return err;
 }
 
-static ssize_t raw_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-                                  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct iovec local_iov = {
-               .iov_base = (char __user *)buf,
-               .iov_len = count
-       };
-
-       return generic_file_write_nolock(file, &local_iov, 1, ppos);
-}
-
 static const struct file_operations raw_fops = {
-       .read   =       generic_file_read,
+       .read   =       do_sync_read,
        .aio_read =     generic_file_aio_read,
-       .write  =       raw_file_write,
+       .write  =       do_sync_write,
        .aio_write =    generic_file_aio_write_nolock,
        .open   =       raw_open,
        .release=       raw_release,
 
 
 const struct file_operations adfs_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .fsync          = file_fsync,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
 
 
 const struct file_operations affs_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .open           = affs_file_open,
        .release        = affs_file_release,
 
 
 const struct file_operations bfs_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
        return blkdev_put(bdev);
 }
 
-static ssize_t blkdev_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-                                  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = (void __user *)buf, .iov_len = count };
-
-       return generic_file_write_nolock(file, &local_iov, 1, ppos);
-}
-
 static long block_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
        return blkdev_ioctl(file->f_mapping->host, file, cmd, arg);
        .open           = blkdev_open,
        .release        = blkdev_close,
        .llseek         = block_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = blkdev_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
        .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write_nolock,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
 
  */
 const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
        .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .ioctl          = ext2_ioctl,
 
 
 static const struct file_operations fuse_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = fuse_file_mmap,
        .open           = fuse_open,
        .flush          = fuse_flush,
 
 
 static const struct file_operations hfs_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
        .fsync          = file_fsync,
 
 
 static const struct file_operations hfsplus_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
        .fsync          = file_fsync,
 
 
 static const struct file_operations hostfs_file_fops = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
        .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .open           = hostfs_file_open,
        .release        = NULL,
 
 {
        ssize_t retval;
 
-       retval = generic_file_write(file, buf, count, ppos);
+       retval = do_sync_write(file, buf, count, ppos);
        if (retval > 0)
                hpfs_i(file->f_dentry->d_inode)->i_dirty = 1;
        return retval;
 const struct file_operations hpfs_file_ops =
 {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .write          = hpfs_file_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .release        = hpfs_file_release,
        .fsync          = hpfs_file_fsync,
 
 {
        .open           = generic_file_open,
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .ioctl          = jffs_ioctl,
        .mmap           = generic_file_readonly_mmap,
        .fsync          = jffs_fsync,
 
 {
        .llseek =       generic_file_llseek,
        .open =         generic_file_open,
-       .read =         generic_file_read,
-       .write =        generic_file_write,
+       .read =         do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read =     generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write =        do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write =    generic_file_aio_write,
        .ioctl =        jffs2_ioctl,
        .mmap =         generic_file_readonly_mmap,
        .fsync =        jffs2_fsync,
 
 const struct file_operations jfs_file_operations = {
        .open           = jfs_open,
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
        .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
 
 
 const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .fsync          = minix_sync_file,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 
 
 const struct file_operations ntfs_file_ops = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,   /* Seek inside file. */
-       .read           = generic_file_read,     /* Read from file. */
+       .read           = do_sync_read,          /* Read from file. */
        .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read, /* Async read from file. */
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
        .write          = ntfs_file_write,       /* Write to file. */
 
 const struct file_operations qnx4_file_operations =
 {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .fsync          = qnx4_sync_file,
 #endif
 };
 
 };
 
 const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .fsync          = simple_sync_file,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 
 const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations = {
        .mmap                   = ramfs_nommu_mmap,
        .get_unmapped_area      = ramfs_nommu_get_unmapped_area,
-       .read                   = generic_file_read,
-       .write                  = generic_file_write,
+       .read                   = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read               = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write                  = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write              = generic_file_aio_write,
        .fsync                  = simple_sync_file,
        .sendfile               = generic_file_sendfile,
        .llseek                 = generic_file_llseek,
 
 
 const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
        .mmap           = generic_file_readonly_mmap,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 };
 
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-smb_file_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+smb_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+                       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
+       struct file * file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
        ssize_t status;
 
        VERBOSE("file %s/%s, count=%lu@%lu\n", DENTRY_PATH(dentry),
-               (unsigned long) count, (unsigned long) *ppos);
+               (unsigned long) iocb->ki_left, (unsigned long) pos);
 
        status = smb_revalidate_inode(dentry);
        if (status) {
                (long)dentry->d_inode->i_size,
                dentry->d_inode->i_flags, dentry->d_inode->i_atime);
 
-       status = generic_file_read(file, buf, count, ppos);
+       status = generic_file_aio_read(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
 out:
        return status;
 }
  * Write to a file (through the page cache).
  */
 static ssize_t
-smb_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+smb_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+                              unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
+       struct file * file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;
        ssize_t result;
 
        VERBOSE("file %s/%s, count=%lu@%lu\n",
                DENTRY_PATH(dentry),
-               (unsigned long) count, (unsigned long) *ppos);
+               (unsigned long) iocb->ki_left, (unsigned long) pos);
 
        result = smb_revalidate_inode(dentry);
        if (result) {
        if (result)
                goto out;
 
