diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/flat.h
index 455ce7ddbf142e9b5878d4259ea1c92d5f7ec05b..dfcb0e4eb25680f643f840009af29f3b3c40af58 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static inline unsigned long m32r_flat_get_addr_from_rp (u32 *rp,
 	return ~0;      /* bogus value */
 }
 
-static inline void flat_put_addr_at_rp(u32 *rp, u32 addr, u32 relval)
+static inline int flat_put_addr_at_rp(u32 *rp, u32 addr, u32 relval)
 {
         unsigned int reloc = flat_m32r_get_reloc_type (relval);
 	if (reloc & 0xf0) {
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ static inline void flat_put_addr_at_rp(u32 *rp, u32 addr, u32 relval)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 // kludge - text_len is a local variable in the only user.
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h
index f23c3d266bae3e4e8eb006deca5bbfeed10cecbe..3d2747d4c9672d8a2178df115e3f75c66d88e443 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static inline int flat_get_addr_from_rp(u32 __user *rp, u32 relval, u32 flags,
  * unaligned.
  */
 
-static inline void
+static inline int
 flat_put_addr_at_rp(u32 __user *rp, u32 addr, u32 relval)
 {
 	u32 *p = (__force u32 *)rp;
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
index b9300f8aee10a5754909e63946c6f06d0bbc74f1..07a82bc933a775df11a9d2084bcd0b4eeb768311 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
 
-#define __TYPE_IS_PTR(t) (!__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(0?(t)0:0ULL), u64))
+#define __TYPE_IS_PTR(t) (!__builtin_types_compatible_p( \
+				typeof(0?(__force t)0:0ULL), u64))
 
 #define __SC_DELOUSE(t,v) ({ \
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(t) > 4 && !__TYPE_IS_PTR(t)); \
-	(t)(__TYPE_IS_PTR(t) ? ((v) & 0x7fffffff) : (v)); \
+	(__force t)(__TYPE_IS_PTR(t) ? ((v) & 0x7fffffff) : (v)); \
 })
 
 #define PSW32_MASK_PER		0x40000000UL
diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 38554c2ea38adc28f0835b35f65cdb2c94451656..abaf9d78a2061d8d307a3f05858afbc8445c15d7 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int compat_hdio_getgeo(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev,
 static int compat_hdio_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	unsigned long *__user p;
+	unsigned long __user *p;
 	int error;
 
 	p = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(unsigned long));
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 38d0383dc7f9d330859f53df696e97c4eb35df37..bc69d40c4e8b9436c71b2aef5ae2444e35d78833 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
 	int			use_wgather;
 	loff_t			pos = offset;
 	unsigned int		pflags = current->flags;
-	int			flags = 0;
+	rwf_t			flags = 0;
 
 	if (test_bit(RQ_LOCAL, &rqstp->rq_flags))
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 0cc7033aa413527973b92eb1a6bedda8e92da470..61b58c7b65312743770f993cec8ec366a2766646 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops = {
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_ro_fops);
 
-static inline int unsigned_offsets(struct file *file)
+static inline bool unsigned_offsets(struct file *file)
 {
 	return file->f_mode & FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET;
 }
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ unsigned long iov_shorten(struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, size_t to)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iov_shorten);
 
 static ssize_t do_iter_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *ppos, int type, int flags)
+		loff_t *ppos, int type, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct kiocb kiocb;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
 
 /* Do it by hand, with file-ops */
 static ssize_t do_loop_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *ppos, int type, int flags)
+		loff_t *ppos, int type, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
 #endif
 
 static ssize_t do_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *pos, int flags)
+		loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	size_t tot_len;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 }
 
 ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
-		int flags)
+		rwf_t flags)
 {
 	if (!file->f_op->read_iter)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iter_read);
 
 static ssize_t do_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t *pos, int flags)
+		loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	size_t tot_len;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
 }
 
 ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
-		int flags)
+		rwf_t flags)
 {
 	if (!file->f_op->write_iter)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_iter_write);
 
 ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-		  unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, int flags)
+		  unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_readv);
 
 ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-		   unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, int flags)
+		   unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_writev);
 
 static ssize_t do_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-			unsigned long vlen, int flags)
+			unsigned long vlen, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f = fdget_pos(fd);
 	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ static ssize_t do_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 }
 
 static ssize_t do_writev(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-			 unsigned long vlen, int flags)
+			 unsigned long vlen, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f = fdget_pos(fd);
 	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static inline loff_t pos_from_hilo(unsigned long high, unsigned long low)
 }
 
 static ssize_t do_preadv(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-			 unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, int flags)
+			 unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static ssize_t do_preadv(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 }
 
 static ssize_t do_pwritev(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
-			  unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, int flags)
+			  unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(preadv, unsigned long, fd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE6(preadv2, unsigned long, fd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 		unsigned long, vlen, unsigned long, pos_l, unsigned long, pos_h,
-		int, flags)
+		rwf_t, flags)
 {
 	loff_t pos = pos_from_hilo(pos_h, pos_l);
 
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(pwritev, unsigned long, fd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pwritev2, unsigned long, fd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 		unsigned long, vlen, unsigned long, pos_l, unsigned long, pos_h,
-		int, flags)
+		rwf_t, flags)
 {
 	loff_t pos = pos_from_hilo(pos_h, pos_l);
 
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pwritev2, unsigned long, fd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 static size_t compat_readv(struct file *file,
 			   const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
-			   unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, int flags)
+			   unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ static size_t compat_readv(struct file *file,
 
 static size_t do_compat_readv(compat_ulong_t fd,
 				 const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
-				 compat_ulong_t vlen, int flags)
+				 compat_ulong_t vlen, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f = fdget_pos(fd);
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(readv, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 
 static long do_compat_preadv64(unsigned long fd,
 				  const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
-				  unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, int flags)
+				  unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(preadv, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PREADV64V2
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(preadv64v2, unsigned long, fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *,vec,
-		unsigned long, vlen, loff_t, pos, int, flags)
+		unsigned long, vlen, loff_t, pos, rwf_t, flags)
 {
 	return do_compat_preadv64(fd, vec, vlen, pos, flags);
 }
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(preadv64v2, unsigned long, fd,
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(preadv2, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *,vec,
 		compat_ulong_t, vlen, u32, pos_low, u32, pos_high,
-		int, flags)
+		rwf_t, flags)
 {
 	loff_t pos = ((loff_t)pos_high << 32) | pos_low;
 
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(preadv2, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 
 static size_t compat_writev(struct file *file,
 			    const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
-			    unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, int flags)
+			    unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static size_t compat_writev(struct file *file,
 
 static size_t do_compat_writev(compat_ulong_t fd,
 				  const struct compat_iovec __user* vec,
-				  compat_ulong_t vlen, int flags)
+				  compat_ulong_t vlen, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f = fdget_pos(fd);
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(writev, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 
 static long do_compat_pwritev64(unsigned long fd,
 				   const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
-				   unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, int flags)
+				   unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(pwritev, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PWRITEV64V2
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(pwritev64v2, unsigned long, fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *,vec,
-		unsigned long, vlen, loff_t, pos, int, flags)
+		unsigned long, vlen, loff_t, pos, rwf_t, flags)
 {
 	return do_compat_pwritev64(fd, vec, vlen, pos, flags);
 }
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(pwritev64v2, unsigned long, fd,
 
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pwritev2, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *,vec,
-		compat_ulong_t, vlen, u32, pos_low, u32, pos_high, int, flags)
+		compat_ulong_t, vlen, u32, pos_low, u32, pos_high, rwf_t, flags)
 {
 	loff_t pos = ((loff_t)pos_high << 32) | pos_low;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 5a6a109b4a508b544882e358def3d11820bce250..3fc433303d7ac90267c5dfda215a299cfee36a41 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __SC_DELOUSE
-#define __SC_DELOUSE(t,v) ((t)(unsigned long)(v))
+#define __SC_DELOUSE(t,v) ((__force t)(unsigned long)(v))
 #endif
 
