
 			this_len = len;
@@ -309,11 +329,13 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_file(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 			}
 		}
 
-		ovl_start_write(dentry);
+		error = ovl_verify_area(old_pos, new_pos, this_len, len);
+		if (error)
+			break;
+
 		bytes = do_splice_direct(old_file, &old_pos,
 					 new_file, &new_pos,
 					 this_len, SPLICE_F_MOVE);
-		ovl_end_write(dentry);
 		if (bytes <= 0) {
 			error = bytes;
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index 131621daeb13..05536964d37f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -9,25 +9,11 @@
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/splice.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/backing-file.h>
 #include "overlayfs.h"
 
-#include "../internal.h"	/* for sb_init_dio_done_wq */
-
-struct ovl_aio_req {
-	struct kiocb iocb;
-	refcount_t ref;
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb;
-	/* used for aio completion */
-	struct work_struct work;
-	long res;
-};
-
-static struct kmem_cache *ovl_aio_request_cachep;
-
 static char ovl_whatisit(struct inode *inode, struct inode *realinode)
 {
 	if (realinode != ovl_inode_upper(inode))
@@ -274,83 +260,16 @@ static void ovl_file_accessed(struct file *file)
 	touch_atime(&file->f_path);
 }
 
-#define OVL_IOCB_MASK \
-	(IOCB_NOWAIT | IOCB_HIPRI | IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC | IOCB_APPEND)
-
-static rwf_t iocb_to_rw_flags(int flags)
-{
-	return (__force rwf_t)(flags & OVL_IOCB_MASK);
-}
-
-static inline void ovl_aio_put(struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req)
-{
-	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&aio_req->ref)) {
-		fput(aio_req->iocb.ki_filp);
-		kmem_cache_free(ovl_aio_request_cachep, aio_req);
-	}
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req)
-{
-	struct kiocb *iocb = &aio_req->iocb;
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio_req->orig_iocb;
-
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE) {
-		kiocb_end_write(iocb);
-		ovl_file_modified(orig_iocb->ki_filp);
-	}
-
-	orig_iocb->ki_pos = iocb->ki_pos;
-	ovl_aio_put(aio_req);
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_rw_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
-{
-	struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req = container_of(iocb,
-						   struct ovl_aio_req, iocb);
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio_req->orig_iocb;
-
-	ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(aio_req);
-	orig_iocb->ki_complete(orig_iocb, res);
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_complete_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req = container_of(work,
-						   struct ovl_aio_req, work);
-
-	ovl_aio_rw_complete(&aio_req->iocb, aio_req->res);
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_queue_completion(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
-{
-	struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req = container_of(iocb,
-						   struct ovl_aio_req, iocb);
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio_req->orig_iocb;
-
-	/*
-	 * Punt to a work queue to serialize updates of mtime/size.
-	 */
-	aio_req->res = res;
-	INIT_WORK(&aio_req->work, ovl_aio_complete_work);
-	queue_work(file_inode(orig_iocb->ki_filp)->i_sb->s_dio_done_wq,
-		   &aio_req->work);
-}
-
-static int ovl_init_aio_done_wq(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	if (sb->s_dio_done_wq)
-		return 0;
-
-	return sb_init_dio_done_wq(sb);
-}
-
 static ssize_t ovl_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct fd real;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	ssize_t ret;
+	struct backing_file_ctx ctx = {
+		.cred = ovl_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb),
+		.user_file = file,
+		.accessed = ovl_file_accessed,
+	};
 
 	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
 		return 0;
@@ -359,37 +278,8 @@ static ssize_t ovl_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
-	    !(real.file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
-		goto out_fdput;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
-	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
-		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(iocb->ki_flags);
-
-		ret = vfs_iter_read(real.file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
-	} else {
-		struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req;
-
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		aio_req = kmem_cache_zalloc(ovl_aio_request_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!aio_req)
-			goto out;
-
-		aio_req->orig_iocb = iocb;
-		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, get_file(real.file));
-		aio_req->iocb.ki_complete = ovl_aio_rw_complete;
-		refcount_set(&aio_req->ref, 2);
-		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_read(real.file, &aio_req->iocb, iter);
-		ovl_aio_put(aio_req);
-		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
-			ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(aio_req);
-	}
-out:
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-	ovl_file_accessed(file);
-out_fdput:
+	ret = backing_file_read_iter(real.file, iter, iocb, iocb->ki_flags,
+				     &ctx);
 	fdput(real);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -400,9 +290,13 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct fd real;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	int ifl = iocb->ki_flags;
+	struct backing_file_ctx ctx = {
+		.cred = ovl_creds(inode->i_sb),
+		.user_file = file,
+		.end_write = ovl_file_modified,
+	};
 
 	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
 		return 0;
@@ -410,19 +304,11 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	/* Update mode */
 	ovl_copyattr(inode);
-	ret = file_remove_privs(file);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = ovl_real_fdget(file, &real);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
-	    !(real.file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
-		goto out_fdput;
-
 	if (!ovl_should_sync(OVL_FS(inode->i_sb)))
 		ifl &= ~(IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
 
