Merge branch 'for-davem-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

More iov_iter work for the networking from Al Viro.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

30 files changed, 152 insertions, 280 deletions

diff --git a/net/atm/common.c b/net/atm/common.c
index f59112944c91..b84057e41bd6 100644
--- a/net/atm/common.c
+++ b/net/atm/common.c
@@ -577,9 +577,6 @@ int vcc_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m,
 	struct atm_vcc *vcc;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int eff, error;
-	struct iov_iter from;
-
-	iov_iter_init(&from, WRITE, m->msg_iov, m->msg_iovlen, size);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	if (sock->state != SS_CONNECTED) {
@@ -634,7 +631,7 @@ int vcc_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m,
 		goto out;
 	skb->dev = NULL; /* for paths shared with net_device interfaces */
 	ATM_SKB(skb)->atm_options = vcc->atm_options;
-	if (copy_from_iter(skb_put(skb, size), size, &from) != size) {
+	if (copy_from_iter(skb_put(skb, size), size, &m->msg_iter) != size) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		error = -EFAULT;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
index bdcaefd2db12..76617be1e797 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
@@ -537,12 +537,12 @@ static int send_pkt(struct l2cap_chan *chan, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	chan->data = skb;
 
-	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
-	msg.msg_iov = (struct iovec *) &iv;
-	msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
 	iv.iov_base = skb->data;
 	iv.iov_len = skb->len;
 
+	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE | ITER_KVEC, &iv, 1, skb->len);
+
 	err = l2cap_chan_send(chan, &msg, skb->len);
 	if (err > 0) {
 		netdev->stats.tx_bytes += err;
@@ -1050,7 +1050,6 @@ static const struct l2cap_ops bt_6lowpan_chan_ops = {
 	.suspend		= chan_suspend_cb,
 	.get_sndtimeo		= chan_get_sndtimeo_cb,
 	.alloc_skb		= chan_alloc_skb_cb,
-	.memcpy_fromiovec	= l2cap_chan_no_memcpy_fromiovec,
 
 	.teardown		= l2cap_chan_no_teardown,
 	.defer			= l2cap_chan_no_defer,
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c b/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
index 5dcade511fdb..cedfbda15dad 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ void a2mp_send(struct amp_mgr *mgr, u8 code, u8 ident, u16 len, void *data)
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
 
-	msg.msg_iov = (struct iovec *) &iv;
-	msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE | ITER_KVEC, &iv, 1, total_len);
 
 	l2cap_chan_send(chan, &msg, total_len);
 
@@ -720,7 +719,6 @@ static const struct l2cap_ops a2mp_chan_ops = {
 	.resume = l2cap_chan_no_resume,
 	.set_shutdown = l2cap_chan_no_set_shutdown,
 	.get_sndtimeo = l2cap_chan_no_get_sndtimeo,
-	.memcpy_fromiovec = l2cap_chan_no_memcpy_fromiovec,
 };
 
 static struct l2cap_chan *a2mp_chan_open(struct l2cap_conn *conn, bool locked)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index a8da7ea9c2c0..a2b6dfa38a0c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -2103,8 +2103,7 @@ static inline int l2cap_skbuff_fromiovec(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 	struct sk_buff **frag;
 	int sent = 0;
 
-	if (chan->ops->memcpy_fromiovec(chan, skb_put(skb, count),
-					msg->msg_iov, count))
+	if (copy_from_iter(skb_put(skb, count), count, &msg->msg_iter) != count)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	sent += count;
@@ -2124,8 +2123,8 @@ static inline int l2cap_skbuff_fromiovec(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 
 		*frag = tmp;
 
-		if (chan->ops->memcpy_fromiovec(chan, skb_put(*frag, count),
-						msg->msg_iov, count))
+		if (copy_from_iter(skb_put(*frag, count), count,
+				   &msg->msg_iter) != count)
 			return -EFAULT;
 
 		sent += count;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index b0efb7202957..f65caf41953f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -1336,13 +1336,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *l2cap_sock_alloc_skb_cb(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 	return skb;
 }
 
-static int l2cap_sock_memcpy_fromiovec_cb(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
-					  unsigned char *kdata,
-					  struct iovec *iov, int len)
-{
-	return memcpy_fromiovec(kdata, iov, len);
-}
-
 static void l2cap_sock_ready_cb(struct l2cap_chan *chan)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = chan->data;
@@ -1427,7 +1420,6 @@ static const struct l2cap_ops l2cap_chan_ops = {
 	.set_shutdown		= l2cap_sock_set_shutdown_cb,
 	.get_sndtimeo		= l2cap_sock_get_sndtimeo_cb,
 	.alloc_skb		= l2cap_sock_alloc_skb_cb,
-	.memcpy_fromiovec	= l2cap_sock_memcpy_fromiovec_cb,
 };
 
 static void l2cap_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/smp.c b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
index 96bf16dcd9e9..6a46252fe66f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/smp.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
@@ -539,8 +539,7 @@ static void smp_send_cmd(struct l2cap_conn *conn, u8 code, u16 len, void *data)
 
