diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
index 0912d8bbbac1..69bbf3d6c4d4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
@@ -24,12 +24,27 @@
 #include "../smbfs_common/arc4.h"
 #include <crypto/aead.h>
 
+static ssize_t cifs_signature_scan(struct iov_iter *i, const void *p,
+				   size_t len, size_t off, void *priv)
+{
+	struct shash_desc *shash = priv;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = crypto_shash_update(shash, p, len);
+	if (rc) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Could not update with payload\n", __func__);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
 int __cifs_calc_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst,
 			struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *signature,
 			struct shash_desc *shash)
 {
 	int i;
-	int rc;
+	ssize_t rc;
 	struct kvec *iov = rqst->rq_iov;
 	int n_vec = rqst->rq_nvec;
 	int is_smb2 = server->vals->header_preamble_size == 0;
@@ -62,25 +77,10 @@ int __cifs_calc_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* now hash over the rq_pages array */
-	for (i = 0; i < rqst->rq_npages; i++) {
-		void *kaddr;
-		unsigned int len, offset;
-
-		rqst_page_get_length(rqst, i, &len, &offset);
-
-		kaddr = (char *) kmap(rqst->rq_pages[i]) + offset;
-
-		rc = crypto_shash_update(shash, kaddr, len);
-		if (rc) {
-			cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: Could not update with payload\n",
-				 __func__);
-			kunmap(rqst->rq_pages[i]);
-			return rc;
-		}
-
-		kunmap(rqst->rq_pages[i]);
-	}
+	rc = iov_iter_scan(&rqst->rq_iter, iov_iter_count(&rqst->rq_iter),
+			   cifs_signature_scan, shash);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
 
 	rc = crypto_shash_final(shash, signature);
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 199edac0cb59..a56cb9c8c5ff 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ cifs_loose_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	ssize_t rc;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 
-	if (iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
 		return cifs_user_readv(iocb, iter);
 
 	rc = cifs_revalidate_mapping(inode);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 15a5c5db038b..1c77bbc0815f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ extern int cifs_file_strict_mmap(struct file * , struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops;
 extern int cifs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 extern int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
+extern void cifs_pages_written_back(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, unsigned int len);
+extern void cifs_pages_write_failed(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, unsigned int len);
+extern void cifs_pages_write_redirty(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, unsigned int len);
 
 /* Functions related to dir entries */
 extern const struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 0a4085ced40f..3a4fed645636 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -191,11 +191,8 @@ struct cifs_cred {
 struct smb_rqst {
 	struct kvec	*rq_iov;	/* array of kvecs */
 	unsigned int	rq_nvec;	/* number of kvecs in array */
-	struct page	**rq_pages;	/* pointer to array of page ptrs */
-	unsigned int	rq_offset;	/* the offset to the 1st page */
-	unsigned int	rq_npages;	/* number pages in array */
-	unsigned int	rq_pagesz;	/* page size to use */
-	unsigned int	rq_tailsz;	/* length of last page */
+	struct iov_iter	rq_iter;	/* Data iterator */
+	struct xarray	rq_buffer;	/* Page buffer for encryption */
 };
 
 struct mid_q_entry;
@@ -1323,28 +1320,18 @@ struct cifs_readdata {
 	struct address_space		*mapping;
 	struct cifs_aio_ctx		*ctx;
 	__u64				offset;
+	ssize_t				got_bytes;
 	unsigned int			bytes;
-	unsigned int			got_bytes;
 	pid_t				pid;
 	int				result;
 	struct work_struct		work;
-	int (*read_into_pages)(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
-				struct cifs_readdata *rdata,
-				unsigned int len);
-	int (*copy_into_pages)(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
-				struct cifs_readdata *rdata,
-				struct iov_iter *iter);
+	struct iov_iter			iter;
 	struct kvec			iov[2];
 	struct TCP_Server_Info		*server;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT
 	struct smbd_mr			*mr;
 #endif
-	unsigned int			pagesz;
-	unsigned int			page_offset;
-	unsigned int			tailsz;
 	struct cifs_credits		credits;
-	unsigned int			nr_pages;
-	struct page			**pages;
 };
 
 /* asynchronous write support */
@@ -1356,6 +1343,8 @@ struct cifs_writedata {
 	struct work_struct		work;
 	struct cifsFileInfo		*cfile;
 	struct cifs_aio_ctx		*ctx;
+	struct iov_iter			iter;
+	struct bio_vec			*bv;
 	__u64				offset;
 	pid_t				pid;
 	unsigned int			bytes;
@@ -1364,12 +1353,7 @@ struct cifs_writedata {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT
 	struct smbd_mr			*mr;
 #endif
-	unsigned int			pagesz;
-	unsigned int			page_offset;
-	unsigned int			tailsz;
 	struct cifs_credits		credits;
-	unsigned int			nr_pages;
-	struct page			**pages;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index d3701295402d..1b143f0a03c0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ extern int cifs_read_page_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 					unsigned int page_offset,
 					unsigned int to_read);
 extern int cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb);
+extern int cifs_read_iter_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
+				      struct iov_iter *iter,
+				      unsigned int to_read);
 extern int cifs_match_super(struct super_block *, void *);
 extern int cifs_mount(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx);
 extern void cifs_umount(struct cifs_sb_info *);
@@ -575,10 +578,7 @@ int cifs_readv_receive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid);
 int cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
 		      void (*release)(struct kref *kref));
 void cifs_writev_complete(struct work_struct *work);
-struct cifs_writedata *cifs_writedata_alloc(unsigned int nr_pages,
-						work_func_t complete);
-struct cifs_writedata *cifs_writedata_direct_alloc(struct page **pages,
-						work_func_t complete);
+struct cifs_writedata *cifs_writedata_alloc(work_func_t complete);
 void cifs_writedata_release(struct kref *refcount);
 int cifs_query_mf_symlink(unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 			  struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
@@ -602,8 +602,6 @@ int cifs_alloc_hash(const char *name, struct crypto_shash **shash,
 		    struct sdesc **sdesc);
 void cifs_free_hash(struct crypto_shash **shash, struct sdesc **sdesc);
 