@@ -431,42 +317,7 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	 * this property in case it is set by the issuer.
 	 */
 	ifl &= ~IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
-	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
-		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(ifl);
-
-		file_start_write(real.file);
-		ret = vfs_iter_write(real.file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
-		file_end_write(real.file);
-		/* Update size */
-		ovl_file_modified(file);
-	} else {
-		struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req;
-
-		ret = ovl_init_aio_done_wq(inode->i_sb);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
-
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		aio_req = kmem_cache_zalloc(ovl_aio_request_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!aio_req)
-			goto out;
-
-		aio_req->orig_iocb = iocb;
-		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, get_file(real.file));
-		aio_req->iocb.ki_flags = ifl;
-		aio_req->iocb.ki_complete = ovl_aio_queue_completion;
-		refcount_set(&aio_req->ref, 2);
-		kiocb_start_write(&aio_req->iocb);
-		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_write(real.file, &aio_req->iocb, iter);
-		ovl_aio_put(aio_req);
-		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
-			ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(aio_req);
-	}
-out:
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-out_fdput:
+	ret = backing_file_write_iter(real.file, iter, iocb, ifl, &ctx);
 	fdput(real);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -479,20 +330,21 @@ static ssize_t ovl_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 			       struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
 			       unsigned int flags)
 {
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	struct fd real;
 	ssize_t ret;
+	struct backing_file_ctx ctx = {
+		.cred = ovl_creds(file_inode(in)->i_sb),
+		.user_file = in,
+		.accessed = ovl_file_accessed,
+	};
 
 	ret = ovl_real_fdget(in, &real);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(in)->i_sb);
-	ret = vfs_splice_read(real.file, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-	ovl_file_accessed(in);
-
+	ret = backing_file_splice_read(real.file, ppos, pipe, len, flags, &ctx);
 	fdput(real);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -508,30 +360,23 @@ static ssize_t ovl_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 				loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct fd real;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(out);
 	ssize_t ret;
+	struct backing_file_ctx ctx = {
+		.cred = ovl_creds(inode->i_sb),
+		.user_file = out,
+		.end_write = ovl_file_modified,
+	};
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	/* Update mode */
 	ovl_copyattr(inode);
-	ret = file_remove_privs(out);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = ovl_real_fdget(out, &real);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
-	file_start_write(real.file);
-
-	ret = iter_file_splice_write(pipe, real.file, ppos, len, flags);
-
-	file_end_write(real.file);
-	/* Update size */
-	ovl_file_modified(out);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	ret = backing_file_splice_write(pipe, real.file, ppos, len, flags, &ctx);
 	fdput(real);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -569,23 +414,13 @@ static int ovl_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 static int ovl_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct file *realfile = file->private_data;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!realfile->f_op->mmap)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	struct backing_file_ctx ctx = {
+		.cred = ovl_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb),
+		.user_file = file,
+		.accessed = ovl_file_accessed,
+	};
 
-	if (WARN_ON(file != vma->vm_file))
-		return -EIO;
-
-	vma_set_file(vma, realfile);
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
-	ret = call_mmap(vma->vm_file, vma);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-	ovl_file_accessed(file);
-
-	return ret;
+	return backing_file_mmap(realfile, vma, &ctx);
 }
 
 static long ovl_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
@@ -778,19 +613,3 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations = {
 	.copy_file_range	= ovl_copy_file_range,
 	.remap_file_range	= ovl_remap_file_range,
 };
-
-int __init ovl_aio_request_cache_init(void)
-{
-	ovl_aio_request_cachep = kmem_cache_create("ovl_aio_req",
-						   sizeof(struct ovl_aio_req),
-						   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
-	if (!ovl_aio_request_cachep)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy(void)
-{
-	kmem_cache_destroy(ovl_aio_request_cachep);
-}
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 05c3dd597fa8..5ba11eb43767 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ int ovl_want_write(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_drop_write(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_workdir(struct dentry *dentry);
 const struct cred *ovl_override_creds(struct super_block *sb);
+
+static inline const struct cred *ovl_creds(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return OVL_FS(sb)->creator_cred;
+}
+
 int ovl_can_decode_fh(struct super_block *sb);
 struct dentry *ovl_indexdir(struct super_block *sb);
 bool ovl_index_all(struct super_block *sb);
@@ -837,8 +843,6 @@ struct dentry *ovl_create_temp(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *workdir,
 
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations;
-int __init ovl_aio_request_cache_init(void);
-void ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy(void);
 int ovl_real_fileattr_get(const struct path *realpath, struct fileattr *fa);
 int ovl_real_fileattr_set(const struct path *realpath, struct fileattr *fa);
 int ovl_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index a0967bb25003..bcd4c314a7eb 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1501,14 +1501,10 @@ static int __init ovl_init(void)
 	if (ovl_inode_cachep == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = ovl_aio_request_cache_init();
-	if (!err) {
-		err = register_filesystem(&ovl_fs_type);
-		if (!err)
-			return 0;
+	err = register_filesystem(&ovl_fs_type);
+	if (!err)
+		return 0;
 
-		ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy();
-	}
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ovl_inode_cachep);
 
 	return err;
@@ -1524,7 +1520,6 @@ static void __exit ovl_exit(void)
 	 */
 	rcu_barrier();
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ovl_inode_cachep);
-	ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy();
 }
 
 module_init(ovl_init);
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 4771701c896b..d4c036e82b6c 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@ out_putf:
 
 int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, const loff_t *ppos, size_t count)
 {
+	int mask = read_write == READ ? MAY_READ : MAY_WRITE;
+	int ret;
+
 	if (unlikely((ssize_t) count < 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -371,8 +374,11 @@ int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, const loff_t *ppos, size_t
 		}
 	}
 
