[PATCH] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead

This patch removes readv() and writev() methods and replaces them with
aio_read()/aio_write() methods.

Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

15 files changed, 124 insertions, 257 deletions

diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 80599ae..34e6d7b 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 	.aio_fsync	= EIO_ERROR,
 	.fasync		= EIO_ERROR,
 	.lock		= EIO_ERROR,
-	.readv		= EIO_ERROR,
-	.writev		= EIO_ERROR,
 	.sendfile	= EIO_ERROR,
 	.sendpage	= EIO_ERROR,
 	.get_unmapped_area = EIO_ERROR,
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 8c81911..0f14309 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1191,8 +1191,6 @@ const struct file_operations def_blk_fops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= compat_blkdev_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_write_nolock,
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= generic_file_splice_write,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 5abb42a..c00c654 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -480,18 +480,6 @@ cifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	return simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
 }
 
-static ssize_t cifs_file_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-				unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	ssize_t written;
-
-	written = generic_file_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
-	if (!CIFS_I(inode)->clientCanCacheAll)
-		filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
-	return written;
-}
-
 static ssize_t cifs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 				   unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
@@ -577,8 +565,6 @@ struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_ops = {
 	.read = do_sync_read,
 	.write = do_sync_write,
-	.readv = generic_file_readv,
-	.writev = cifs_file_writev,
 	.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write = cifs_file_aio_write,
 	.open = cifs_open,
@@ -620,8 +606,6 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops = {
 const struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops = {
 	.read = do_sync_read,
 	.write = do_sync_write,
-	.readv = generic_file_readv,
-	.writev = cifs_file_writev,
 	.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write = cifs_file_aio_write,
 	.open = cifs_open,
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 122b4e3..6b90bf3 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#include "read_write.h"
+
 /*
  * Not all architectures have sys_utime, so implement this in terms
  * of sys_utimes.
@@ -1149,9 +1151,6 @@ static ssize_t compat_do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 			       const struct compat_iovec __user *uvector,
 			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	typedef ssize_t (*io_fn_t)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-	typedef ssize_t (*iov_fn_t)(struct file *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t *);
-
 	compat_ssize_t tot_len;
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov=iovstack, *vector;
@@ -1234,39 +1233,18 @@ static ssize_t compat_do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 	fnv = NULL;
 	if (type == READ) {
 		fn = file->f_op->read;
-		fnv = file->f_op->readv;
+		fnv = file->f_op->aio_read;
 	} else {
 		fn = (io_fn_t)file->f_op->write;
-		fnv = file->f_op->writev;
-	}
-	if (fnv) {
-		ret = fnv(file, iov, nr_segs, pos);
-		goto out;
+		fnv = file->f_op->aio_write;
 	}
 
-	/* Do it by hand, with file-ops */
-	ret = 0;
-	vector = iov;
-	while (nr_segs > 0) {
-		void __user * base;
-		size_t len;
-		ssize_t nr;
-
-		base = vector->iov_base;
-		len = vector->iov_len;
-		vector++;
-		nr_segs--;
-
-		nr = fn(file, base, len, pos);
+	if (fnv)
+		ret = do_sync_readv_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, tot_len,
+						pos, fnv);
+	else
+		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, pos, fn);
 
-		if (nr < 0) {
-			if (!ret) ret = nr;
-			break;
-		}
-		ret += nr;
-		if (nr != len)
-			break;
-	}
 out:
 	if (iov != iovstack)
 		kfree(iov);
@@ -1294,7 +1272,7 @@ compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsign
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->readv && !file->f_op->read))
+	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_read && !file->f_op->read))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
@@ -1317,7 +1295,7 @@ compat_sys_writev(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsig
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->writev && !file->f_op->write))
+	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_write && !file->f_op->write))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index e8bbed9..e893e2b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
 	.open		= generic_file_open,
 	.release	= ext2_release_file,
 	.fsync		= ext2_sync_file,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= generic_file_splice_write,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index 5c76245..e96c388 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_file_operations = {
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= ext3_file_write,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.ioctl		= ext3_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext3_compat_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index d50fc47..f4b8f8b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ const struct file_operations fat_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 4fc557c..66571ea 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -680,14 +680,15 @@ static int fuse_read_interrupt(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req,
  * request_end().  Otherwise add it to the processing list, and set
  * the 'sent' flag.
  */
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-			      unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *off)
+static ssize_t fuse_dev_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+			      unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct fuse_req *req;
 	struct fuse_in *in;
 	struct fuse_copy_state cs;
 	unsigned reqsize;
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(file);
 	if (!fc)
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -761,15 +762,6 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
-			     size_t nbytes, loff_t *off)
-{
-	struct iovec iov;
-	iov.iov_len = nbytes;
-	iov.iov_base = buf;
-	return fuse_dev_readv(file, &iov, 1, off);
-}
-
 /* Look up request on processing list by unique ID */
 static struct fuse_req *request_find(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 unique)
 {
@@ -814,15 +806,15 @@ static int copy_out_args(struct fuse_copy_state *cs, struct fuse_out *out,
  * it from the list and copy the rest of the buffer to the request.
  * The request is finished by calling request_end()
  */
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *off)
+static ssize_t fuse_dev_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	int err;
 	unsigned nbytes = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 	struct fuse_req *req;
 	struct fuse_out_header oh;
 	struct fuse_copy_state cs;
-	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(file);
+	struct fuse_conn *fc = fuse_get_conn(iocb->ki_filp);
 	if (!fc)
 		return -EPERM;
 