 	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
 
-	msg.msg_iov = (struct iovec *) &iv;
-	msg.msg_iovlen = 2;
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE | ITER_KVEC, iv, 2, 1 + len);
 
 	l2cap_chan_send(chan, &msg, 1 + len);
 
@@ -2865,7 +2864,6 @@ static const struct l2cap_ops smp_chan_ops = {
 	.suspend		= l2cap_chan_no_suspend,
 	.set_shutdown		= l2cap_chan_no_set_shutdown,
 	.get_sndtimeo		= l2cap_chan_no_get_sndtimeo,
-	.memcpy_fromiovec	= l2cap_chan_no_memcpy_fromiovec,
 };
 
 static inline struct l2cap_chan *smp_new_conn_cb(struct l2cap_chan *pchan)
@@ -2914,7 +2912,6 @@ static const struct l2cap_ops smp_root_chan_ops = {
 	.resume			= l2cap_chan_no_resume,
 	.set_shutdown		= l2cap_chan_no_set_shutdown,
 	.get_sndtimeo		= l2cap_chan_no_get_sndtimeo,
-	.memcpy_fromiovec	= l2cap_chan_no_memcpy_fromiovec,
 };
 
 static struct l2cap_chan *smp_add_cid(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 cid)
diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
index ac618b0b8a4f..769b185fefbd 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int caif_seqpkt_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto err;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (unlikely(msg->msg_iov->iov_base == NULL))
+	if (unlikely(msg->msg_iter.iov->iov_base == NULL))
 		goto err;
 	noblock = msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT;
 
diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 062f157d2a6b..3236b4167a32 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ ssize_t get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *kmsg,
 			  struct iovec **iov)
 {
 	compat_uptr_t uaddr, uiov, tmp3;
+	compat_size_t nr_segs;
 	ssize_t err;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, umsg, sizeof(*umsg)) ||
 	    __get_user(uaddr, &umsg->msg_name) ||
 	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_namelen, &umsg->msg_namelen) ||
 	    __get_user(uiov, &umsg->msg_iov) ||
-	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_iovlen, &umsg->msg_iovlen) ||
+	    __get_user(nr_segs, &umsg->msg_iovlen) ||
 	    __get_user(tmp3, &umsg->msg_control) ||
 	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_controllen, &umsg->msg_controllen) ||
 	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_flags, &umsg->msg_flags))
@@ -68,14 +69,15 @@ ssize_t get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *kmsg,
 		kmsg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (kmsg->msg_iovlen > UIO_MAXIOV)
+	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	err = compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(save_addr ? READ : WRITE,
-					   compat_ptr(uiov), kmsg->msg_iovlen,
+					   compat_ptr(uiov), nr_segs,
 					   UIO_FASTIOV, *iov, iov);
 	if (err >= 0)
-		kmsg->msg_iov = *iov;
+		iov_iter_init(&kmsg->msg_iter, save_addr ? READ : WRITE,
+			      *iov, nr_segs, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index b6e303b0f01f..df493d68330c 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -310,90 +310,6 @@ int skb_kill_datagram(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int flags)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_kill_datagram);
 
 /**
- *	skb_copy_datagram_iovec - Copy a datagram to an iovec.
- *	@skb: buffer to copy
- *	@offset: offset in the buffer to start copying from
- *	@to: io vector to copy to
- *	@len: amount of data to copy from buffer to iovec
- *
- *	Note: the iovec is modified during the copy.
- */
-int skb_copy_datagram_iovec(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
-			    struct iovec *to, int len)
-{
-	int start = skb_headlen(skb);
-	int i, copy = start - offset;
-	struct sk_buff *frag_iter;
-
-	trace_skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, len);
-
-	/* Copy header. */
-	if (copy > 0) {
-		if (copy > len)
-			copy = len;
-		if (memcpy_toiovec(to, skb->data + offset, copy))
-			goto fault;
-		if ((len -= copy) == 0)
-			return 0;
-		offset += copy;
-	}
-
-	/* Copy paged appendix. Hmm... why does this look so complicated? */
-	for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
-		int end;
-		const skb_frag_t *frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
-
-		WARN_ON(start > offset + len);
-
-		end = start + skb_frag_size(frag);
-		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
-			int err;
-			u8  *vaddr;
-			struct page *page = skb_frag_page(frag);
-
-			if (copy > len)
-				copy = len;
-			vaddr = kmap(page);
-			err = memcpy_toiovec(to, vaddr + frag->page_offset +
-					     offset - start, copy);
-			kunmap(page);
-			if (err)
-				goto fault;
-			if (!(len -= copy))
-				return 0;
-			offset += copy;
-		}
-		start = end;
-	}
-
-	skb_walk_frags(skb, frag_iter) {
-		int end;
-
-		WARN_ON(start > offset + len);
-
-		end = start + frag_iter->len;
-		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
-			if (copy > len)
-				copy = len;
-			if (skb_copy_datagram_iovec(frag_iter,
-						    offset - start,
-						    to, copy))
-				goto fault;
-			if ((len -= copy) == 0)
-				return 0;
-			offset += copy;
-		}
-		start = end;
-	}
-	if (!len)
-		return 0;
-
-fault:
-	return -EFAULT;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_datagram_iovec);
-
-/**
  *	skb_copy_datagram_iter - Copy a datagram to an iovec iterator.
  *	@skb: buffer to copy
  *	@offset: offset in the buffer to start copying from
@@ -615,27 +531,25 @@ int zerocopy_sg_from_iter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct iov_iter *from)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(zerocopy_sg_from_iter);
 