-	return security_file_permission(file,
-				read_write == READ ? MAY_READ : MAY_WRITE);
+	ret = security_file_permission(file, mask);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return fsnotify_file_area_perm(file, mask, ppos, count);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rw_verify_area);
 
@@ -773,12 +779,14 @@ static ssize_t do_loop_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t do_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
+ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_read(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
+			   struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	size_t tot_len;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
+	if (!file->f_op->read_iter)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		return -EBADF;
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ))
@@ -787,22 +795,20 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	tot_len = iov_iter_count(iter);
 	if (!tot_len)
 		goto out;
-	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, pos, tot_len);
+	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, &iocb->ki_pos, tot_len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (file->f_op->read_iter)
-		ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, iter, pos, READ, flags);
-	else
-		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, iter, pos, READ, flags);
+	ret = call_read_iter(file, iocb, iter);
 out:
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		fsnotify_access(file);
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iocb_iter_read);
 
-ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_read(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
-			   struct iov_iter *iter)
+ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
+		      rwf_t flags)
 {
 	size_t tot_len;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
@@ -817,33 +823,30 @@ ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_read(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
 	tot_len = iov_iter_count(iter);
 	if (!tot_len)
 		goto out;
-	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, &iocb->ki_pos, tot_len);
+	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, ppos, tot_len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = call_read_iter(file, iocb, iter);
+	ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, iter, ppos, READ, flags);
 out:
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		fsnotify_access(file);
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iocb_iter_read);
-
-ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
-		rwf_t flags)
-{
-	if (!file->f_op->read_iter)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return do_iter_read(file, iter, ppos, flags);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iter_read);
 
-static ssize_t do_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
+/*
+ * Caller is responsible for calling kiocb_end_write() on completion
+ * if async iocb was queued.
+ */
+ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_write(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
+			    struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	size_t tot_len;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
+	if (!file->f_op->write_iter)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
@@ -852,88 +855,127 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	tot_len = iov_iter_count(iter);
 	if (!tot_len)
 		return 0;
-	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, pos, tot_len);
+	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, &iocb->ki_pos, tot_len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (file->f_op->write_iter)
-		ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, iter, pos, WRITE, flags);
-	else
-		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, iter, pos, WRITE, flags);
+	kiocb_start_write(iocb);
+	ret = call_write_iter(file, iocb, iter);
+	if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
+		kiocb_end_write(iocb);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		fsnotify_modify(file);
+
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iocb_iter_write);
 
-ssize_t vfs_iocb_iter_write(struct file *file, struct kiocb *iocb,
-			    struct iov_iter *iter)
+ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
+		       rwf_t flags)
 {
 	size_t tot_len;
-	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (!file->f_op->write_iter)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!file->f_op->write_iter)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	tot_len = iov_iter_count(iter);
 	if (!tot_len)
 		return 0;
-	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, &iocb->ki_pos, tot_len);
+
+	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, ppos, tot_len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = call_write_iter(file, iocb, iter);
+	file_start_write(file);
+	ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, iter, ppos, WRITE, flags);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		fsnotify_modify(file);
+	file_end_write(file);
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iocb_iter_write);
-
-ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
-		rwf_t flags)
-{
-	if (!file->f_op->write_iter)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return do_iter_write(file, iter, ppos, flags);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iter_write);
 
 static ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-		  unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
+			 unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
-	ssize_t ret;
+	size_t tot_len;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
-	ret = import_iovec(ITER_DEST, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
-	if (ret >= 0) {
-		ret = do_iter_read(file, &iter, pos, flags);
-		kfree(iov);
-	}
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
+		return -EBADF;
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = import_iovec(ITER_DEST, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov,
+			   &iter);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	tot_len = iov_iter_count(&iter);
+	if (!tot_len)
+		goto out;
 
+	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, file, pos, tot_len);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (file->f_op->read_iter)
+		ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, READ, flags);
+	else
+		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, READ, flags);
+out:
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		fsnotify_access(file);
+	kfree(iov);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-		   unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
+			  unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
-	ssize_t ret;
+	size_t tot_len;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
-	ret = import_iovec(ITER_SOURCE, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
-	if (ret >= 0) {
-		file_start_write(file);
-		ret = do_iter_write(file, &iter, pos, flags);
-		file_end_write(file);
-		kfree(iov);
-	}
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+		return -EBADF;
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = import_iovec(ITER_SOURCE, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov,
+			   &iter);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	tot_len = iov_iter_count(&iter);
+	if (!tot_len)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, pos, tot_len);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	file_start_write(file);
+	if (file->f_op->write_iter)
+		ret = do_iter_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, WRITE, flags);
+	else
+		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, &iter, pos, WRITE, flags);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		fsnotify_modify(file);
+	file_end_write(file);
+out:
+	kfree(iov);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1178,7 +1220,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pwritev2, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
 
 static ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos,
-		  	   size_t count, loff_t max)
+			   size_t count, loff_t max)
 {
 	struct fd in, out;
 	struct inode *in_inode, *out_inode;
@@ -1250,10 +1292,8 @@ static ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos,
 		retval = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out.file, &out_pos, count);
 		if (retval < 0)
 			goto fput_out;
-		file_start_write(out.file);
 		retval = do_splice_direct(in.file, &pos, out.file, &out_pos,
 					  count, fl);
-		file_end_write(out.file);
 	} else {
 		if (out.file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 			fl |= SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK;
@@ -1362,38 +1402,6 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sendfile64, int, out_fd, int, in_fd,
 }
 #endif
 