 #define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE0(name) \
@@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t compat_sys_pwritev(compat_ulong_t fd,
 		compat_ulong_t vlen, u32 pos_low, u32 pos_high);
 asmlinkage ssize_t compat_sys_preadv2(compat_ulong_t fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
-		compat_ulong_t vlen, u32 pos_low, u32 pos_high, int flags);
+		compat_ulong_t vlen, u32 pos_low, u32 pos_high, rwf_t flags);
 asmlinkage ssize_t compat_sys_pwritev2(compat_ulong_t fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
-		compat_ulong_t vlen, u32 pos_low, u32 pos_high, int flags);
+		compat_ulong_t vlen, u32 pos_low, u32 pos_high, rwf_t flags);
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PREADV64
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_preadv64(unsigned long fd,
@@ -382,6 +382,18 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_pwritev64(unsigned long fd,
 		unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PREADV64V2
+asmlinkage long  compat_sys_readv64v2(unsigned long fd,
+		const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
+		unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, rwf_t flags);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PWRITEV64V2
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_pwritev64v2(unsigned long fd,
+		const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
+		unsigned long vlen, loff_t pos, rwf_t flags);
+#endif
+
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_lseek(unsigned int, compat_off_t, unsigned int);
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_execve(const char __user *filename, const compat_uptr_t __user *argv,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index cbfe127bccf8b112a2d65289a4ec7fef4809da22..2625fc47c7e543a1dea777351abdc2e9ff21394c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ extern int leases_enable, lease_break_time;
 extern int sysctl_protected_symlinks;
 extern int sysctl_protected_hardlinks;
 
+typedef __kernel_rwf_t rwf_t;
+
 struct buffer_head;
 typedef int (get_block_t)(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 			struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create);
@@ -1758,9 +1760,9 @@ extern ssize_t __vfs_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *)
 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_readv(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *,
-		unsigned long, loff_t *, int);
+		unsigned long, loff_t *, rwf_t);
 extern ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *, const struct iovec __user *,
-		unsigned long, loff_t *, int);
+		unsigned long, loff_t *, rwf_t);
 extern ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *, loff_t , struct file *,
 				   loff_t, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern int vfs_clone_file_prep_inodes(struct inode *inode_in, loff_t pos_in,
@@ -2874,9 +2876,9 @@ extern ssize_t generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 extern ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct file *, struct iov_iter *, loff_t);
 
 ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
-		int flags);
+		rwf_t flags);
 ssize_t vfs_iter_write(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos,
-		int flags);
+		rwf_t flags);
 
 /* fs/block_dev.c */
 extern ssize_t blkdev_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to);
@@ -3143,7 +3145,7 @@ static inline int iocb_flags(struct file *file)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, int flags)
+static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags)
 {
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~RWF_SUPPORTED))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 3cb15ea48aeea8414beed8cdd11d1ece13f71d0d..138c945358646ffbe975cb51f8e8fecba32d4b3e 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ union bpf_attr;
 #define __MAP(n,...) __MAP##n(__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define __SC_DECL(t, a)	t a
-#define __TYPE_IS_L(t)	(__same_type((t)0, 0L))
-#define __TYPE_IS_UL(t)	(__same_type((t)0, 0UL))
-#define __TYPE_IS_LL(t) (__same_type((t)0, 0LL) || __same_type((t)0, 0ULL))
+#define __TYPE_AS(t, v)	__same_type((__force t)0, v)
+#define __TYPE_IS_L(t)	(__TYPE_AS(t, 0L))
+#define __TYPE_IS_UL(t)	(__TYPE_AS(t, 0UL))
+#define __TYPE_IS_LL(t) (__TYPE_AS(t, 0LL) || __TYPE_AS(t, 0ULL))
 #define __SC_LONG(t, a) __typeof(__builtin_choose_expr(__TYPE_IS_LL(t), 0LL, 0L)) a
-#define __SC_CAST(t, a)	(t) a
+#define __SC_CAST(t, a)	(__force t) a
 #define __SC_ARGS(t, a)	a
 #define __SC_TEST(t, a) (void)BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!__TYPE_IS_LL(t) && sizeof(t) > sizeof(long))
 