 static int skb_copy_and_csum_datagram(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
-				      u8 __user *to, int len,
+				      struct iov_iter *to, int len,
 				      __wsum *csump)
 {
 	int start = skb_headlen(skb);
 	int i, copy = start - offset;
 	struct sk_buff *frag_iter;
 	int pos = 0;
+	int n;
 
 	/* Copy header. */
 	if (copy > 0) {
-		int err = 0;
 		if (copy > len)
 			copy = len;
-		*csump = csum_and_copy_to_user(skb->data + offset, to, copy,
-					       *csump, &err);
-		if (err)
+		n = csum_and_copy_to_iter(skb->data + offset, copy, csump, to);
+		if (n != copy)
 			goto fault;
 		if ((len -= copy) == 0)
 			return 0;
 		offset += copy;
-		to += copy;
 		pos = copy;
 	}
 
@@ -647,26 +561,22 @@ static int skb_copy_and_csum_datagram(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 
 		end = start + skb_frag_size(frag);
 		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
-			__wsum csum2;
-			int err = 0;
-			u8  *vaddr;
+			__wsum csum2 = 0;
 			struct page *page = skb_frag_page(frag);
+			u8  *vaddr = kmap(page);
 
 			if (copy > len)
 				copy = len;
-			vaddr = kmap(page);
-			csum2 = csum_and_copy_to_user(vaddr +
-							frag->page_offset +
-							offset - start,
-						      to, copy, 0, &err);
+			n = csum_and_copy_to_iter(vaddr + frag->page_offset +
+						  offset - start, copy,
+						  &csum2, to);
 			kunmap(page);
-			if (err)
+			if (n != copy)
 				goto fault;
 			*csump = csum_block_add(*csump, csum2, pos);
 			if (!(len -= copy))
 				return 0;
 			offset += copy;
-			to += copy;
 			pos += copy;
 		}
 		start = end;
@@ -691,7 +601,6 @@ static int skb_copy_and_csum_datagram(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 			if ((len -= copy) == 0)
 				return 0;
 			offset += copy;
-			to += copy;
 			pos += copy;
 		}
 		start = end;
@@ -744,20 +653,19 @@ __sum16 __skb_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_checksum_complete);
 
 /**
- *	skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec - Copy and checksum skb to user iovec.
+ *	skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_msg - Copy and checksum skb to user iovec.
  *	@skb: skbuff
  *	@hlen: hardware length
- *	@iov: io vector
+ *	@msg: destination
  *
  *	Caller _must_ check that skb will fit to this iovec.
  *
  *	Returns: 0       - success.
  *		 -EINVAL - checksum failure.
- *		 -EFAULT - fault during copy. Beware, in this case iovec
- *			   can be modified!
+ *		 -EFAULT - fault during copy.
  */
-int skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				     int hlen, struct iovec *iov)
+int skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_msg(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				   int hlen, struct msghdr *msg)
 {
 	__wsum csum;
 	int chunk = skb->len - hlen;
@@ -765,28 +673,20 @@ int skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!chunk)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Skip filled elements.
-	 * Pretty silly, look at memcpy_toiovec, though 8)
-	 */
-	while (!iov->iov_len)
-		iov++;
-
-	if (iov->iov_len < chunk) {
+	if (iov_iter_count(&msg->msg_iter) < chunk) {
 		if (__skb_checksum_complete(skb))
 			goto csum_error;
-		if (skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, hlen, iov, chunk))
+		if (skb_copy_datagram_msg(skb, hlen, msg, chunk))
 			goto fault;
 	} else {
 		csum = csum_partial(skb->data, hlen, skb->csum);
-		if (skb_copy_and_csum_datagram(skb, hlen, iov->iov_base,
+		if (skb_copy_and_csum_datagram(skb, hlen, &msg->msg_iter,
 					       chunk, &csum))
 			goto fault;
 		if (csum_fold(csum))
 			goto csum_error;
 		if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE))
 			netdev_rx_csum_fault(skb->dev);
-		iov->iov_len -= chunk;
-		iov->iov_base += chunk;
 	}
 	return 0;
 csum_error:
@@ -794,7 +694,7 @@ csum_error:
 fault:
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_msg);
 