-/**
- * generic_copy_file_range - copy data between two files
- * @file_in:	file structure to read from
- * @pos_in:	file offset to read from
- * @file_out:	file structure to write data to
- * @pos_out:	file offset to write data to
- * @len:	amount of data to copy
- * @flags:	copy flags
- *
- * This is a generic filesystem helper to copy data from one file to another.
- * It has no constraints on the source or destination file owners - the files
- * can belong to different superblocks and different filesystem types. Short
- * copies are allowed.
- *
- * This should be called from the @file_out filesystem, as per the
- * ->copy_file_range() method.
- *
- * Returns the number of bytes copied or a negative error indicating the
- * failure.
- */
-
-ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
-				struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
-				size_t len, unsigned int flags)
-{
-	lockdep_assert(sb_write_started(file_inode(file_out)->i_sb));
-
-	return do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out,
-				len > MAX_RW_COUNT ? MAX_RW_COUNT : len, 0);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_copy_file_range);
-
 /*
  * Performs necessary checks before doing a file copy
  *
@@ -1478,6 +1486,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 {
 	ssize_t ret;
 	bool splice = flags & COPY_FILE_SPLICE;
+	bool samesb = file_inode(file_in)->i_sb == file_inode(file_out)->i_sb;
 
 	if (flags & ~COPY_FILE_SPLICE)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1509,19 +1518,24 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 		ret = file_out->f_op->copy_file_range(file_in, pos_in,
 						      file_out, pos_out,
 						      len, flags);
-		goto done;
-	}
-
-	if (!splice && file_in->f_op->remap_file_range &&
-	    file_inode(file_in)->i_sb == file_inode(file_out)->i_sb) {
+	} else if (!splice && file_in->f_op->remap_file_range && samesb) {
 		ret = file_in->f_op->remap_file_range(file_in, pos_in,
 				file_out, pos_out,
 				min_t(loff_t, MAX_RW_COUNT, len),
 				REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN);
-		if (ret > 0)
-			goto done;
+		/* fallback to splice */
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			splice = true;
+	} else if (samesb) {
+		/* Fallback to splice for same sb copy for backward compat */
+		splice = true;
 	}
 
+	file_end_write(file_out);
+
+	if (!splice)
+		goto done;
+
 	/*
 	 * We can get here for same sb copy of filesystems that do not implement
 	 * ->copy_file_range() in case filesystem does not support clone or in
@@ -1533,11 +1547,16 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 	 * and which filesystems do not, that will allow userspace tools to
 	 * make consistent desicions w.r.t using copy_file_range().
 	 *
-	 * We also get here if caller (e.g. nfsd) requested COPY_FILE_SPLICE.
+	 * We also get here if caller (e.g. nfsd) requested COPY_FILE_SPLICE
+	 * for server-side-copy between any two sb.
+	 *
+	 * In any case, we call do_splice_direct() and not splice_file_range(),
+	 * without file_start_write() held, to avoid possible deadlocks related
+	 * to splicing from input file, while file_start_write() is held on
+	 * the output file on a different sb.
 	 */
-	ret = generic_copy_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, len,
-				      flags);
-
+	ret = do_splice_direct(file_in, &pos_in, file_out, &pos_out,
+			       min_t(size_t, len, MAX_RW_COUNT), 0);
 done:
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		fsnotify_access(file_in);
@@ -1549,8 +1568,6 @@ done:
 	inc_syscr(current);
 	inc_syscw(current);
 
-	file_end_write(file_out);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_copy_file_range);
diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index c8c46e294431..278bc0254732 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ int iterate_dir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	if (res)
 		goto out;
 
+	res = fsnotify_file_perm(file, MAY_READ);
+	if (res)
+		goto out;
+
 	res = down_read_killable(&inode->i_rwsem);
 	if (res)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/remap_range.c b/fs/remap_range.c
index 87ae4f0dc3aa..f8c1120b8311 100644
--- a/fs/remap_range.c
+++ b/fs/remap_range.c
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ static int generic_remap_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 static int remap_verify_area(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t len,
 			     bool write)
 {
+	int mask = write ? MAY_WRITE : MAY_READ;
 	loff_t tmp;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(pos < 0 || len < 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -110,7 +112,11 @@ static int remap_verify_area(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t len,
 	if (unlikely(check_add_overflow(pos, len, &tmp)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return security_file_permission(file, write ? MAY_WRITE : MAY_READ);
+	ret = security_file_permission(file, mask);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return fsnotify_file_area_perm(file, mask, &pos, len);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -385,14 +391,6 @@ loff_t do_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 	if (!file_in->f_op->remap_file_range)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	ret = remap_verify_area(file_in, pos_in, len, false);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = remap_verify_area(file_out, pos_out, len, true);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	ret = file_in->f_op->remap_file_range(file_in, pos_in,
 			file_out, pos_out, len, remap_flags);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -410,6 +408,14 @@ loff_t vfs_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 {
 	loff_t ret;
 
+	ret = remap_verify_area(file_in, pos_in, len, false);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = remap_verify_area(file_out, pos_out, len, true);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	file_start_write(file_out);
 	ret = do_clone_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, len,
 				  remap_flags);
@@ -420,7 +426,7 @@ loff_t vfs_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_clone_file_range);
 
 /* Check whether we are allowed to dedupe the destination file */
-static bool allow_file_dedupe(struct file *file)
+static bool may_dedupe_file(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct mnt_idmap *idmap = file_mnt_idmap(file);
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
@@ -445,24 +451,29 @@ loff_t vfs_dedupe_file_range_one(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_pos,
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(remap_flags & ~(REMAP_FILE_DEDUP |
 				     REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN));
 