-extern void rqst_page_get_length(struct smb_rqst *rqst, unsigned int page,
-				unsigned int *len, unsigned int *offset);
 struct cifs_chan *
 cifs_ses_find_chan(struct cifs_ses *ses, struct TCP_Server_Info *server);
 int cifs_try_adding_channels(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct cifs_ses *ses);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 071e2f21a7db..38e7276352e2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include "cifspdu.h"
+#include "cifsfs.h"
 #include "cifsglob.h"
 #include "cifsacl.h"
 #include "cifsproto.h"
@@ -1388,11 +1389,11 @@ int
 cifs_discard_remaining_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
 	unsigned int rfclen = server->pdu_size;
-	int remaining = rfclen + server->vals->header_preamble_size -
+	size_t remaining = rfclen + server->vals->header_preamble_size -
 		server->total_read;
 
 	while (remaining > 0) {
-		int length;
+		ssize_t length;
 
 		length = cifs_discard_from_socket(server,
 				min_t(size_t, remaining,
@@ -1539,10 +1540,15 @@ cifs_readv_receive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 		return cifs_readv_discard(server, mid);
 	}
 
-	length = rdata->read_into_pages(server, rdata, data_len);
-	if (length < 0)
-		return length;
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT
+	if (rdata->mr)
+		length = data_len; /* An RDMA read is already done. */
+	else
+#endif
+		length = cifs_read_iter_from_socket(server, &rdata->iter,
+						    data_len);
+	if (length > 0)
+		rdata->got_bytes += length;
 	server->total_read += length;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "total_read=%u buflen=%u remaining=%u\n",
@@ -1566,11 +1572,7 @@ cifs_readv_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server;
 	struct smb_rqst rqst = { .rq_iov = rdata->iov,
 				 .rq_nvec = 2,
-				 .rq_pages = rdata->pages,
-				 .rq_offset = rdata->page_offset,
-				 .rq_npages = rdata->nr_pages,
-				 .rq_pagesz = rdata->pagesz,
-				 .rq_tailsz = rdata->tailsz };
+				 .rq_iter = rdata->iter };
 	struct cifs_credits credits = { .value = 1, .instance = 0 };
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: mid=%llu state=%d result=%d bytes=%u\n",
@@ -1925,10 +1927,93 @@ cifs_writedata_release(struct kref *refcount)
 	if (wdata->cfile)
 		cifsFileInfo_put(wdata->cfile);
 
-	kvfree(wdata->pages);
 	kfree(wdata);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Completion of write to server.
+ */
+void cifs_pages_written_back(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, unsigned int len)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+	struct folio *folio;
+	pgoff_t end;
+
+	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start / PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	end = (start + len - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+	xas_for_each(&xas, folio, end) {
+		if (!folio_test_writeback(folio)) {
+			pr_err("bad %x @%llx page %lx %lx\n",
+			       len, start, folio_index(folio), end);
+			BUG();
+		}
+
+		folio_detach_private(folio);
+		folio_end_writeback(folio);
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Failure of write to server.
+ */
+void cifs_pages_write_failed(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, unsigned int len)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+	struct folio *folio;
+	pgoff_t end;
+
+	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start / PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	end = (start + len - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+	xas_for_each(&xas, folio, end) {
+		if (!folio_test_writeback(folio)) {
+			pr_err("bad %x @%llx page %lx %lx\n",
+			       len, start, folio_index(folio), end);
+			BUG();
+		}
+
+		folio_set_error(folio);
+		folio_end_writeback(folio);
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Redirty pages after a temporary failure.
+ */
+void cifs_pages_write_redirty(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, unsigned int len)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+	struct folio *folio;
+	pgoff_t end;
+
+	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start / PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	end = (start + len - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+	xas_for_each(&xas, folio, end) {
+		if (!folio_test_writeback(folio)) {
+			pr_err("bad %x @%llx page %lx %lx\n",
+			       len, start, folio_index(folio), end);
+			BUG();
+		}
+
+		filemap_dirty_folio(folio->mapping, folio);
+		folio_end_writeback(folio);
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
 /*
  * Write failed with a retryable error. Resend the write request. It's also
  * possible that the page was redirtied so re-clean the page.
@@ -1936,51 +2021,56 @@ cifs_writedata_release(struct kref *refcount)
 static void
 cifs_writev_requeue(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
 {
-	int i, rc = 0;
+	int rc = 0;
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(wdata->cfile->dentry);
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
-	unsigned int rest_len;
+	unsigned int rest_len = wdata->bytes;
+	loff_t fpos = wdata->offset;
 
 	server = tlink_tcon(wdata->cfile->tlink)->ses->server;
-	i = 0;
-	rest_len = wdata->bytes;
 	do {
 		struct cifs_writedata *wdata2;
-		unsigned int j, nr_pages, wsize, tailsz, cur_len;
+		unsigned int wsize, cur_len;
 
 		wsize = server->ops->wp_retry_size(inode);
 		if (wsize < rest_len) {
-			nr_pages = wsize / PAGE_SIZE;
-			if (!nr_pages) {
+			if (wsize < PAGE_SIZE) {
 				rc = -ENOTSUPP;
 				break;
 			}
-			cur_len = nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
-			tailsz = PAGE_SIZE;
+			cur_len = min(round_down(wsize, PAGE_SIZE), rest_len);
 		} else {
-			nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(rest_len, PAGE_SIZE);
 			cur_len = rest_len;
-			tailsz = rest_len - (nr_pages - 1) * PAGE_SIZE;
 		}
 