 /**
  * 	datagram_poll - generic datagram poll
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 4a929adf2ab7..b50861b22b6b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -752,14 +752,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_fragment);
 int
 ip_generic_getfrag(void *from, char *to, int offset, int len, int odd, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct iovec *iov = from;
+	struct msghdr *msg = from;
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
-		if (memcpy_fromiovecend(to, iov, offset, len) < 0)
+		/* XXX: stripping const */
+		if (memcpy_fromiovecend(to, (struct iovec *)msg->msg_iter.iov, offset, len) < 0)
 			return -EFAULT;
 	} else {
 		__wsum csum = 0;
-		if (csum_partial_copy_fromiovecend(to, iov, offset, len, &csum) < 0)
+		/* XXX: stripping const */
+		if (csum_partial_copy_fromiovecend(to, (struct iovec *)msg->msg_iter.iov, offset, len, &csum) < 0)
 			return -EFAULT;
 		skb->csum = csum_block_add(skb->csum, csum, odd);
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c
index 8dd4ae0424fc..c0d82f78d364 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c
@@ -811,7 +811,8 @@ back_from_confirm:
 	pfh.icmph.checksum = 0;
 	pfh.icmph.un.echo.id = inet->inet_sport;
 	pfh.icmph.un.echo.sequence = user_icmph.un.echo.sequence;
-	pfh.iov = msg->msg_iov;
+	/* XXX: stripping const */
+	pfh.iov = (struct iovec *)msg->msg_iter.iov;
 	pfh.wcheck = 0;
 	pfh.family = AF_INET;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/raw.c b/net/ipv4/raw.c
index 43385a9fa441..0bb68df5055d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 
 struct raw_frag_vec {
-	struct iovec *iov;
+	struct msghdr *msg;
 	union {
 		struct icmphdr icmph;
 		char c[1];
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int raw_probe_proto_opt(struct raw_frag_vec *rfv, struct flowi4 *fl4)
 	/* We only need the first two bytes. */
 	rfv->hlen = 2;
 
-	err = memcpy_fromiovec(rfv->hdr.c, rfv->iov, rfv->hlen);
+	err = memcpy_from_msg(rfv->hdr.c, rfv->msg, rfv->hlen);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static int raw_getfrag(void *from, char *to, int offset, int len, int odd,
 
 	offset -= rfv->hlen;
 
-	return ip_generic_getfrag(rfv->iov, to, offset, len, odd, skb);
+	return ip_generic_getfrag(rfv->msg, to, offset, len, odd, skb);
 }
 
 static int raw_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 			   daddr, saddr, 0, 0);
 
 	if (!inet->hdrincl) {
-		rfv.iov = msg->msg_iov;
+		rfv.msg = msg;
 		rfv.hlen = 0;
 
 		err = raw_probe_proto_opt(&rfv, &fl4);
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 back_from_confirm:
 
 	if (inet->hdrincl)
-		err = raw_send_hdrinc(sk, &fl4, msg->msg_iov, len,
+		/* XXX: stripping const */
+		err = raw_send_hdrinc(sk, &fl4, (struct iovec *)msg->msg_iter.iov, len,
 				      &rt, msg->msg_flags);
 
 	 else {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 427aee33ffc0..3075723c729b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ static int tcp_sendmsg_fastopen(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 int tcp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 		size_t size)
 {
-	struct iovec *iov;
+	const struct iovec *iov;
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int iovlen, flags, err, copied = 0;
@@ -1118,8 +1118,8 @@ int tcp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	mss_now = tcp_send_mss(sk, &size_goal, flags);
 
 	/* Ok commence sending. */
-	iovlen = msg->msg_iovlen;
-	iov = msg->msg_iov;
+	iovlen = msg->msg_iter.nr_segs;
+	iov = msg->msg_iter.iov;
 	copied = 0;
 
 	err = -EPIPE;
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 			if (!user_recv && !(flags & (MSG_TRUNC | MSG_PEEK))) {
 				user_recv = current;
 				tp->ucopy.task = user_recv;
-				tp->ucopy.iov = msg->msg_iov;
+				tp->ucopy.msg = msg;
 			}
 
 			tp->ucopy.len = len;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 69de1a1c05c9..075ab4d5af5e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4421,7 +4421,7 @@ static void tcp_data_queue(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 			local_bh_enable();
-			if (!skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, tp->ucopy.iov, chunk)) {
+			if (!skb_copy_datagram_msg(skb, 0, tp->ucopy.msg, chunk)) {
 				tp->ucopy.len -= chunk;
 				tp->copied_seq += chunk;
 				eaten = (chunk == skb->len);
@@ -4941,10 +4941,9 @@ static int tcp_copy_to_iovec(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int hlen)
 
 	local_bh_enable();
 	if (skb_csum_unnecessary(skb))
-		err = skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, hlen, tp->ucopy.iov, chunk);
+		err = skb_copy_datagram_msg(skb, hlen, tp->ucopy.msg, chunk);
 	else
-		err = skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec(skb, hlen,
-						       tp->ucopy.iov);
+		err = skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_msg(skb, hlen, tp->ucopy.msg);
 
 	if (!err) {
 		tp->ucopy.len -= chunk;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index f37ecf53ee8a..7f18262e2326 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3073,7 +3073,7 @@ static int tcp_send_syn_data(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *syn)
 	syn_data->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 	memcpy(syn_data->cb, syn->cb, sizeof(syn->cb));
 	if (unlikely(memcpy_fromiovecend(skb_put(syn_data, space),
-					 fo->data->msg_iov, 0, space))) {
+					 fo->data->msg_iter.iov, 0, space))) {
 		kfree_skb(syn_data);
 		goto fallback;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index dd8e00634563..13b4dcf86ef6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ back_from_confirm:
 