-       if (count > 0) {
-               result = generic_file_write(file, buf, count, ppos);
+       if (iocb->ki_left > 0) {
+               result = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
                VERBOSE("pos=%ld, size=%ld, mtime=%ld, atime=%ld\n",
                        (long) file->f_pos, (long) dentry->d_inode->i_size,
                        dentry->d_inode->i_mtime, dentry->d_inode->i_atime);
 const struct file_operations smb_file_operations =
 {
        .llseek         = remote_llseek,
-       .read           = smb_file_read,
-       .write          = smb_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = smb_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = smb_file_aio_write,
        .ioctl          = smb_ioctl,
        .mmap           = smb_file_mmap,
        .open           = smb_file_open,
 
  */
 const struct file_operations sysv_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .fsync          = sysv_sync_file,
        .sendfile       = generic_file_sendfile,
 
        .commit_write           = udf_adinicb_commit_write,
 };
 
-static ssize_t udf_file_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
-       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+static ssize_t udf_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+                             unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t ppos)
 {
        ssize_t retval;
+       struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
        int err, pos;
+       size_t count = iocb->ki_left;
 
        if (UDF_I_ALLOCTYPE(inode) == ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_IN_ICB)
        {
                if (file->f_flags & O_APPEND)
                        pos = inode->i_size;
                else
-                       pos = *ppos;
+                       pos = ppos;
 
                if (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize < (udf_file_entry_alloc_offset(inode) +
                        pos + count))
                }
        }
 
-       retval = generic_file_write(file, buf, count, ppos);
+       retval = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
 
        if (retval > 0)
                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
 const struct file_operations udf_file_operations = {
-       .read                   = generic_file_read,
+       .read                   = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read               = generic_file_aio_read,
        .ioctl                  = udf_ioctl,
        .open                   = generic_file_open,
        .mmap                   = generic_file_mmap,
-       .write                  = udf_file_write,
+       .write                  = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write              = udf_file_aio_write,
        .release                = udf_release_file,
        .fsync                  = udf_fsync_file,
        .sendfile               = generic_file_sendfile,
 
  
 const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-       .read           = generic_file_read,
-       .write          = generic_file_write,
+       .read           = do_sync_read,
+       .aio_read       = generic_file_aio_read,
+       .write          = do_sync_write,
+       .aio_write      = generic_file_aio_write,
        .mmap           = generic_file_mmap,
        .open           = generic_file_open,
        .fsync          = ufs_sync_file,
 
 
        xfs_rw_enter_trace(XFS_READ_ENTER, &ip->i_iocore,
                                (void *)iovp, segs, *offset, ioflags);
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_read(iocb, iovp, segs, offset);
+
+       iocb->ki_pos = *offset;
+       ret = generic_file_aio_read(iocb, iovp, segs, *offset);
        if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED && !(ioflags & IO_ISAIO))
                ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(iocb);
        if (ret > 0)
 
 extern int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern int file_read_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
 extern int file_send_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
-extern ssize_t generic_file_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, int isblk);
-extern ssize_t generic_file_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
-extern ssize_t __generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *,
                unsigned long, loff_t);
                unsigned long, loff_t, loff_t *, size_t, ssize_t);
 extern ssize_t do_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
 extern ssize_t do_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
-ssize_t generic_file_write_nolock(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-                               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_sendfile(struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, read_actor_t, void *);
 extern void do_generic_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
                                    struct file_ra_state *, struct file *,
 
  * that can use the page cache directly.
  */
 ssize_t
-__generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
-               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
+generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
        struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
        ssize_t retval;
        unsigned long seg;
        size_t count;
+       loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
 
        count = 0;
        for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
 
        /* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
        if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
-               loff_t pos = *ppos, size;
+               loff_t size;
                struct address_space *mapping;
                struct inode *inode;
 
 out:
        return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_aio_read);
-
-ssize_t
-generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
-               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
-{
-       BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
-       return __generic_file_aio_read(iocb, iov, nr_segs, &iocb->ki_pos);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_read);
 
-ssize_t
-generic_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = count };
-       struct kiocb kiocb;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_read(&kiocb, &local_iov, 1, ppos);
-       if (-EIOCBQUEUED == ret)
-               ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_read);
-
 int file_send_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
 {
        ssize_t written;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write_nolock);
 
-static ssize_t
-__generic_file_write_nolock(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-                               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct kiocb kiocb;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-       kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(&kiocb, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
-       if (-EIOCBQUEUED == ret)
-               ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-       return ret;
-}
-
-ssize_t
-generic_file_write_nolock(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-                               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct kiocb kiocb;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-       kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
-       ret = generic_file_aio_write_nolock(&kiocb, iov, nr_segs, *ppos);
-       if (-EIOCBQUEUED == ret)
-               ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-       *ppos = kiocb.ki_pos;
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write_nolock);
-
 ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write);
 
-ssize_t generic_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-                          size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
-       struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-       ssize_t ret;
-       struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = (void __user *)buf,
-                                       .iov_len = count };
-
-       mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-       ret = __generic_file_write_nolock(file, &local_iov, 1, ppos);
-       mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-       if (ret > 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
-               ssize_t err;
-
-               err = sync_page_range(inode, mapping, *ppos - ret, ret);
-               if (err < 0)
-                       ret = err;
-       }
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write);
-
 /*
  * Called under i_mutex for writes to S_ISREG files.   Returns -EIO if something
  * went wrong during pagecache shootdown.