@@ -578,12 +579,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_preadv(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 			   unsigned long vlen, unsigned long pos_l, unsigned long pos_h);
 asmlinkage long sys_preadv2(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 			    unsigned long vlen, unsigned long pos_l, unsigned long pos_h,
-			    int flags);
+			    rwf_t flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_pwritev(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 			    unsigned long vlen, unsigned long pos_l, unsigned long pos_h);
 asmlinkage long sys_pwritev2(unsigned long fd, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 			    unsigned long vlen, unsigned long pos_l, unsigned long pos_h,
-			    int flags);
+			    rwf_t flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_getcwd(char __user *buf, unsigned long size);
 asmlinkage long sys_mkdir(const char __user *pathname, umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_chdir(const char __user *filename);
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index acdd6f915a8d3d1185d8a13e587824313a5dd14f..20ef8e6ec2db93fc2c160f8697ef810385c5bcf2 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 static __always_inline unsigned long __must_check
-copy_in_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
+copy_in_user(void __user *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 {
 	might_fault();
 	if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, to, n) && access_ok(VERIFY_READ, from, n))
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
index a2d4a8ac94ca8c1c83717cab0148fe359752743b..a04adbc70ddfb2a0a46efb8906c10dd49e26ec90 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define __LINUX__AIO_ABI_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
 typedef __kernel_ulong_t aio_context_t;
@@ -62,14 +63,6 @@ struct io_event {
 	__s64		res2;		/* secondary result */
 };
 
-#if defined(__BYTE_ORDER) ? __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN : defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
-#define PADDED(x,y)	x, y
-#elif defined(__BYTE_ORDER) ? __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN : defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)
-#define PADDED(x,y)	y, x
-#else
-#error edit for your odd byteorder.
-#endif
-
 /*
  * we always use a 64bit off_t when communicating
  * with userland.  its up to libraries to do the
@@ -79,8 +72,16 @@ struct io_event {
 struct iocb {
 	/* these are internal to the kernel/libc. */
 	__u64	aio_data;	/* data to be returned in event's data */
-	__u32	PADDED(aio_key, aio_rw_flags);
-				/* the kernel sets aio_key to the req # */
+
+#if defined(__BYTE_ORDER) ? __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN : defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+	__u32	aio_key;	/* the kernel sets aio_key to the req # */
+	__kernel_rwf_t aio_rw_flags;	/* RWF_* flags */
+#elif defined(__BYTE_ORDER) ? __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN : defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)
+	__kernel_rwf_t aio_rw_flags;	/* RWF_* flags */
+	__u32	aio_key;	/* the kernel sets aio_key to the req # */
+#else
+#error edit for your odd byteorder.
+#endif
 
 	/* common fields */
 	__u16	aio_lio_opcode;	/* see IOCB_CMD_ above */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index b7495d05e8de8db54f97fef83fbca0402329f11a..56235dddea7d8674033f71fb85f3468234859d1a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -358,13 +358,25 @@ struct fscrypt_key {
 #define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE		2
 #define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER	4
 
-/* flags for preadv2/pwritev2: */
-#define RWF_HIPRI			0x00000001 /* high priority request, poll if possible */
-#define RWF_DSYNC			0x00000002 /* per-IO O_DSYNC */
-#define RWF_SYNC			0x00000004 /* per-IO O_SYNC */
-#define RWF_NOWAIT			0x00000008 /* per-IO, return -EAGAIN if operation would block */
-
-#define RWF_SUPPORTED			(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC |\
-					 RWF_NOWAIT)
+/*
+ * Flags for preadv2/pwritev2:
+ */
+
+typedef int __bitwise __kernel_rwf_t;
+
+/* high priority request, poll if possible */
+#define RWF_HIPRI	((__force __kernel_rwf_t)0x00000001)
+
+/* per-IO O_DSYNC */
+#define RWF_DSYNC	((__force __kernel_rwf_t)0x00000002)
+
+/* per-IO O_SYNC */
+#define RWF_SYNC	((__force __kernel_rwf_t)0x00000004)
+
+/* per-IO, return -EAGAIN if operation would block */
+#define RWF_NOWAIT	((__force __kernel_rwf_t)0x00000008)
+
+/* mask of flags supported by the kernel */
+#define RWF_SUPPORTED	(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC | RWF_NOWAIT)
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_FS_H */