@@ -898,15 +890,6 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static ssize_t fuse_dev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-			      size_t nbytes, loff_t *off)
-{
-	struct iovec iov;
-	iov.iov_len = nbytes;
-	iov.iov_base = (char __user *) buf;
-	return fuse_dev_writev(file, &iov, 1, off);
-}
-
 static unsigned fuse_dev_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	unsigned mask = POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
@@ -1041,10 +1024,10 @@ static int fuse_dev_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 const struct file_operations fuse_dev_operations = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
-	.read		= fuse_dev_read,
-	.readv		= fuse_dev_readv,
-	.write		= fuse_dev_write,
-	.writev		= fuse_dev_writev,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
+	.aio_read	= fuse_dev_read,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
+	.aio_write	= fuse_dev_write,
 	.poll		= fuse_dev_poll,
 	.release	= fuse_dev_release,
 	.fasync		= fuse_dev_fasync,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 322e876..4908c38 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -389,8 +389,6 @@ static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
 	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
 	.write		= generic_file_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open		= hostfs_file_open,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 1c9745b..f535f29 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ const struct file_operations jfs_file_operations = {
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,
-	.writev		= generic_file_writev,
  	.sendfile	= generic_file_sendfile,
 	.fsync		= jfs_fsync,
 	.release	= jfs_release,
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 0c46f5c..2f9b5a0 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -2298,11 +2298,9 @@ const struct file_operations ntfs_file_ops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,	 /* Seek inside file. */
 	.read		= generic_file_read,	 /* Read from file. */
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read, /* Async read from file. */
-	.readv		= generic_file_readv,	 /* Read from file. */
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
 	.write		= ntfs_file_write,	 /* Write to file. */
 	.aio_write	= ntfs_file_aio_write,	 /* Async write to file. */
-	.writev		= ntfs_file_writev,	 /* Write to file. */
 	/*.release	= ,*/			 /* Last file is closed.  See
 						    fs/ext2/file.c::
 						    ext2_release_file() for
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index f3b6f71..2e60e1c 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -218,9 +218,10 @@ static struct pipe_buf_operations anon_pipe_buf_ops = {
 };
 
 static ssize_t
-pipe_readv(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *_iov,
-	   unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
+pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *_iov,
+	   unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
+	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	int do_wakeup;
@@ -330,17 +331,10 @@ redo:
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-pipe_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = count };
-
-	return pipe_readv(filp, &iov, 1, ppos);
-}
-
-static ssize_t
-pipe_writev(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *_iov,
-	    unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
+pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *_iov,
+	    unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t ppos)
 {
+	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -510,15 +504,6 @@ out:
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-pipe_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
-	   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (void __user *)buf, .iov_len = count };
-
-	return pipe_writev(filp, &iov, 1, ppos);
-}
-
-static ssize_t
 bad_pipe_r(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	return -EBADF;
@@ -736,8 +721,8 @@ pipe_rdwr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  */
 const struct file_operations read_fifo_fops = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
-	.read		= pipe_read,
-	.readv		= pipe_readv,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
+	.aio_read	= pipe_read,
 	.write		= bad_pipe_w,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.ioctl		= pipe_ioctl,
@@ -749,8 +734,8 @@ const struct file_operations read_fifo_fops = {
 const struct file_operations write_fifo_fops = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
 	.read		= bad_pipe_r,
-	.write		= pipe_write,
-	.writev		= pipe_writev,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
+	.aio_write	= pipe_write,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.ioctl		= pipe_ioctl,
 	.open		= pipe_write_open,
@@ -760,10 +745,10 @@ const struct file_operations write_fifo_fops = {
 