 	/* Lockless fast path for the non-corking case. */
 	if (!corkreq) {
-		skb = ip_make_skb(sk, fl4, getfrag, msg->msg_iov, ulen,
+		skb = ip_make_skb(sk, fl4, getfrag, msg, ulen,
 				  sizeof(struct udphdr), &ipc, &rt,
 				  msg->msg_flags);
 		err = PTR_ERR(skb);
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ back_from_confirm:
 
 do_append_data:
 	up->len += ulen;
-	err = ip_append_data(sk, fl4, getfrag, msg->msg_iov, ulen,
+	err = ip_append_data(sk, fl4, getfrag, msg, ulen,
 			     sizeof(struct udphdr), &ipc, &rt,
 			     corkreq ? msg->msg_flags|MSG_MORE : msg->msg_flags);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ping.c b/net/ipv6/ping.c
index 5b7a1ed2aba9..2d3148378a1f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ping.c
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ int ping_v6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	pfh.icmph.checksum = 0;
 	pfh.icmph.un.echo.id = inet->inet_sport;
 	pfh.icmph.un.echo.sequence = user_icmph.icmp6_sequence;
-	pfh.iov = msg->msg_iov;
+	/* XXX: stripping const */
+	pfh.iov = (struct iovec *)msg->msg_iter.iov;
 	pfh.wcheck = 0;
 	pfh.family = AF_INET6;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 8baa53e17a30..ee25631f8c29 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -672,65 +672,62 @@ error:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int rawv6_probe_proto_opt(struct flowi6 *fl6, struct msghdr *msg)
+struct raw6_frag_vec {
+	struct msghdr *msg;
+	int hlen;
+	char c[4];
+};
+
+static int rawv6_probe_proto_opt(struct raw6_frag_vec *rfv, struct flowi6 *fl6)
 {
-	struct iovec *iov;
-	u8 __user *type = NULL;
-	u8 __user *code = NULL;
-	u8 len = 0;
-	int probed = 0;
-	int i;
-
-	if (!msg->msg_iov)
-		return 0;
+	int err = 0;
+	switch (fl6->flowi6_proto) {
+	case IPPROTO_ICMPV6:
+		rfv->hlen = 2;
+		err = memcpy_from_msg(rfv->c, rfv->msg, rfv->hlen);
+		if (!err) {
+			fl6->fl6_icmp_type = rfv->c[0];
+			fl6->fl6_icmp_code = rfv->c[1];
+		}
+		break;
+	case IPPROTO_MH:
+		rfv->hlen = 4;
+		err = memcpy_from_msg(rfv->c, rfv->msg, rfv->hlen);
+		if (!err)
+			fl6->fl6_mh_type = rfv->c[2];
+	}
+	return err;
+}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < msg->msg_iovlen; i++) {
-		iov = &msg->msg_iov[i];
-		if (!iov)
-			continue;
+static int raw6_getfrag(void *from, char *to, int offset, int len, int odd,
+		       struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct raw6_frag_vec *rfv = from;
 
-		switch (fl6->flowi6_proto) {
-		case IPPROTO_ICMPV6:
-			/* check if one-byte field is readable or not. */
-			if (iov->iov_base && iov->iov_len < 1)
-				break;
-
-			if (!type) {
-				type = iov->iov_base;
-				/* check if code field is readable or not. */
-				if (iov->iov_len > 1)
-					code = type + 1;
-			} else if (!code)
-				code = iov->iov_base;
-
-			if (type && code) {
-				if (get_user(fl6->fl6_icmp_type, type) ||
-				    get_user(fl6->fl6_icmp_code, code))
-					return -EFAULT;
-				probed = 1;
-			}
-			break;
-		case IPPROTO_MH:
-			if (iov->iov_base && iov->iov_len < 1)
-				break;
-			/* check if type field is readable or not. */
-			if (iov->iov_len > 2 - len) {
-				u8 __user *p = iov->iov_base;
-				if (get_user(fl6->fl6_mh_type, &p[2 - len]))
-					return -EFAULT;
-				probed = 1;
-			} else
-				len += iov->iov_len;
+	if (offset < rfv->hlen) {
+		int copy = min(rfv->hlen - offset, len);
 
