diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index c18aa7e..fd6b278 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -601,6 +601,149 @@
 	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_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 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.
+ */
+int splice_from_pipe_feed(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
+			  splice_actor *actor)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	while (pipe->nrbufs) {
+		struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + pipe->curbuf;
+		const struct pipe_buf_operations *ops = buf->ops;
+
+		sd->len = buf->len;
+		if (sd->len > sd->total_len)
+			sd->len = sd->total_len;
+
+		ret = actor(pipe, buf, sd);
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			if (ret == -ENODATA)
+				ret = 0;
+			return ret;
+		}
+		buf->offset += ret;
+		buf->len -= ret;
+
+		sd->num_spliced += ret;
+		sd->len -= ret;
+		sd->pos += ret;
+		sd->total_len -= ret;
+
+		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 (!sd->total_len)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_feed);
+
+/**
+ * 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)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (!pipe->waiting_writers && sd->num_spliced)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+		if (sd->need_wakeup) {
+			wakeup_pipe_writers(pipe);
+			sd->need_wakeup = false;
+		}
+
+		pipe_wait(pipe);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_next);
+
+/**
+ * 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
@@ -617,91 +760,17 @@
 ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
 			   splice_actor *actor)
 {
-	int ret, do_wakeup, err;
+	int ret;
 
-	ret = 0;
-	do_wakeup = 0;
+	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);
 
-	for (;;) {
-		if (pipe->nrbufs) {
-			struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + pipe->curbuf;
-			const struct pipe_buf_operations *ops = buf->ops;
-
-			sd->len = buf->len;
-			if (sd->len > sd->total_len)
-				sd->len = sd->total_len;
-
-			err = actor(pipe, buf, sd);
-			if (err <= 0) {
-				if (!ret && err != -ENODATA)
-					ret = err;
-
-				break;
-			}
-
-			ret += err;
-			buf->offset += err;
-			buf->len -= err;
-
-			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)
-					do_wakeup = 1;
-			}
-
-			if (!sd->total_len)
-				break;
-		}
-
-		if (pipe->nrbufs)
-			continue;
-		if (!pipe->writers)
-			break;
-		if (!pipe->waiting_writers) {
-			if (ret)
-				break;
-		}
-
-		if (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
-			if (!ret)
-				ret = -EAGAIN;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		if (signal_pending(current)) {
-			if (!ret)
-				ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		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;
-		}
-
-		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 ret;
+	return sd->num_spliced ? sd->num_spliced : ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__splice_from_pipe);