-		wdata2 = cifs_writedata_alloc(nr_pages, cifs_writev_complete);
+		wdata2 = cifs_writedata_alloc(cifs_writev_complete);
 		if (!wdata2) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		for (j = 0; j < nr_pages; j++) {
-			wdata2->pages[j] = wdata->pages[i + j];
-			lock_page(wdata2->pages[j]);
-			clear_page_dirty_for_io(wdata2->pages[j]);
-		}
-
 		wdata2->sync_mode = wdata->sync_mode;
-		wdata2->nr_pages = nr_pages;
-		wdata2->offset = page_offset(wdata2->pages[0]);
-		wdata2->pagesz = PAGE_SIZE;
-		wdata2->tailsz = tailsz;
-		wdata2->bytes = cur_len;
+		wdata2->offset	= fpos;
+		wdata2->bytes	= cur_len;
+		wdata2->iter	= wdata->iter;
+
+		iov_iter_advance(&wdata2->iter, fpos - wdata->offset);
+		iov_iter_truncate(&wdata2->iter, wdata2->bytes);
+
+#if 0
+		if (iov_iter_is_xarray(&wdata2->iter)) {
+			/* TODO: Check for pages having been redirtied and
+			 * clean them.  We can do this by walking the xarray.
+			 * If it's not an xarray, then it's a DIO and we
+			 * shouldn't be mucking around with the page bits.
+			 */
+			for (j = 0; j < nr_pages; j++) {
+				wdata2->pages[j] = wdata->pages[i + j];
+				lock_page(wdata2->pages[j]);
+				clear_page_dirty_for_io(wdata2->pages[j]);
+			}
+		}
+#endif
 
 		rc = cifs_get_writable_file(CIFS_I(inode), FIND_WR_ANY,
 					    &wdata2->cfile);
@@ -1995,33 +2085,25 @@ cifs_writev_requeue(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
 						       cifs_writedata_release);
 		}
 
-		for (j = 0; j < nr_pages; j++) {
-			unlock_page(wdata2->pages[j]);
-			if (rc != 0 && !is_retryable_error(rc)) {
-				SetPageError(wdata2->pages[j]);
-				end_page_writeback(wdata2->pages[j]);
-				put_page(wdata2->pages[j]);
-			}
-		}
+		if (iov_iter_is_xarray(&wdata2->iter))
+			cifs_pages_written_back(inode, wdata2->offset, wdata2->bytes);
 
 		kref_put(&wdata2->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
 		if (rc) {
 			if (is_retryable_error(rc))
 				continue;
-			i += nr_pages;
+			fpos += cur_len;
+			rest_len -= cur_len;
 			break;
 		}
 
+		fpos += cur_len;
 		rest_len -= cur_len;
-		i += nr_pages;
-	} while (i < wdata->nr_pages);
+	} while (rest_len > 0);
 
-	/* cleanup remaining pages from the original wdata */
-	for (; i < wdata->nr_pages; i++) {
-		SetPageError(wdata->pages[i]);
-		end_page_writeback(wdata->pages[i]);
-		put_page(wdata->pages[i]);
-	}
+	/* Clean up remaining pages from the original wdata */
+	if (iov_iter_is_xarray(&wdata->iter))
+		cifs_pages_written_back(inode, fpos, rest_len);
 
 	if (rc != 0 && !is_retryable_error(rc))
 		mapping_set_error(inode->i_mapping, rc);
@@ -2034,7 +2116,6 @@ cifs_writev_complete(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct cifs_writedata *wdata = container_of(work,
 						struct cifs_writedata, work);
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(wdata->cfile->dentry);
-	int i = 0;
 
 	if (wdata->result == 0) {
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -2045,40 +2126,25 @@ cifs_writev_complete(struct work_struct *work)
 	} else if (wdata->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && wdata->result == -EAGAIN)
 		return cifs_writev_requeue(wdata);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < wdata->nr_pages; i++) {
-		struct page *page = wdata->pages[i];
-		if (wdata->result == -EAGAIN)
-			__set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
-		else if (wdata->result < 0)
-			SetPageError(page);
-		end_page_writeback(page);
-		cifs_readpage_to_fscache(inode, page);
-		put_page(page);
-	}
+	if (wdata->result == -EAGAIN)
+		cifs_pages_write_redirty(inode, wdata->offset, wdata->bytes);
+	else if (wdata->result < 0)
+		cifs_pages_write_failed(inode, wdata->offset, wdata->bytes);
+	else
+		cifs_pages_written_back(inode, wdata->offset, wdata->bytes);
+
 	if (wdata->result != -EAGAIN)
 		mapping_set_error(inode->i_mapping, wdata->result);
 	kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
 }
 