-			break;
-		default:
-			probed = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-		if (probed)
-			break;
+		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
+			memcpy(to, rfv->c + offset, copy);
+		else
+			skb->csum = csum_block_add(
+				skb->csum,
+				csum_partial_copy_nocheck(rfv->c + offset,
+							  to, copy, 0),
+				odd);
+
+		odd = 0;
+		offset += copy;
+		to += copy;
+		len -= copy;
+
+		if (!len)
+			return 0;
 	}
-	return 0;
+
+	offset -= rfv->hlen;
+
+	return ip_generic_getfrag(rfv->msg, to, offset, len, odd, skb);
 }
 
 static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
@@ -745,6 +742,7 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 	struct ipv6_txoptions *opt = NULL;
 	struct ip6_flowlabel *flowlabel = NULL;
 	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
+	struct raw6_frag_vec rfv;
 	struct flowi6 fl6;
 	int addr_len = msg->msg_namelen;
 	int hlimit = -1;
@@ -848,7 +846,9 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 	opt = ipv6_fixup_options(&opt_space, opt);
 
 	fl6.flowi6_proto = proto;
-	err = rawv6_probe_proto_opt(&fl6, msg);
+	rfv.msg = msg;
+	rfv.hlen = 0;
+	err = rawv6_probe_proto_opt(&rfv, &fl6);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -886,10 +886,11 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 
 back_from_confirm:
 	if (inet->hdrincl)
-		err = rawv6_send_hdrinc(sk, msg->msg_iov, len, &fl6, &dst, msg->msg_flags);
+		/* XXX: stripping const */
+		err = rawv6_send_hdrinc(sk, (struct iovec *)msg->msg_iter.iov, len, &fl6, &dst, msg->msg_flags);
 	else {
 		lock_sock(sk);
-		err = ip6_append_data(sk, ip_generic_getfrag, msg->msg_iov,
+		err = ip6_append_data(sk, raw6_getfrag, &rfv,
 			len, 0, hlimit, tclass, opt, &fl6, (struct rt6_info *)dst,
 			msg->msg_flags, dontfrag);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 7f96432292ce..189dc4ae3eca 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ do_append_data:
 		dontfrag = np->dontfrag;
 	up->len += ulen;
 	getfrag  =  is_udplite ?  udplite_getfrag : ip_generic_getfrag;
-	err = ip6_append_data(sk, getfrag, msg->msg_iov, ulen,
+	err = ip6_append_data(sk, getfrag, msg, ulen,
 		sizeof(struct udphdr), hlimit, tclass, opt, &fl6,
 		(struct rt6_info *)dst,
 		corkreq ? msg->msg_flags|MSG_MORE : msg->msg_flags, dontfrag);
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index 2177b960da87..8611f1b63141 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 
 back_from_confirm:
 	lock_sock(sk);
-	err = ip6_append_data(sk, ip_generic_getfrag, msg->msg_iov,
+	err = ip6_append_data(sk, ip_generic_getfrag, msg,
 			      ulen, transhdrlen, hlimit, tclass, opt,
 			      &fl6, (struct rt6_info *)dst,
 			      msg->msg_flags, dontfrag);
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 63aa5c8acf12..cc9bcf008b03 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ static int netlink_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	}
 
 	if (netlink_tx_is_mmaped(sk) &&
-	    msg->msg_iov->iov_base == NULL) {
+	    msg->msg_iter.iov->iov_base == NULL) {
 		err = netlink_mmap_sendmsg(sk, msg, dst_portid, dst_group,
 					   siocb);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index efa844501136..ed2e620b61df 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2408,11 +2408,8 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	unsigned short gso_type = 0;
 	int hlen, tlen;
 	int extra_len = 0;
-	struct iov_iter from;
 	ssize_t n;
 
-	iov_iter_init(&from, WRITE, msg->msg_iov, msg->msg_iovlen, len);
-
 	/*
 	 *	Get and verify the address.
 	 */
@@ -2451,7 +2448,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		len -= vnet_hdr_len;
 
 		err = -EFAULT;
-		n = copy_from_iter(&vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_len, &from);
+		n = copy_from_iter(&vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_len, &msg->msg_iter);
 		if (n != vnet_hdr_len)
 			goto out_unlock;
 
@@ -2522,7 +2519,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	}
 
 	/* Returns -EFAULT on error */
-	err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, offset, &from, len);
+	err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, offset, &msg->msg_iter, len);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 
diff --git a/net/rds/recv.c b/net/rds/recv.c
index 47d7b1029b33..f9ec1acd801c 100644
--- a/net/rds/recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/recv.c
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	int ret = 0, nonblock = msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	DECLARE_SOCKADDR(struct sockaddr_in *, sin, msg->msg_name);
 	struct rds_incoming *inc = NULL;
-	struct iov_iter to;
 
 	/* udp_recvmsg()->sock_recvtimeo() gets away without locking too.. */
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, nonblock);
@@ -415,6 +414,7 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		goto out;
 
 	while (1) {
+		struct iov_iter save;
 		/* If there are pending notifications, do those - and nothing else */
 		if (!list_empty(&rs->rs_notify_queue)) {
 			ret = rds_notify_queue_get(rs, msg);
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		rdsdebug("copying inc %p from %pI4:%u to user\n", inc,
 			 &inc->i_conn->c_faddr,
 			 ntohs(inc->i_hdr.h_sport));
-		iov_iter_init(&to, READ, msg->msg_iov, msg->msg_iovlen, size);
-		ret = inc->i_conn->c_trans->inc_copy_to_user(inc, &to);
+		save = msg->msg_iter;
+		ret = inc->i_conn->c_trans->inc_copy_to_user(inc, &msg->msg_iter);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			rds_inc_put(inc);
 			inc = NULL;
 			rds_stats_inc(s_recv_deliver_raced);
+			msg->msg_iter = save;
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index 4de62ead1c71..40a5629a0a13 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -934,9 +934,7 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	int queued = 0, allocated_mr = 0;
 	int nonblock = msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	long timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, nonblock);
-	struct iov_iter from;
 