 const struct file_operations rdwr_fifo_fops = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
-	.read		= pipe_read,
-	.readv		= pipe_readv,
-	.write		= pipe_write,
-	.writev		= pipe_writev,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
+	.aio_read	= pipe_read,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
+	.aio_write	= pipe_write,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.ioctl		= pipe_ioctl,
 	.open		= pipe_rdwr_open,
@@ -773,8 +758,8 @@ const struct file_operations rdwr_fifo_fops = {
 
 static struct file_operations read_pipe_fops = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
-	.read		= pipe_read,
-	.readv		= pipe_readv,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
+	.aio_read	= pipe_read,
 	.write		= bad_pipe_w,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.ioctl		= pipe_ioctl,
@@ -786,8 +771,8 @@ static struct file_operations read_pipe_fops = {
 static struct file_operations write_pipe_fops = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
 	.read		= bad_pipe_r,
-	.write		= pipe_write,
-	.writev		= pipe_writev,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
+	.aio_write	= pipe_write,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.ioctl		= pipe_ioctl,
 	.open		= pipe_write_open,
@@ -797,10 +782,10 @@ static struct file_operations write_pipe_fops = {
 
 static struct file_operations rdwr_pipe_fops = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
-	.read		= pipe_read,
-	.readv		= pipe_readv,
-	.write		= pipe_write,
-	.writev		= pipe_writev,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
+	.aio_read	= pipe_read,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
+	.aio_write	= pipe_write,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.ioctl		= pipe_ioctl,
 	.open		= pipe_rdwr_open,
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 679dd53..32d54cc 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include "read_write.h"
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -450,6 +451,62 @@ unsigned long iov_shorten(struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, size_t to)
 
 EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(iov_shorten);  /*  June 2006  */
 
+ssize_t do_sync_readv_writev(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *iov,
+		unsigned long nr_segs, size_t len, loff_t *ppos, iov_fn_t fn)
+{
+	struct kiocb kiocb;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
+	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
+	kiocb.ki_left = len;
+	kiocb.ki_nbytes = len;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		ret = fn(&kiocb, iov, nr_segs, kiocb.ki_pos);
+		if (ret != -EIOCBRETRY)
+			break;
+		wait_on_retry_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
+	}
+
+	if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED)
+		ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
+	*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Do it by hand, with file-ops */
+ssize_t do_loop_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iovec *iov,
+		unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos, io_fn_t fn)
+{
+	struct iovec *vector = iov;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
+
+	while (nr_segs > 0) {
+		void __user *base;
+		size_t len;
+		ssize_t nr;
+
+		base = vector->iov_base;
+		len = vector->iov_len;
+		vector++;
+		nr_segs--;
+
+		nr = fn(filp, base, len, ppos);
+
+		if (nr < 0) {
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = nr;
+			break;
+		}
+		ret += nr;
+		if (nr != len)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* A write operation does a read from user space and vice versa */
 #define vrfy_dir(type) ((type) == READ ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ)
 
@@ -457,12 +514,9 @@ static ssize_t do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 			       const struct iovec __user * uvector,
 			       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	typedef ssize_t (*io_fn_t)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-	typedef ssize_t (*iov_fn_t)(struct file *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t *);
-
 	size_t tot_len;
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
-	struct iovec *iov=iovstack, *vector;
+	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	int seg;
 	io_fn_t fn;
@@ -532,39 +586,18 @@ static ssize_t do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 	fnv = NULL;
 	if (type == READ) {
 		fn = file->f_op->read;
-		fnv = file->f_op->readv;
+		fnv = file->f_op->aio_read;
 	} else {
 		fn = (io_fn_t)file->f_op->write;
-		fnv = file->f_op->writev;
-	}
-	if (fnv) {
-		ret = fnv(file, iov, nr_segs, pos);
-		goto out;
+		fnv = file->f_op->aio_write;
 	}
 
-	/* Do it by hand, with file-ops */
-	ret = 0;
-	vector = iov;
-	while (nr_segs > 0) {
-		void __user * base;
-		size_t len;
-		ssize_t nr;
-
-		base = vector->iov_base;
-		len = vector->iov_len;
-		vector++;
-		nr_segs--;
-
-		nr = fn(file, base, len, pos);
+	if (fnv)
+		ret = do_sync_readv_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, tot_len,
+						pos, fnv);
+	else
+		ret = do_loop_readv_writev(file, iov, nr_segs, pos, fn);
 
