diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index c18aa7e03e2b8d33470d6632052a839c3a1845c8..fd6b278d447b3b7e36a629d2e2ecc4578bc6f6b8 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -601,107 +601,176 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void wakeup_pipe_writers(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&pipe->wait);
+	kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_writers, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
+}
+
 /**
- * __splice_from_pipe - splice data from a pipe to given actor
+ * splice_from_pipe_feed - feed available data from a pipe to a file
  * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
  * @sd:		information to @actor
  * @actor:	handler that splices the data
  *
  * Description:
- *    This function does little more than loop over the pipe and call
- *    @actor to do the actual moving of a single struct pipe_buffer to
- *    the desired destination. See pipe_to_file, pipe_to_sendpage, or
- *    pipe_to_user.
+
+ *    This function loops over the pipe and calls @actor to do the
+ *    actual moving of a single struct pipe_buffer to the desired
+ *    destination.  It returns when there's no more buffers left in
+ *    the pipe or if the requested number of bytes (@sd->total_len)
+ *    have been copied.  It returns a positive number (one) if the
+ *    pipe needs to be filled with more data, zero if the required
+ *    number of bytes have been copied and -errno on error.
  *
+ *    This, together with splice_from_pipe_{begin,end,next}, may be
+ *    used to implement the functionality of __splice_from_pipe() when
+ *    locking is required around copying the pipe buffers to the
+ *    destination.
  */
-ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
-			   splice_actor *actor)
+int splice_from_pipe_feed(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
+			  splice_actor *actor)
 {
-	int ret, do_wakeup, err;
-
-	ret = 0;
-	do_wakeup = 0;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		if (pipe->nrbufs) {
-			struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + pipe->curbuf;
-			const struct pipe_buf_operations *ops = buf->ops;
+	int ret;
 
-			sd->len = buf->len;
-			if (sd->len > sd->total_len)
-				sd->len = sd->total_len;
+	while (pipe->nrbufs) {
+		struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + pipe->curbuf;
+		const struct pipe_buf_operations *ops = buf->ops;
 
-			err = actor(pipe, buf, sd);
-			if (err <= 0) {
-				if (!ret && err != -ENODATA)
-					ret = err;
+		sd->len = buf->len;
+		if (sd->len > sd->total_len)
+			sd->len = sd->total_len;
 
-				break;
-			}
+		ret = actor(pipe, buf, sd);
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			if (ret == -ENODATA)
+				ret = 0;
+			return ret;
+		}
+		buf->offset += ret;
+		buf->len -= ret;
 
-			ret += err;
-			buf->offset += err;
-			buf->len -= err;
+		sd->num_spliced += ret;
+		sd->len -= ret;
+		sd->pos += ret;
+		sd->total_len -= ret;
 
-			sd->len -= err;
-			sd->pos += err;
-			sd->total_len -= err;
-			if (sd->len)
-				continue;
+		if (!buf->len) {
+			buf->ops = NULL;
+			ops->release(pipe, buf);
+			pipe->curbuf = (pipe->curbuf + 1) & (PIPE_BUFFERS - 1);
+			pipe->nrbufs--;
+			if (pipe->inode)
+				sd->need_wakeup = true;
+		}
 
-			if (!buf->len) {
-				buf->ops = NULL;
-				ops->release(pipe, buf);
-				pipe->curbuf = (pipe->curbuf + 1) & (PIPE_BUFFERS - 1);
-				pipe->nrbufs--;
-				if (pipe->inode)
-					do_wakeup = 1;
-			}
+		if (!sd->total_len)
+			return 0;
+	}
 
-			if (!sd->total_len)
-				break;
-		}
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_feed);
 