-	ret = mnt_want_write_file(dst_file);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	/*
 	 * This is redundant if called from vfs_dedupe_file_range(), but other
 	 * callers need it and it's not performance sesitive...
 	 */
 	ret = remap_verify_area(src_file, src_pos, len, false);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = remap_verify_area(dst_file, dst_pos, len, true);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * This needs to be called after remap_verify_area() because of
+	 * sb_start_write() and before may_dedupe_file() because the mount's
+	 * MAY_WRITE need to be checked with mnt_get_write_access_file() held.
+	 */
+	ret = mnt_want_write_file(dst_file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = -EPERM;
-	if (!allow_file_dedupe(dst_file))
+	if (!may_dedupe_file(dst_file))
 		goto out_drop_write;
 
 	ret = -EXDEV;
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
index 2131638f26d0..99b0ade833aa 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/magic.h>
@@ -1506,8 +1507,8 @@ static ssize_t cifs_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t off,
 	free_xid(xid);
 
 	if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP || rc == -EXDEV)
-		rc = generic_copy_file_range(src_file, off, dst_file,
-					     destoff, len, flags);
+		rc = splice_copy_file_range(src_file, off, dst_file,
+					    destoff, len);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index d983d375ff11..218e24b1ac40 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 	unsigned int tail = pipe->tail;
 	unsigned int head = pipe->head;
 	unsigned int mask = pipe->ring_size - 1;
-	int ret = 0, page_nr = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	int page_nr = 0;
 
 	if (!spd_pages)
 		return 0;
@@ -673,10 +674,13 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 		.u.file = out,
 	};
 	int nbufs = pipe->max_usage;
-	struct bio_vec *array = kcalloc(nbufs, sizeof(struct bio_vec),
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct bio_vec *array;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	if (!out->f_op->write_iter)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	array = kcalloc(nbufs, sizeof(struct bio_vec), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!array))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -684,6 +688,7 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 
 	splice_from_pipe_begin(&sd);
 	while (sd.total_len) {
+		struct kiocb kiocb;
 		struct iov_iter from;
 		unsigned int head, tail, mask;
 		size_t left;
@@ -733,7 +738,10 @@ iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 		}
 
 		iov_iter_bvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, array, n, sd.total_len - left);
-		ret = vfs_iter_write(out, &from, &sd.pos, 0);
+		init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, out);
+		kiocb.ki_pos = sd.pos;
+		ret = call_write_iter(out, &kiocb, &from);
+		sd.pos = kiocb.ki_pos;
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			break;
 
@@ -925,8 +933,8 @@ static int warn_unsupported(struct file *file, const char *op)
 /*
  * Attempt to initiate a splice from pipe to file.
  */
-static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-			   loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			      loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!out->f_op->splice_write))
 		return warn_unsupported(out, "write");
@@ -944,27 +952,15 @@ static void do_splice_eof(struct splice_desc *sd)
 		sd->splice_eof(sd);
 }
 
-/**
- * vfs_splice_read - Read data from a file and splice it into a pipe
- * @in:		File to splice from
- * @ppos:	Input file offset
- * @pipe:	Pipe to splice to
- * @len:	Number of bytes to splice
- * @flags:	Splice modifier flags (SPLICE_F_*)
- *
- * Splice the requested amount of data from the input file to the pipe.  This
- * is synchronous as the caller must hold the pipe lock across the entire
- * operation.
- *
- * If successful, it returns the amount of data spliced, 0 if it hit the EOF or
- * a hole and a negative error code otherwise.
+/*
+ * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
+ * No need to call it for sub ranges.
  */
-long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-		     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-		     unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t do_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			      struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			      unsigned int flags)
 {
 	unsigned int p_space;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
 		return -EBADF;
@@ -975,10 +971,6 @@ long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 	p_space = pipe->max_usage - pipe_occupancy(pipe->head, pipe->tail);
 	len = min_t(size_t, len, p_space << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
-	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, in, ppos, len);
-	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
-		return ret;
-
 	if (unlikely(len > MAX_RW_COUNT))
 		len = MAX_RW_COUNT;
 
@@ -992,6 +984,34 @@ long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 		return copy_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 	return in->f_op->splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 }
+
+/**
+ * vfs_splice_read - Read data from a file and splice it into a pipe
+ * @in:		File to splice from
+ * @ppos:	Input file offset
+ * @pipe:	Pipe to splice to
+ * @len:	Number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	Splice modifier flags (SPLICE_F_*)
+ *
+ * Splice the requested amount of data from the input file to the pipe.  This
+ * is synchronous as the caller must hold the pipe lock across the entire
+ * operation.
+ *
+ * If successful, it returns the amount of data spliced, 0 if it hit the EOF or
+ * a hole and a negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+ssize_t vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			unsigned int flags)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, in, ppos, len);
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+
+	return do_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_splice_read);
 
 /**
@@ -1011,7 +1031,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 			       splice_direct_actor *actor)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
-	long ret, bytes;
+	ssize_t ret, bytes;
 	size_t len;
 	int i, flags, more;
 
@@ -1066,7 +1086,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 		size_t read_len;
 		loff_t pos = sd->pos, prev_pos = pos;
 
-		ret = vfs_splice_read(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags);
+		ret = do_splice_read(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags);
 		if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
 			goto read_failure;
 