-	iov_iter_init(&from, WRITE, msg->msg_iov, msg->msg_iovlen, payload_len);
 	/* Mirror Linux UDP mirror of BSD error message compatibility */
 	/* XXX: Perhaps MSG_MORE someday */
 	if (msg->msg_flags & ~(MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_CMSG_COMPAT)) {
@@ -984,7 +982,7 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		ret = rds_message_copy_from_user(rm, &from);
+		ret = rds_message_copy_from_user(rm, &msg->msg_iter);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-output.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-output.c
index 0b4b9a79f5ab..86e0f10aa2c0 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-output.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-output.c
@@ -531,14 +531,12 @@ static int rxrpc_send_data(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	struct rxrpc_skb_priv *sp;
 	unsigned char __user *from;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct iovec *iov;
+	const struct iovec *iov;
 	struct sock *sk = &rx->sk;
 	long timeo;
 	bool more;
 	int ret, ioc, segment, copied;
 
-	_enter(",,,{%zu},%zu", msg->msg_iovlen, len);
-
 	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
 	/* this should be in poll */
@@ -547,8 +545,8 @@ static int rxrpc_send_data(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (sk->sk_err || (sk->sk_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN))
 		return -EPIPE;
 
-	iov = msg->msg_iov;
-	ioc = msg->msg_iovlen - 1;
+	iov = msg->msg_iter.iov;
+	ioc = msg->msg_iter.nr_segs - 1;
 	from = iov->iov_base;
 	segment = iov->iov_len;
 	iov++;
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 0397ac9fd98c..c92f96cda699 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1609,9 +1609,6 @@ static int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 	__u16 sinfo_flags = 0;
 	long timeo;
 	int err;
-	struct iov_iter from;
-
-	iov_iter_init(&from, WRITE, msg->msg_iov, msg->msg_iovlen, msg_len);
 
 	err = 0;
 	sp = sctp_sk(sk);
@@ -1950,7 +1947,7 @@ static int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 	}
 
 	/* Break the message into multiple chunks of maximum size. */
-	datamsg = sctp_datamsg_from_user(asoc, sinfo, &from);
+	datamsg = sctp_datamsg_from_user(asoc, sinfo, &msg->msg_iter);
 	if (IS_ERR(datamsg)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(datamsg);
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index f676ac4a3701..8809afccf7fa 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -689,8 +689,7 @@ int kernel_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	 * the following is safe, since for compiler definitions of kvec and
 	 * iovec are identical, yielding the same in-core layout and alignment
 	 */
-	msg->msg_iov = (struct iovec *)vec;
-	msg->msg_iovlen = num;
+	iov_iter_init(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, (struct iovec *)vec, num, size);
 	result = sock_sendmsg(sock, msg, size);
 	set_fs(oldfs);
 	return result;
@@ -853,7 +852,7 @@ int kernel_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	 * the following is safe, since for compiler definitions of kvec and
 	 * iovec are identical, yielding the same in-core layout and alignment
 	 */
-	msg->msg_iov = (struct iovec *)vec, msg->msg_iovlen = num;
+	iov_iter_init(&msg->msg_iter, READ, (struct iovec *)vec, num, size);
 	result = sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, size, flags);
 	set_fs(oldfs);
 	return result;
@@ -913,8 +912,7 @@ static ssize_t do_sock_read(struct msghdr *msg, struct kiocb *iocb,
 	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	msg->msg_control = NULL;
 	msg->msg_controllen = 0;
-	msg->msg_iov = (struct iovec *)iov;
-	msg->msg_iovlen = nr_segs;
+	iov_iter_init(&msg->msg_iter, READ, iov, nr_segs, size);
 	msg->msg_flags = (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) ? MSG_DONTWAIT : 0;
 
 	return __sock_recvmsg(iocb, sock, msg, size, msg->msg_flags);
@@ -953,8 +951,7 @@ static ssize_t do_sock_write(struct msghdr *msg, struct kiocb *iocb,
 	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	msg->msg_control = NULL;
 	msg->msg_controllen = 0;
-	msg->msg_iov = (struct iovec *)iov;
-	msg->msg_iovlen = nr_segs;
+	iov_iter_init(&msg->msg_iter, WRITE, iov, nr_segs, size);
 	msg->msg_flags = (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) ? MSG_DONTWAIT : 0;
 	if (sock->type == SOCK_SEQPACKET)
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_EOR;
@@ -1798,8 +1795,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(sendto, int, fd, void __user *, buff, size_t, len,
 	iov.iov_base = buff;
 	iov.iov_len = len;
 	msg.msg_name = NULL;
-	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
-	msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+	iov_iter_init(&msg.msg_iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, len);
 	msg.msg_control = NULL;
 	msg.msg_controllen = 0;
 	msg.msg_namelen = 0;
@@ -1856,10 +1852,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(recvfrom, int, fd, void __user *, ubuf, size_t, size,
 