-		if (pipe->nrbufs)
-			continue;
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe_next - wait for some data to splice from
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
+ * @sd:		information about the splice operation
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    This function will wait for some data and return a positive
+ *    value (one) if pipe buffers are available.  It will return zero
+ *    or -errno if no more data needs to be spliced.
+ */
+int splice_from_pipe_next(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	while (!pipe->nrbufs) {
 		if (!pipe->writers)
-			break;
-		if (!pipe->waiting_writers) {
-			if (ret)
-				break;
-		}
+			return 0;
 
-		if (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
-			if (!ret)
-				ret = -EAGAIN;
-			break;
-		}
+		if (!pipe->waiting_writers && sd->num_spliced)
+			return 0;
 
-		if (signal_pending(current)) {
-			if (!ret)
-				ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
-			break;
-		}
+		if (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK)
+			return -EAGAIN;
 
-		if (do_wakeup) {
-			smp_mb();
-			if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
-				wake_up_interruptible_sync(&pipe->wait);
-			kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_writers, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
-			do_wakeup = 0;
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+		if (sd->need_wakeup) {
+			wakeup_pipe_writers(pipe);
+			sd->need_wakeup = false;
 		}
 
 		pipe_wait(pipe);
 	}
 
-	if (do_wakeup) {
-		smp_mb();
-		if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
-			wake_up_interruptible(&pipe->wait);
-		kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_writers, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
-	}
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_next);
 
-	return ret;
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe_begin - start splicing from pipe
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    This function should be called before a loop containing
+ *    splice_from_pipe_next() and splice_from_pipe_feed() to
+ *    initialize the necessary fields of @sd.
+ */
+void splice_from_pipe_begin(struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	sd->num_spliced = 0;
+	sd->need_wakeup = false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_begin);
+
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe_end - finish splicing from pipe
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
+ * @sd:		information about the splice operation
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    This function will wake up pipe writers if necessary.  It should
+ *    be called after a loop containing splice_from_pipe_next() and
+ *    splice_from_pipe_feed().
+ */
+void splice_from_pipe_end(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	if (sd->need_wakeup)
+		wakeup_pipe_writers(pipe);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_end);
+
+/**
+ * __splice_from_pipe - splice data from a pipe to given actor
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
+ * @sd:		information to @actor
+ * @actor:	handler that splices the data
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    This function does little more than loop over the pipe and call
+ *    @actor to do the actual moving of a single struct pipe_buffer to
+ *    the desired destination. See pipe_to_file, pipe_to_sendpage, or
+ *    pipe_to_user.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
+			   splice_actor *actor)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	splice_from_pipe_begin(sd);
+	do {
+		ret = splice_from_pipe_next(pipe, sd);
+		if (ret > 0)
+			ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, sd, actor);
+	} while (ret > 0);
+	splice_from_pipe_end(pipe, sd);
+
+	return sd->num_spliced ? sd->num_spliced : ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__splice_from_pipe);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/splice.h b/include/linux/splice.h
index 528dcb93c2f21b08cad24fd56e3a6ae8e707dbc0..8fc2a635586ed0c9b9ef95e1609a31d5edae9e91 100644
--- a/include/linux/splice.h
+++ b/include/linux/splice.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct splice_desc {
 		void *data;		/* cookie */
 	} u;
 	loff_t pos;			/* file position */
+	size_t num_spliced;		/* number of bytes already spliced */
+	bool need_wakeup;		/* need to wake up writer */
 };
 
 struct partial_page {
@@ -66,6 +68,14 @@ extern ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *,
 				splice_actor *);
 extern ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 				  struct splice_desc *, splice_actor *);
+extern int splice_from_pipe_feed(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct splice_desc *,
+				 splice_actor *);
+extern int splice_from_pipe_next(struct pipe_inode_info *,
+				 struct splice_desc *);
+extern void splice_from_pipe_begin(struct splice_desc *);
+extern void splice_from_pipe_end(struct pipe_inode_info *,
+				 struct splice_desc *);
+
 extern ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 			      struct splice_pipe_desc *);
 extern ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *, struct splice_desc *,