@@ -1138,9 +1158,20 @@ static int direct_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 			       struct splice_desc *sd)
 {
 	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
+	long ret;
+
+	file_start_write(file);
+	ret = do_splice_from(pipe, file, sd->opos, sd->total_len, sd->flags);
+	file_end_write(file);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int splice_file_range_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+					struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
 
-	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, sd->opos, sd->total_len,
-			      sd->flags);
+	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, sd->opos, sd->total_len, sd->flags);
 }
 
 static void direct_file_splice_eof(struct splice_desc *sd)
@@ -1151,24 +1182,10 @@ static void direct_file_splice_eof(struct splice_desc *sd)
 		file->f_op->splice_eof(file);
 }
 
-/**
- * do_splice_direct - splices data directly between two files
- * @in:		file to splice from
- * @ppos:	input file offset
- * @out:	file to splice to
- * @opos:	output file offset
- * @len:	number of bytes to splice
- * @flags:	splice modifier flags
- *
- * Description:
- *    For use by do_sendfile(). splice can easily emulate sendfile, but
- *    doing it in the application would incur an extra system call
- *    (splice in + splice out, as compared to just sendfile()). So this helper
- *    can splice directly through a process-private pipe.
- *
- */
-long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		      loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t do_splice_direct_actor(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				      struct file *out, loff_t *opos,
+				      size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+				      splice_direct_actor *actor)
 {
 	struct splice_desc sd = {
 		.len		= len,
@@ -1179,7 +1196,7 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 		.splice_eof	= direct_file_splice_eof,
 		.opos		= opos,
 	};
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
 		return -EBADF;
@@ -1187,18 +1204,63 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 	if (unlikely(out->f_flags & O_APPEND))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out, opos, len);
-	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, direct_splice_actor);
+	ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, actor);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		*ppos = sd.pos;
 
 	return ret;
 }
+/**
+ * do_splice_direct - splices data directly between two files
+ * @in:		file to splice from
+ * @ppos:	input file offset
+ * @out:	file to splice to
+ * @opos:	output file offset
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    For use by do_sendfile(). splice can easily emulate sendfile, but
+ *    doing it in the application would incur an extra system call
+ *    (splice in + splice out, as compared to just sendfile()). So this helper
+ *    can splice directly through a process-private pipe.
+ *
+ * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
+ */
+ssize_t do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return do_splice_direct_actor(in, ppos, out, opos, len, flags,
+				      direct_splice_actor);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_splice_direct);
 
+/**
+ * splice_file_range - splices data between two files for copy_file_range()
+ * @in:		file to splice from
+ * @ppos:	input file offset
+ * @out:	file to splice to
+ * @opos:	output file offset
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    For use by ->copy_file_range() methods.
+ *    Like do_splice_direct(), but vfs_copy_file_range() already holds
+ *    start_file_write() on @out file.
+ *
+ * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
+ */
+ssize_t splice_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			  loff_t *opos, size_t len)
+{
+	lockdep_assert(file_write_started(out));
+
+	return do_splice_direct_actor(in, ppos, out, opos,
+				      min_t(size_t, len, MAX_RW_COUNT),
+				      0, splice_file_range_actor);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_file_range);
+
 static int wait_for_space(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned flags)
 {
 	for (;;) {
@@ -1220,17 +1282,17 @@ static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
 			       size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
-long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
-			 struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
-			 loff_t *offset,
-			 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
+			    struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			    loff_t *offset,
+			    size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	pipe_lock(opipe);
 	ret = wait_for_space(opipe, flags);
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = vfs_splice_read(in, offset, opipe, len, flags);
+		ret = do_splice_read(in, offset, opipe, len, flags);
 	pipe_unlock(opipe);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe);
@@ -1240,13 +1302,13 @@ long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
 /*
  * Determine where to splice to/from.
  */
-long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
-	       loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
+		  loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe;
 	loff_t offset;
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ) ||
 		     !(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
@@ -1307,6 +1369,10 @@ long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
 			offset = in->f_pos;
 		}
 
+		ret = rw_verify_area(READ, in, &offset, len);
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+			return ret;
+
 		if (out->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 			flags |= SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK;
 
@@ -1333,14 +1399,14 @@ long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static long __do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
-			struct file *out, loff_t __user *off_out,
-			size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t __do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
+			   struct file *out, loff_t __user *off_out,
+			   size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe;
 	loff_t offset, *__off_in = NULL, *__off_out = NULL;
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ipipe = get_pipe_info(in, true);
 	opipe = get_pipe_info(out, true);
@@ -1379,16 +1445,16 @@ static long __do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int iter_to_pipe(struct iov_iter *from,
-			struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-			unsigned flags)
+static ssize_t iter_to_pipe(struct iov_iter *from,
+			    struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			    unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_buffer buf = {
 		.ops = &user_page_pipe_buf_ops,
 		.flags = flags
 	};
 	size_t total = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	while (iov_iter_count(from)) {
 		struct page *pages[16];
@@ -1437,8 +1503,8 @@ static int pipe_to_user(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
  * For lack of a better implementation, implement vmsplice() to userspace
  * as a simple copy of the pipes pages to the user iov.
  */
-static long vmsplice_to_user(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
-			     unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t vmsplice_to_user(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+				unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = get_pipe_info(file, true);
 	struct splice_desc sd = {
@@ -1446,7 +1512,7 @@ static long vmsplice_to_user(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		.flags = flags,
 		.u.data = iter
 	};
-	long ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	if (!pipe)
 		return -EBADF;
@@ -1470,11 +1536,11 @@ static long vmsplice_to_user(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
  * as splice-from-memory, where the regular splice is splice-from-file (or
  * to file). In both cases the output is a pipe, naturally.
  */
-static long vmsplice_to_pipe(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
-			     unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t vmsplice_to_pipe(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+				unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
-	long ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 	unsigned buf_flag = 0;
 