 	msg.msg_control = NULL;
 	msg.msg_controllen = 0;
-	msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
-	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
 	iov.iov_len = size;
 	iov.iov_base = ubuf;
+	iov_iter_init(&msg.msg_iter, READ, &iov, 1, size);
 	/* Save some cycles and don't copy the address if not needed */
 	msg.msg_name = addr ? (struct sockaddr *)&address : NULL;
 	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
@@ -1993,13 +1988,14 @@ static ssize_t copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
 {
 	struct sockaddr __user *uaddr;
 	struct iovec __user *uiov;
+	size_t nr_segs;
 	ssize_t err;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, umsg, sizeof(*umsg)) ||
 	    __get_user(uaddr, &umsg->msg_name) ||
 	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_namelen, &umsg->msg_namelen) ||
 	    __get_user(uiov, &umsg->msg_iov) ||
-	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_iovlen, &umsg->msg_iovlen) ||
+	    __get_user(nr_segs, &umsg->msg_iovlen) ||
 	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_control, &umsg->msg_control) ||
 	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_controllen, &umsg->msg_controllen) ||
 	    __get_user(kmsg->msg_flags, &umsg->msg_flags))
@@ -2029,14 +2025,15 @@ static ssize_t copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
 		kmsg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (kmsg->msg_iovlen > UIO_MAXIOV)
+	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	err = rw_copy_check_uvector(save_addr ? READ : WRITE,
-				    uiov, kmsg->msg_iovlen,
+				    uiov, nr_segs,
 				    UIO_FASTIOV, *iov, iov);
 	if (err >= 0)
-		kmsg->msg_iov = *iov;
+		iov_iter_init(&kmsg->msg_iter, save_addr ? READ : WRITE,
+			      *iov, nr_segs, err);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index 5b0659791c07..a687b30a699c 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int tipc_msg_build(struct tipc_msg *mhdr, struct msghdr *m, int offset,
 		__skb_queue_tail(list, skb);
 		skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, mhdr, mhsz);
 		pktpos = skb->data + mhsz;
-		if (!dsz || !memcpy_fromiovecend(pktpos, m->msg_iov, offset,
+		if (!dsz || !memcpy_fromiovecend(pktpos, m->msg_iter.iov, offset,
 						 dsz))
 			return dsz;
 		rc = -EFAULT;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int tipc_msg_build(struct tipc_msg *mhdr, struct msghdr *m, int offset,
 		if (drem < pktrem)
 			pktrem = drem;
 
-		if (memcpy_fromiovecend(pktpos, m->msg_iov, offset, pktrem)) {
+		if (memcpy_fromiovecend(pktpos, m->msg_iter.iov, offset, pktrem)) {
 			rc = -EFAULT;
 			goto error;
 		}
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 4450d6226602..8e1b10274b02 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1459,9 +1459,6 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct scm_cookie tmp_scm;
 	int max_level;
 	int data_len = 0;
-	struct iov_iter from;
-
-	iov_iter_init(&from, WRITE, msg->msg_iov, msg->msg_iovlen, len);
 
 	if (NULL == siocb->scm)
 		siocb->scm = &tmp_scm;
@@ -1519,7 +1516,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	skb_put(skb, len - data_len);
 	skb->data_len = data_len;
 	skb->len = len;
-	err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, 0, &from, len);
+	err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, 0, &msg->msg_iter, len);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 
@@ -1641,9 +1638,6 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	bool fds_sent = false;
 	int max_level;
 	int data_len;
-	struct iov_iter from;
-
-	iov_iter_init(&from, WRITE, msg->msg_iov, msg->msg_iovlen, len);
 
 	if (NULL == siocb->scm)
 		siocb->scm = &tmp_scm;
@@ -1700,7 +1694,7 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 		skb_put(skb, size - data_len);
 		skb->data_len = data_len;
 		skb->len = size;
-		err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, 0, &from, size);
+		err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, 0, &msg->msg_iter, size);
 		if (err) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			goto out_err;
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index c1c038952973..02d2e5229240 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -1840,9 +1840,9 @@ static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_dequeue(
 	int flags)
 {
 	if (flags & MSG_PEEK)
-		return vmci_qpair_peekv(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg->msg_iov, len, 0);
+		return vmci_qpair_peekv(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
 	else
-		return vmci_qpair_dequev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg->msg_iov, len, 0);
+		return vmci_qpair_dequev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
 }
 
 static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_enqueue(
@@ -1850,7 +1850,8 @@ static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_enqueue(
 	struct msghdr *msg,
 	size_t len)
 {
-	return vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg->msg_iov, len, 0);
+	/* XXX: stripping const */
+	return vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, (struct iovec *)msg->msg_iter.iov, len, 0);
 }
 
 static s64 vmci_transport_stream_has_data(struct vsock_sock *vsk)