 struct cifs_writedata *
-cifs_writedata_alloc(unsigned int nr_pages, work_func_t complete)
-{
-	struct page **pages =
-		kcalloc(nr_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (pages)
-		return cifs_writedata_direct_alloc(pages, complete);
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-struct cifs_writedata *
-cifs_writedata_direct_alloc(struct page **pages, work_func_t complete)
+cifs_writedata_alloc(work_func_t complete)
 {
 	struct cifs_writedata *wdata;
 
 	wdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*wdata), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (wdata != NULL) {
-		wdata->pages = pages;
 		kref_init(&wdata->refcount);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wdata->list);
 		init_completion(&wdata->done);
@@ -2186,11 +2252,7 @@ cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
 
 	rqst.rq_iov = iov;
 	rqst.rq_nvec = 2;
-	rqst.rq_pages = wdata->pages;
-	rqst.rq_offset = wdata->page_offset;
-	rqst.rq_npages = wdata->nr_pages;
-	rqst.rq_pagesz = wdata->pagesz;
-	rqst.rq_tailsz = wdata->tailsz;
+	rqst.rq_iter = wdata->iter;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "async write at %llu %u bytes\n",
 		 wdata->offset, wdata->bytes);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index ed210d774a21..d0851c9881b3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -704,6 +704,22 @@ cifs_read_page_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct page *page,
 	return cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &smb_msg);
 }
 
+int
+cifs_read_iter_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			   unsigned int to_read)
+{
+	struct msghdr smb_msg;
+	int ret;
+
+	smb_msg.msg_iter = *iter;
+	if (smb_msg.msg_iter.count > to_read)
+		smb_msg.msg_iter.count = to_read;
+	ret = cifs_readv_from_socket(server, &smb_msg);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		iov_iter_advance(iter, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static bool
 is_smb_response(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, unsigned char type)
 {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 56598f7dbe00..f5fe5720456a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -1122,25 +1122,6 @@ cifs_free_hash(struct crypto_shash **shash, struct sdesc **sdesc)
 	*shash = NULL;
 }
 
-/**
- * rqst_page_get_length - obtain the length and offset for a page in smb_rqst
- * @rqst: The request descriptor
- * @page: The index of the page to query
- * @len: Where to store the length for this page:
- * @offset: Where to store the offset for this page
- */
-void rqst_page_get_length(struct smb_rqst *rqst, unsigned int page,
-				unsigned int *len, unsigned int *offset)
-{
-	*len = rqst->rq_pagesz;
-	*offset = (page == 0) ? rqst->rq_offset : 0;
-
-	if (rqst->rq_npages == 1 || page == rqst->rq_npages-1)
-		*len = rqst->rq_tailsz;
-	else if (page == 0)
-		*len = rqst->rq_pagesz - rqst->rq_offset;
-}
-
 void extract_unc_hostname(const char *unc, const char **h, size_t *len)
 {
 	const char *end;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index af5d0830bc8a..e1649ac194db 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -4406,15 +4406,30 @@ fill_transform_hdr(struct smb2_transform_hdr *tr_hdr, unsigned int orig_len,
 static inline void smb2_sg_set_buf(struct scatterlist *sg, const void *buf,
 				   unsigned int buflen)
 {
-	void *addr;
+	struct page *page;
+
 	/*
 	 * VMAP_STACK (at least) puts stack into the vmalloc address space
 	 */
 	if (is_vmalloc_addr(buf))
-		addr = vmalloc_to_page(buf);
+		page = vmalloc_to_page(buf);
 	else
-		addr = virt_to_page(buf);
-	sg_set_page(sg, addr, buflen, offset_in_page(buf));
+		page = virt_to_page(buf);
+	sg_set_page(sg, page, buflen, offset_in_page(buf));
+}
+
+struct cifs_init_sg_priv {
+		struct scatterlist *sg;
+		unsigned int idx;
+};
+
+static ssize_t cifs_init_sg_scan(struct iov_iter *i, const void *p,
+				 size_t len, size_t off, void *_priv)
+{
+	struct cifs_init_sg_priv *priv = _priv;
+
+	smb2_sg_set_buf(&priv->sg[priv->idx++], p, len);
+	return len;
 }
 
 /* Assumes the first rqst has a transform header as the first iov.
@@ -4426,43 +4441,46 @@ static inline void smb2_sg_set_buf(struct scatterlist *sg, const void *buf,
 static struct scatterlist *
 init_sg(int num_rqst, struct smb_rqst *rqst, u8 *sign)
 {
+	struct cifs_init_sg_priv priv;
 	unsigned int sg_len;
-	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int j;
-	unsigned int idx = 0;
+	ssize_t rc;
 	int skip;
 
 	sg_len = 1;
-	for (i = 0; i < num_rqst; i++)
-		sg_len += rqst[i].rq_nvec + rqst[i].rq_npages;
+	for (i = 0; i < num_rqst; i++) {
+		unsigned int np = iov_iter_npages(&rqst[i].rq_iter, INT_MAX);
+		sg_len += rqst[i].rq_nvec + np;
+	}
 
-	sg = kmalloc_array(sg_len, sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sg)
+	priv.idx = 0;
+	priv.sg = kmalloc_array(sg_len, sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv.sg)
 		return NULL;
 