 	if (flags & SPLICE_F_GIFT)
@@ -1570,7 +1636,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(splice, int, fd_in, loff_t __user *, off_in,
 		size_t, len, unsigned int, flags)
 {
 	struct fd in, out;
-	long error;
+	ssize_t error;
 
 	if (unlikely(!len))
 		return 0;
@@ -1584,7 +1650,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(splice, int, fd_in, loff_t __user *, off_in,
 		out = fdget(fd_out);
 		if (out.file) {
 			error = __do_splice(in.file, off_in, out.file, off_out,
-						len, flags);
+					    len, flags);
 			fdput(out);
 		}
 		fdput(in);
@@ -1807,15 +1873,15 @@ retry:
 /*
  * Link contents of ipipe to opipe.
  */
-static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
-		     struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
-		     size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
+			 struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_buffer *ibuf, *obuf;
 	unsigned int i_head, o_head;
 	unsigned int i_tail, o_tail;
 	unsigned int i_mask, o_mask;
-	int ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Potential ABBA deadlock, work around it by ordering lock
@@ -1898,11 +1964,12 @@ static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
  * The 'flags' used are the SPLICE_F_* variants, currently the only
  * applicable one is SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK.
  */
-long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
+	       unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe = get_pipe_info(in, true);
 	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe = get_pipe_info(out, true);
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ) ||
 		     !(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
@@ -1939,7 +2006,7 @@ long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(tee, int, fdin, int, fdout, size_t, len, unsigned int, flags)
 {
 	struct fd in, out;
-	int error;
+	ssize_t error;
 
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~SPLICE_F_ALL))
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-file.h b/include/linux/backing-file.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f1fe1774f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/backing-file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Common helpers for stackable filesystems and backing files.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 CTERA Networks.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_BACKING_FILE_H
+#define _LINUX_BACKING_FILE_H
+
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+struct backing_file_ctx {
+	const struct cred *cred;
+	struct file *user_file;
+	void (*accessed)(struct file *);
+	void (*end_write)(struct file *);
+};
+
+struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
+			       const struct path *real_path,
+			       const struct cred *cred);
+ssize_t backing_file_read_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			       struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+			       struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);
+ssize_t backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+				struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+				struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);
+ssize_t backing_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+				 unsigned int flags,
+				 struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);
+ssize_t backing_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				  struct file *out, loff_t *ppos, size_t len,
+				  unsigned int flags,
+				  struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);
+int backing_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		      struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_BACKING_FILE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7e7399bd8bc5..cdbf43a8ea88 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1648,9 +1648,70 @@ static inline bool __sb_start_write_trylock(struct super_block *sb, int level)
 #define __sb_writers_release(sb, lev)	\
 	percpu_rwsem_release(&(sb)->s_writers.rw_sem[(lev)-1], 1, _THIS_IP_)
 
+/**
+ * __sb_write_started - check if sb freeze level is held
+ * @sb: the super we write to
+ * @level: the freeze level
+ *
+ * * > 0 - sb freeze level is held
+ * *   0 - sb freeze level is not held
+ * * < 0 - !CONFIG_LOCKDEP/LOCK_STATE_UNKNOWN
+ */
+static inline int __sb_write_started(const struct super_block *sb, int level)
+{
+	return lockdep_is_held_type(sb->s_writers.rw_sem + level - 1, 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sb_write_started - check if SB_FREEZE_WRITE is held
+ * @sb: the super we write to
+ *
+ * May be false positive with !CONFIG_LOCKDEP/LOCK_STATE_UNKNOWN.
+ */
 static inline bool sb_write_started(const struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	return lockdep_is_held_type(sb->s_writers.rw_sem + SB_FREEZE_WRITE - 1, 1);
+	return __sb_write_started(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sb_write_not_started - check if SB_FREEZE_WRITE is not held
+ * @sb: the super we write to
+ *
+ * May be false positive with !CONFIG_LOCKDEP/LOCK_STATE_UNKNOWN.
+ */
+static inline bool sb_write_not_started(const struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return __sb_write_started(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE) <= 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_write_started - check if SB_FREEZE_WRITE is held
+ * @file: the file we write to
+ *
+ * May be false positive with !CONFIG_LOCKDEP/LOCK_STATE_UNKNOWN.
+ * May be false positive with !S_ISREG, because file_start_write() has
+ * no effect on !S_ISREG.
+ */
+static inline bool file_write_started(const struct file *file)
+{
+	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
+		return true;
+	return sb_write_started(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_write_not_started - check if SB_FREEZE_WRITE is not held
+ * @file: the file we write to
+ *
+ * May be false positive with !CONFIG_LOCKDEP/LOCK_STATE_UNKNOWN.
+ * May be false positive with !S_ISREG, because file_start_write() has
+ * no effect on !S_ISREG.
+ */
+static inline bool file_write_not_started(const struct file *file)
+{
+	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
+		return true;
+	return sb_write_not_started(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2032,9 +2093,6 @@ extern ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t vfs_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *, loff_t , struct file *,
 				   loff_t, size_t, unsigned int);
-extern ssize_t generic_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
-				       struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
-				       size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 int __generic_remap_file_range_prep(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 				    struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
 				    loff_t *len, unsigned int remap_flags,
@@ -2535,9 +2593,6 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 			 const struct cred *creds);
 struct file *dentry_create(const struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode,
 			   const struct cred *cred);
-struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
-			       const struct path *real_path,
-			       const struct cred *cred);
 struct path *backing_file_user_path(struct file *f);
 