-		if (nr < 0) {
-			if (!ret) ret = nr;
-			break;
-		}
-		ret += nr;
-		if (nr != len)
-			break;
-	}
 out:
 	if (iov != iovstack)
 		kfree(iov);
@@ -585,7 +618,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 {
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		return -EBADF;
-	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->readv && !file->f_op->read))
+	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_read && !file->f_op->read))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, pos);
@@ -598,7 +631,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 {
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
-	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->writev && !file->f_op->write))
+	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_write && !file->f_op->write))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, pos);
diff --git a/fs/read_write.h b/fs/read_write.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d07b954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/read_write.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * This file is only for sharing some helpers from read_write.c with compat.c.
+ * Don't use anywhere else.
+ */
+
+
+typedef ssize_t (*io_fn_t)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
+typedef ssize_t (*iov_fn_t)(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *,
+		unsigned long, loff_t);
+
+ssize_t do_sync_readv_writev(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *iov,
+		unsigned long nr_segs, size_t len, loff_t *ppos, iov_fn_t fn);
+ssize_t do_loop_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iovec *iov,
+		unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos, io_fn_t fn);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 4737971..d93d8dd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -123,96 +123,6 @@ xfs_file_aio_write_invis(
 	return __xfs_file_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, IO_ISAIO|IO_INVIS, pos);
 }
 
-STATIC inline ssize_t
-__xfs_file_readv(
-	struct file		*file,
-	const struct iovec 	*iov,
-	int			ioflags,
-	unsigned long		nr_segs,
-	loff_t			*ppos)
-{
-	struct inode	*inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-	bhv_vnode_t	*vp = vn_from_inode(inode);
-	struct kiocb	kiocb;
-	ssize_t		rval;
-
-	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
-
-	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT))
-		ioflags |= IO_ISDIRECT;
-	rval = bhv_vop_read(vp, &kiocb, iov, nr_segs,
-				&kiocb.ki_pos, ioflags, NULL);
-
-	*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
-	return rval;
-}
-
-STATIC ssize_t
-xfs_file_readv(
-	struct file		*file,
-	const struct iovec 	*iov,
-	unsigned long		nr_segs,
-	loff_t			*ppos)
-{
-	return __xfs_file_readv(file, iov, 0, nr_segs, ppos);
-}
-
-STATIC ssize_t
-xfs_file_readv_invis(
-	struct file		*file,
-	const struct iovec 	*iov,
-	unsigned long		nr_segs,
-	loff_t			*ppos)
-{
-	return __xfs_file_readv(file, iov, IO_INVIS, nr_segs, ppos);
-}
-
-STATIC inline ssize_t
-__xfs_file_writev(
-	struct file		*file,
-	const struct iovec 	*iov,
-	int			ioflags,
-	unsigned long		nr_segs,
-	loff_t			*ppos)
-{
-	struct inode	*inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-	bhv_vnode_t	*vp = vn_from_inode(inode);
-	struct kiocb	kiocb;
-	ssize_t		rval;
-
-	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
-	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT))
-		ioflags |= IO_ISDIRECT;
-
-	rval = bhv_vop_write(vp, &kiocb, iov, nr_segs,
-				 &kiocb.ki_pos, ioflags, NULL);
-
-	*ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
-	return rval;
-}
-
-STATIC ssize_t
-xfs_file_writev(
-	struct file		*file,
-	const struct iovec 	*iov,
-	unsigned long		nr_segs,
-	loff_t			*ppos)
-{
-	return __xfs_file_writev(file, iov, 0, nr_segs, ppos);
-}
-
-STATIC ssize_t
-xfs_file_writev_invis(
-	struct file		*file,
-	const struct iovec 	*iov,
-	unsigned long		nr_segs,
-	loff_t			*ppos)
-{
-	return __xfs_file_writev(file, iov, IO_INVIS, nr_segs, ppos);
-}
-
 STATIC ssize_t
 xfs_file_sendfile(
 	struct file		*filp,
@@ -540,8 +450,6 @@ const struct file_operations xfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
-	.readv		= xfs_file_readv,
-	.writev		= xfs_file_writev,
 	.aio_read	= xfs_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write	= xfs_file_aio_write,
 	.sendfile	= xfs_file_sendfile,
@@ -565,8 +473,6 @@ const struct file_operations xfs_invis_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
-	.readv		= xfs_file_readv_invis,
-	.writev		= xfs_file_writev_invis,
 	.aio_read	= xfs_file_aio_read_invis,
 	.aio_write	= xfs_file_aio_write_invis,
 	.sendfile	= xfs_file_sendfile_invis,