-	sg_init_table(sg, sg_len);
+	sg_init_table(priv.sg, sg_len);
 	for (i = 0; i < num_rqst; i++) {
+		struct iov_iter *iter = &rqst[i].rq_iter;
+		size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
+
 		for (j = 0; j < rqst[i].rq_nvec; j++) {
 			/*
 			 * The first rqst has a transform header where the
 			 * first 20 bytes are not part of the encrypted blob
 			 */
 			skip = (i == 0) && (j == 0) ? 20 : 0;
-			smb2_sg_set_buf(&sg[idx++],
+			smb2_sg_set_buf(&priv.sg[priv.idx++],
 					rqst[i].rq_iov[j].iov_base + skip,
 					rqst[i].rq_iov[j].iov_len - skip);
-			}
-
-		for (j = 0; j < rqst[i].rq_npages; j++) {
-			unsigned int len, offset;
-
-			rqst_page_get_length(&rqst[i], j, &len, &offset);
-			sg_set_page(&sg[idx++], rqst[i].rq_pages[j], len, offset);
 		}
+
+		rc = iov_iter_scan(iter, count, cifs_init_sg_scan, &priv);
+		iov_iter_revert(iter, count);
+		WARN_ON(rc < 0);
 	}
-	smb2_sg_set_buf(&sg[idx], sign, SMB2_SIGNATURE_SIZE);
-	return sg;
+	smb2_sg_set_buf(&priv.sg[priv.idx], sign, SMB2_SIGNATURE_SIZE);
+	return priv.sg;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -4599,18 +4617,30 @@ crypt_message(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Clear a read buffer, discarding the folios which have XA_MARK_0 set.
+ */
+static void cifs_clear_xarray_buffer(struct xarray *buffer)
+{
+       struct folio *folio;
+       XA_STATE(xas, buffer, 0);
+
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       xas_for_each_marked(&xas, folio, ULONG_MAX, XA_MARK_0) {
+               folio_put(folio);
+       }
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+       xa_destroy(buffer);
+}
+
 void
 smb3_free_compound_rqst(int num_rqst, struct smb_rqst *rqst)
 {
-	int i, j;
+	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < num_rqst; i++) {
-		if (rqst[i].rq_pages) {
-			for (j = rqst[i].rq_npages - 1; j >= 0; j--)
-				put_page(rqst[i].rq_pages[j]);
-			kfree(rqst[i].rq_pages);
-		}
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < num_rqst; i++)
+		if (!xa_empty(&rqst[i].rq_buffer))
+			cifs_clear_xarray_buffer(&rqst[i].rq_buffer);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4630,50 +4660,51 @@ static int
 smb3_init_transform_rq(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 		       struct smb_rqst *new_rq, struct smb_rqst *old_rq)
 {
-	struct page **pages;
 	struct smb2_transform_hdr *tr_hdr = new_rq[0].rq_iov[0].iov_base;
-	unsigned int npages;
+	struct page *page;
 	unsigned int orig_len = 0;
 	int i, j;
 	int rc = -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 1; i < num_rqst; i++) {
-		npages = old_rq[i - 1].rq_npages;
-		pages = kmalloc_array(npages, sizeof(struct page *),
-				      GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pages)
-			goto err_free;
-
-		new_rq[i].rq_pages = pages;
-		new_rq[i].rq_npages = npages;
-		new_rq[i].rq_offset = old_rq[i - 1].rq_offset;
-		new_rq[i].rq_pagesz = old_rq[i - 1].rq_pagesz;
-		new_rq[i].rq_tailsz = old_rq[i - 1].rq_tailsz;
-		new_rq[i].rq_iov = old_rq[i - 1].rq_iov;
-		new_rq[i].rq_nvec = old_rq[i - 1].rq_nvec;
-
-		orig_len += smb_rqst_len(server, &old_rq[i - 1]);
-
-		for (j = 0; j < npages; j++) {
-			pages[j] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM);
-			if (!pages[j])
-				goto err_free;
-		}
-
-		/* copy pages form the old */
-		for (j = 0; j < npages; j++) {
-			char *dst, *src;
-			unsigned int offset, len;
-
-			rqst_page_get_length(&new_rq[i], j, &len, &offset);
-
-			dst = (char *) kmap(new_rq[i].rq_pages[j]) + offset;
-			src = (char *) kmap(old_rq[i - 1].rq_pages[j]) + offset;
+		struct smb_rqst *old = &old_rq[i - 1];
+		struct smb_rqst *new = &new_rq[i];
+		struct xarray *buffer = &new->rq_buffer;
+		unsigned int npages;
+		size_t size = iov_iter_count(&old->rq_iter), seg, copied = 0;
+
+		xa_init(buffer);
+
+		if (size > 0) {
+			npages = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+			for (j = 0; j < npages; j++) {
+				void *o;
+
+				rc = -ENOMEM;
+				page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM);
+				if (!page)
+					goto err_free;
+				page->index = j;
+				o = xa_store(buffer, j, page, GFP_KERNEL);
+				if (xa_is_err(o)) {
+					rc = xa_err(o);
+					put_page(page);
+					goto err_free;
+				}
 
-			memcpy(dst, src, len);
-			kunmap(new_rq[i].rq_pages[j]);
-			kunmap(old_rq[i - 1].rq_pages[j]);
+				seg = min(size - copied, PAGE_SIZE);
+				if (copy_page_from_iter(page, 0, seg, &old->rq_iter) != seg) {
+					rc = -EFAULT;
+					goto err_free;
+				}
+				copied += seg;
+			}
+			iov_iter_xarray(&new->rq_iter, iov_iter_rw(&old->rq_iter),
+					buffer, 0, size);
 		}
+		new->rq_iov = old->rq_iov;
+		new->rq_nvec = old->rq_nvec;
+		orig_len += smb_rqst_len(server, new);
 	}
 