 /*
@@ -3017,8 +3072,6 @@ ssize_t copy_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 			 size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 extern ssize_t iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 		struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
-extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
 
 extern void
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index bcb6609b54b3..11e6434b8e71 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -100,29 +100,49 @@ static inline int fsnotify_file(struct file *file, __u32 mask)
 	return fsnotify_parent(path->dentry, mask, path, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH);
 }
 
-/* Simple call site for access decisions */
-static inline int fsnotify_perm(struct file *file, int mask)
+/*
+ * fsnotify_file_area_perm - permission hook before access to file range
+ */
+static inline int fsnotify_file_area_perm(struct file *file, int perm_mask,
+					  const loff_t *ppos, size_t count)
 {
-	int ret;
-	__u32 fsnotify_mask = 0;
+	__u32 fsnotify_mask = FS_ACCESS_PERM;
+
+	/*
+	 * filesystem may be modified in the context of permission events
+	 * (e.g. by HSM filling a file on access), so sb freeze protection
+	 * must not be held.
+	 */
+	lockdep_assert_once(file_write_not_started(file));
 
-	if (!(mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_OPEN)))
+	if (!(perm_mask & MAY_READ))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (mask & MAY_OPEN) {
-		fsnotify_mask = FS_OPEN_PERM;
+	return fsnotify_file(file, fsnotify_mask);
+}
+
+/*
+ * fsnotify_file_perm - permission hook before file access
+ */
+static inline int fsnotify_file_perm(struct file *file, int perm_mask)
+{
+	return fsnotify_file_area_perm(file, perm_mask, NULL, 0);
+}
 
-		if (file->f_flags & __FMODE_EXEC) {
-			ret = fsnotify_file(file, FS_OPEN_EXEC_PERM);
+/*
+ * fsnotify_open_perm - permission hook before file open
+ */
+static inline int fsnotify_open_perm(struct file *file)
+{
+	int ret;
 
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		}
-	} else if (mask & MAY_READ) {
-		fsnotify_mask = FS_ACCESS_PERM;
+	if (file->f_flags & __FMODE_EXEC) {
+		ret = fsnotify_file(file, FS_OPEN_EXEC_PERM);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 
-	return fsnotify_file(file, fsnotify_mask);
+	return fsnotify_file(file, FS_OPEN_PERM);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/splice.h b/include/linux/splice.h
index 6c461573434d..9dec4861d09f 100644
--- a/include/linux/splice.h
+++ b/include/linux/splice.h
@@ -68,28 +68,37 @@ typedef int (splice_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *,
 typedef int (splice_direct_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 				  struct splice_desc *);
 
-extern ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *,
-				loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int,
-				splice_actor *);
-extern ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
-				  struct splice_desc *, splice_actor *);
-extern ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
-			      struct splice_pipe_desc *);
-extern ssize_t add_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
-			      struct pipe_buffer *);
-long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-		     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-		     unsigned int flags);
-extern ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *, struct splice_desc *,
-				      splice_direct_actor *);
-extern long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in,
-		      struct file *out, loff_t *off_out,
-		      size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+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);
+ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			   struct splice_desc *sd, splice_actor *actor);
+ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			      struct splice_pipe_desc *spd);
+ssize_t add_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf);
+ssize_t vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *file, struct splice_desc *sd,
+			       splice_direct_actor *actor);
+ssize_t do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
+		  loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			  loff_t *opos, size_t len);
 
-extern long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
-		   unsigned int flags);
-extern ssize_t splice_to_socket(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-				loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+static inline long splice_copy_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t pos_in,
+					  struct file *out, loff_t pos_out,
+					  size_t len)
+{
+	return splice_file_range(in, &pos_in, out, &pos_out, len);
+}
+
+ssize_t do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
+	       unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_to_socket(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * for dynamic pipe sizing
diff --git a/io_uring/splice.c b/io_uring/splice.c
index 7c4469e9540e..3b659cd23e9d 100644
--- a/io_uring/splice.c
+++ b/io_uring/splice.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int io_tee(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	struct file *out = sp->file_out;
 	unsigned int flags = sp->flags & ~SPLICE_F_FD_IN_FIXED;
 	struct file *in;
-	long ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK);
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int io_splice(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	unsigned int flags = sp->flags & ~SPLICE_F_FD_IN_FIXED;
 	loff_t *poff_in, *poff_out;
 	struct file *in;
-	long ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK);
 
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index dcb3e7014f9b..2a7fc7881cbc 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2580,13 +2580,7 @@ int security_kernfs_init_security(struct kernfs_node *kn_dir,
  */
 int security_file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = call_int_hook(file_permission, 0, file, mask);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	return fsnotify_perm(file, mask);
+	return call_int_hook(file_permission, 0, file, mask);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2837,7 +2831,7 @@ int security_file_open(struct file *file)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return fsnotify_perm(file, MAY_OPEN);
+	return fsnotify_open_perm(file);
 }
 
 /**