 	/* fill the 1st iov with a transform header */
@@ -4701,12 +4732,12 @@ smb3_is_transform_hdr(void *buf)
 
 static int
 decrypt_raw_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf,
-		 unsigned int buf_data_size, struct page **pages,
-		 unsigned int npages, unsigned int page_data_size,
+		 unsigned int buf_data_size, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		 bool is_offloaded)
 {
 	struct kvec iov[2];
 	struct smb_rqst rqst = {NULL};
+	size_t iter_size = 0;
 	int rc;
 
 	iov[0].iov_base = buf;
@@ -4716,10 +4747,10 @@ decrypt_raw_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf,
 
 	rqst.rq_iov = iov;
 	rqst.rq_nvec = 2;
-	rqst.rq_pages = pages;
-	rqst.rq_npages = npages;
-	rqst.rq_pagesz = PAGE_SIZE;
-	rqst.rq_tailsz = (page_data_size % PAGE_SIZE) ? : PAGE_SIZE;
+	if (iter) {
+		rqst.rq_iter = *iter;
+		iter_size = iov_iter_count(iter);
+	}
 
 	rc = crypt_message(server, 1, &rqst, 0);
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Decrypt message returned %d\n", rc);
@@ -4730,73 +4761,37 @@ decrypt_raw_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf,
 	memmove(buf, iov[1].iov_base, buf_data_size);
 
 	if (!is_offloaded)
-		server->total_read = buf_data_size + page_data_size;
+		server->total_read = buf_data_size + iter_size;
 
 	return rc;
 }
 
 static int
-read_data_into_pages(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct page **pages,
-		     unsigned int npages, unsigned int len)
+cifs_copy_pages_to_iter(struct xarray *pages, unsigned int data_size,
+			unsigned int skip, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
-	int i;
-	int length;
+	struct page *page;
+	unsigned long index;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
-		struct page *page = pages[i];
-		size_t n;
+	xa_for_each(pages, index, page) {
+		size_t n, len = min_t(unsigned int, PAGE_SIZE - skip, data_size);
 
-		n = len;
-		if (len >= PAGE_SIZE) {
-			/* enough data to fill the page */
-			n = PAGE_SIZE;
-			len -= n;
-		} else {
-			zero_user(page, len, PAGE_SIZE - len);
-			len = 0;
+		n = copy_page_to_iter(page, skip, len, iter);
+		if (n != len) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: something went wrong\n", __func__);
+			return -EIO;
 		}
-		length = cifs_read_page_from_socket(server, page, 0, n);
-		if (length < 0)
-			return length;
-		server->total_read += length;
+		data_size -= n;
+		skip = 0;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-init_read_bvec(struct page **pages, unsigned int npages, unsigned int data_size,
-	       unsigned int cur_off, struct bio_vec **page_vec)
-{
-	struct bio_vec *bvec;
-	int i;
-
-	bvec = kcalloc(npages, sizeof(struct bio_vec), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!bvec)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
-		bvec[i].bv_page = pages[i];
-		bvec[i].bv_offset = (i == 0) ? cur_off : 0;
-		bvec[i].bv_len = min_t(unsigned int, PAGE_SIZE, data_size);
-		data_size -= bvec[i].bv_len;
-	}
-
-	if (data_size != 0) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: something went wrong\n", __func__);
-		kfree(bvec);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	*page_vec = bvec;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
-		 char *buf, unsigned int buf_len, struct page **pages,
-		 unsigned int npages, unsigned int page_data_size,
-		 bool is_offloaded)
+		 char *buf, unsigned int buf_len, struct xarray *pages,
+		 unsigned int pages_len, bool is_offloaded)
 {
 	unsigned int data_offset;
 	unsigned int data_len;
@@ -4805,9 +4800,6 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
 	unsigned int pad_len;
 	struct cifs_readdata *rdata = mid->callback_data;
 	struct smb2_hdr *shdr = (struct smb2_hdr *)buf;
-	struct bio_vec *bvec = NULL;
-	struct iov_iter iter;
-	struct kvec iov;
 	int length;
 	bool use_rdma_mr = false;
 
@@ -4896,7 +4888,7 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		if (data_len > page_data_size - pad_len) {
+		if (data_len > pages_len - pad_len) {
 			/* data_len is corrupt -- discard frame */
 			rdata->result = -EIO;
 			if (is_offloaded)
@@ -4906,8 +4898,9 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		rdata->result = init_read_bvec(pages, npages, page_data_size,
-					       cur_off, &bvec);
+		/* Copy the data to the output I/O iterator. */
+		rdata->result = cifs_copy_pages_to_iter(pages, pages_len,
+							cur_off, &rdata->iter);
 		if (rdata->result != 0) {
 			if (is_offloaded)
 				mid->mid_state = MID_RESPONSE_MALFORMED;
@@ -4915,14 +4908,15 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
 				dequeue_mid(mid, rdata->result);
 			return 0;
 		}
+		rdata->got_bytes = pages_len;
 
-		iov_iter_bvec(&iter, WRITE, bvec, npages, data_len);
 	} else if (buf_len >= data_offset + data_len) {
 		/* read response payload is in buf */
-		WARN_ONCE(npages > 0, "read data can be either in buf or in pages");
-		iov.iov_base = buf + data_offset;
-		iov.iov_len = data_len;
-		iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, &iov, 1, data_len);
+		WARN_ONCE(pages && !xa_empty(pages),
+			  "read data can be either in buf or in pages");
+		length = copy_to_iter(buf + data_offset, data_len, &rdata->iter);
+		if (length < 0)
+			return length;
 	} else {
 		/* read response payload cannot be in both buf and pages */
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "buf can not contain only a part of read data");
@@ -4934,13 +4928,6 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	length = rdata->copy_into_pages(server, rdata, &iter);
-
-	kfree(bvec);
-
-	if (length < 0)
-		return length;
-
 	if (is_offloaded)
 		mid->mid_state = MID_RESPONSE_RECEIVED;
 	else
@@ -4951,9 +4938,8 @@ handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid,
 struct smb2_decrypt_work {
 	struct work_struct decrypt;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
-	struct page **ppages;
+	struct xarray buffer;
 	char *buf;
-	unsigned int npages;
 	unsigned int len;
 };
 
@@ -4962,11 +4948,13 @@ static void smb2_decrypt_offload(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct smb2_decrypt_work *dw = container_of(work,
 				struct smb2_decrypt_work, decrypt);
-	int i, rc;
+	int rc;
 	struct mid_q_entry *mid;
+	struct iov_iter iter;
 
+	iov_iter_xarray(&iter, READ, &dw->buffer, 0, dw->len);
 	rc = decrypt_raw_data(dw->server, dw->buf, dw->server->vals->read_rsp_size,
-			      dw->ppages, dw->npages, dw->len, true);
+			      &iter, true);
 	if (rc) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "error decrypting rc=%d\n", rc);
 		goto free_pages;
@@ -4980,7 +4968,7 @@ static void smb2_decrypt_offload(struct work_struct *work)
 		mid->decrypted = true;
 		rc = handle_read_data(dw->server, mid, dw->buf,
 				      dw->server->vals->read_rsp_size,
-				      dw->ppages, dw->npages, dw->len,
+				      &dw->buffer, dw->len,
 				      true);
 		if (rc >= 0) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_STATS2
@@ -5012,10 +5000,7 @@ static void smb2_decrypt_offload(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 free_pages:
-	for (i = dw->npages-1; i >= 0; i--)
-		put_page(dw->ppages[i]);
-
-	kfree(dw->ppages);
+	cifs_clear_xarray_buffer(&dw->buffer);
 	cifs_small_buf_release(dw->buf);
 	kfree(dw);
 }
@@ -5025,47 +5010,66 @@ static int
 receive_encrypted_read(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry **mid,
 		       int *num_mids)
 {
+	struct page *page;
 	char *buf = server->smallbuf;
 	struct smb2_transform_hdr *tr_hdr = (struct smb2_transform_hdr *)buf;
-	unsigned int npages;
-	struct page **pages;
-	unsigned int len;
+	struct iov_iter iter;
+	unsigned int len, npages;
 	unsigned int buflen = server->pdu_size;
 	int rc;
 	int i = 0;
 	struct smb2_decrypt_work *dw;
 
+	dw = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_decrypt_work), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dw)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	xa_init(&dw->buffer);
+	INIT_WORK(&dw->decrypt, smb2_decrypt_offload);
+	dw->server = server;
+
 	*num_mids = 1;
 	len = min_t(unsigned int, buflen, server->vals->read_rsp_size +
 		sizeof(struct smb2_transform_hdr)) - HEADER_SIZE(server) + 1;
 
 	rc = cifs_read_from_socket(server, buf + HEADER_SIZE(server) - 1, len);
 	if (rc < 0)
-		return rc;
+		goto free_dw;
 	server->total_read += rc;
 
 	len = le32_to_cpu(tr_hdr->OriginalMessageSize) -
 		server->vals->read_rsp_size;
+	dw->len = len;
 	npages = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	pages = kmalloc_array(npages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pages) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto discard_data;
-	}
-
+	rc = -ENOMEM;
 	for (; i < npages; i++) {
-		pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM);
-		if (!pages[i]) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
+		void *old;
+
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM);
+		if (!page) {
+			goto discard_data;
+		}
+		page->index = i;
+		old = xa_store(&dw->buffer, i, page, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (xa_is_err(old)) {
+			rc = xa_err(old);
+			put_page(page);
 			goto discard_data;
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* read read data into pages */
-	rc = read_data_into_pages(server, pages, npages, len);
-	if (rc)
-		goto free_pages;
+	iov_iter_xarray(&iter, READ, &dw->buffer, 0, npages * PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	/* Read the data into the buffer and clear excess bufferage. */
+	rc = cifs_read_iter_from_socket(server, &iter, dw->len);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		goto discard_data;
+
+	server->total_read += rc;
+	if (rc < npages * PAGE_SIZE)
+		iov_iter_zero(npages * PAGE_SIZE - rc, &iter);
+	iov_iter_revert(&iter, npages * PAGE_SIZE);
+	iov_iter_truncate(&iter, dw->len);
 
 	rc = cifs_discard_remaining_data(server);
 	if (rc)
@@ -5078,39 +5082,28 @@ receive_encrypted_read(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry **mid,
 
 	if ((server->min_offload) && (server->in_flight > 1) &&
 	    (server->pdu_size >= server->min_offload)) {
-		dw = kmalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_decrypt_work), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (dw == NULL)
-			goto non_offloaded_decrypt;
-
 		dw->buf = server->smallbuf;
 		server->smallbuf = (char *)cifs_small_buf_get();
 
-		INIT_WORK(&dw->decrypt, smb2_decrypt_offload);
-
-		dw->npages = npages;
-		dw->server = server;
-		dw->ppages = pages;
-		dw->len = len;
 		queue_work(decrypt_wq, &dw->decrypt);
 		*num_mids = 0; /* worker thread takes care of finding mid */
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-non_offloaded_decrypt:
 	rc = decrypt_raw_data(server, buf, server->vals->read_rsp_size,
-			      pages, npages, len, false);
+			      &iter, false);
 	if (rc)
 		goto free_pages;
 
 	*mid = smb2_find_mid(server, buf);
-	if (*mid == NULL)
+	if (*mid == NULL) {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "mid not found\n");
-	else {
+	} else {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "mid found\n");
 		(*mid)->decrypted = true;
 		rc = handle_read_data(server, *mid, buf,
 				      server->vals->read_rsp_size,
-				      pages, npages, len, false);
+				      &dw->buffer, dw->len, false);
 		if (rc >= 0) {
 			if (server->ops->is_network_name_deleted) {
 				server->ops->is_network_name_deleted(buf,
@@ -5120,9 +5113,9 @@ receive_encrypted_read(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry **mid,
 	}
 
 free_pages:
-	for (i = i - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-		put_page(pages[i]);
-	kfree(pages);
+	cifs_clear_xarray_buffer(&dw->buffer);
+free_dw:
+	kfree(dw);
 	return rc;
 discard_data:
 	cifs_discard_remaining_data(server);
@@ -5160,7 +5153,7 @@ receive_encrypted_standard(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 	server->total_read += length;
 
 	buf_size = pdu_length - sizeof(struct smb2_transform_hdr);
-	length = decrypt_raw_data(server, buf, buf_size, NULL, 0, 0, false);
+	length = decrypt_raw_data(server, buf, buf_size, NULL, false);
 	if (length)
 		return length;
 
@@ -5259,7 +5252,7 @@ smb3_handle_read_data(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	char *buf = server->large_buf ? server->bigbuf : server->smallbuf;
 
 	return handle_read_data(server, mid, buf, server->pdu_size,
-				NULL, 0, 0, false);
+				NULL, 0, false);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 7e7909b1ae11..ebbea7526ee2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -4118,11 +4118,7 @@ smb2_readv_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 	struct cifs_credits credits = { .value = 0, .instance = 0 };
 	struct smb_rqst rqst = { .rq_iov = &rdata->iov[1],
 				 .rq_nvec = 1,
-				 .rq_pages = rdata->pages,
-				 .rq_offset = rdata->page_offset,
-				 .rq_npages = rdata->nr_pages,
-				 .rq_pagesz = rdata->pagesz,
-				 .rq_tailsz = rdata->tailsz };
+				 .rq_iter = rdata->iter };
 
 	WARN_ONCE(rdata->server != mid->server,
 		  "rdata server %p != mid server %p",
@@ -4522,11 +4518,7 @@ smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
 
 	rqst.rq_iov = iov;
 	rqst.rq_nvec = 1;
-	rqst.rq_pages = wdata->pages;
-	rqst.rq_offset = wdata->page_offset;
-	rqst.rq_npages = wdata->nr_pages;
-	rqst.rq_pagesz = wdata->pagesz;
-	rqst.rq_tailsz = wdata->tailsz;
+	rqst.rq_iter = wdata->iter;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB_DIRECT
 	if (wdata->mr) {
 		iov[0].iov_len += sizeof(struct smbd_buffer_descriptor_v1);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c
index 8540f7c13eae..cb19c43c0009 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/transport.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c
@@ -276,26 +276,7 @@ smb_rqst_len(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_rqst *rqst)
 	for (i = 0; i < nvec; i++)
 		buflen += iov[i].iov_len;
 
-	/*
-	 * Add in the page array if there is one. The caller needs to make
-	 * sure rq_offset and rq_tailsz are set correctly. If a buffer of
-	 * multiple pages ends at page boundary, rq_tailsz needs to be set to
-	 * PAGE_SIZE.
-	 */
-	if (rqst->rq_npages) {
-		if (rqst->rq_npages == 1)
-			buflen += rqst->rq_tailsz;
-		else {
-			/*
-			 * If there is more than one page, calculate the
-			 * buffer length based on rq_offset and rq_tailsz
-			 */
-			buflen += rqst->rq_pagesz * (rqst->rq_npages - 1) -
-					rqst->rq_offset;
-			buflen += rqst->rq_tailsz;
-		}
-	}
-
+	buflen += iov_iter_count(&rqst->rq_iter);
 	return buflen;
 }
 
@@ -382,23 +363,15 @@ __smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 
 		total_len += sent;
 
-		/* now walk the page array and send each page in it */
-		for (i = 0; i < rqst[j].rq_npages; i++) {
-			struct bio_vec bvec;
-
-			bvec.bv_page = rqst[j].rq_pages[i];
-			rqst_page_get_length(&rqst[j], i, &bvec.bv_len,
-					     &bvec.bv_offset);
-
-			iov_iter_bvec(&smb_msg.msg_iter, WRITE,
-				      &bvec, 1, bvec.bv_len);
+		if (iov_iter_count(&rqst[j].rq_iter) > 0) {
+			smb_msg.msg_iter = rqst[j].rq_iter;
 			rc = smb_send_kvec(server, &smb_msg, &sent);
 			if (rc < 0)
 				break;
-
 			total_len += sent;
 		}
-	}
+
+}
 
 unmask:
 	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldmask, NULL);
