diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 294b330aba9f..741d38058337 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_file(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	while (len) {
 		size_t this_len = OVL_COPY_UP_CHUNK_SIZE;
-		long bytes;
+		ssize_t bytes;
 
 		if (len < this_len)
 			this_len = len;
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 01a14570015b..7783b8522693 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pwritev2, compat_ulong_t, fd,
 #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
 
 static ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos,
-		  	   size_t count, loff_t max)
+			   size_t count, loff_t max)
 {
 	struct fd in, out;
 	struct inode *in_inode, *out_inode;
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 7cda013e5a1e..6c1f12872407 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ static int warn_unsupported(struct file *file, const char *op)
 /*
  * Attempt to initiate a splice from pipe to file.
  */
-static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-			   loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			      loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!out->f_op->splice_write))
 		return warn_unsupported(out, "write");
@@ -955,9 +955,9 @@ static void do_splice_eof(struct splice_desc *sd)
  * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
  * No need to call it for sub ranges.
  */
-static long do_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-			   struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-			   unsigned int flags)
+static size_t do_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			     unsigned int flags)
 {
 	unsigned int p_space;
 
@@ -999,11 +999,11 @@ static long do_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
  * If successful, it returns the amount of data spliced, 0 if it hit the EOF or
  * a hole and a negative error code otherwise.
  */
-long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-		     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-		     unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, in, ppos, len);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 			       splice_direct_actor *actor)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
-	long ret, bytes;
+	size_t ret, bytes;
 	size_t len;
 	int i, flags, more;
 
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ static void direct_file_splice_eof(struct splice_desc *sd)
 		file->f_op->splice_eof(file);
 }
 
-static long do_splice_direct_actor(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+static ssize_t do_splice_direct_actor(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 				   struct file *out, loff_t *opos,
 				   size_t len, unsigned int flags,
 				   splice_direct_actor *actor)
@@ -1226,8 +1226,8 @@ static long do_splice_direct_actor(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
  *
  * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
  */
-long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		      loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	return do_splice_direct_actor(in, ppos, out, opos, len, flags,
 				      direct_splice_actor);
@@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_splice_direct);
  *
  * Callers already called rw_verify_area() on the entire range.
  */
-long splice_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		       loff_t *opos, size_t len)
+ssize_t splice_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			  loff_t *opos, size_t len)
 {
 	lockdep_assert(file_write_started(out));
 
@@ -1280,12 +1280,12 @@ static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
 			       size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
-long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
-			 struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
-			 loff_t *offset,
-			 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
+			    struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			    loff_t *offset,
+			    size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	pipe_lock(opipe);
 	ret = wait_for_space(opipe, flags);
@@ -1300,13 +1300,13 @@ long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
 /*
  * Determine where to splice to/from.
  */
-long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
-	       loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
+		  loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe;
 	loff_t offset;
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ) ||
 		     !(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
@@ -1397,14 +1397,14 @@ long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static long __do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
-			struct file *out, loff_t __user *off_out,
-			size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t __do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
+			   struct file *out, loff_t __user *off_out,
+			   size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe;
 	loff_t offset, *__off_in = NULL, *__off_out = NULL;
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ipipe = get_pipe_info(in, true);
 	opipe = get_pipe_info(out, true);
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(splice, int, fd_in, loff_t __user *, off_in,
 		size_t, len, unsigned int, flags)
 {
 	struct fd in, out;
-	long error;
+	ssize_t error;
 
 	if (unlikely(!len))
 		return 0;
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(splice, int, fd_in, loff_t __user *, off_in,
 		out = fdget(fd_out);
 		if (out.file) {
 			error = __do_splice(in.file, off_in, out.file, off_out,
-						len, flags);
+					    len, flags);
 			fdput(out);
 		}
 		fdput(in);
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
  * The 'flags' used are the SPLICE_F_* variants, currently the only
  * applicable one is SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK.
  */
-long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe = get_pipe_info(in, true);
 	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe = get_pipe_info(out, true);
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(tee, int, fdin, int, fdout, size_t, len, unsigned int, flags)
 {
 	struct fd in, out;
-	int error;
+	ssize_t error;
 
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~SPLICE_F_ALL))
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/splice.h b/include/linux/splice.h
index 49532d5dda52..068a8e8ffd73 100644
--- a/include/linux/splice.h
+++ b/include/linux/splice.h
@@ -68,31 +68,30 @@ typedef int (splice_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *,
 typedef int (splice_direct_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 				  struct splice_desc *);
 
-extern ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *,
-				loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int,
-				splice_actor *);
-extern ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
-				  struct splice_desc *, splice_actor *);
-extern ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
-			      struct splice_pipe_desc *);
-extern ssize_t add_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *,
-			      struct pipe_buffer *);
-long vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-		     struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-		     unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+			 splice_actor *actor);
+ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			   struct splice_desc *sd, splice_actor *actor);
+ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			      struct splice_pipe_desc *spd);
+ssize_t add_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf);
+ssize_t vfs_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			unsigned int flags);
 ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *file, struct splice_desc *sd,
 			       splice_direct_actor *actor);
-long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
-	       loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
-long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		      loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
-long splice_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		       loff_t *opos, size_t len);
+ssize_t do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
+		  loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_file_range(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+			  loff_t *opos, size_t len);
 
-extern long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
-		   unsigned int flags);
-extern ssize_t splice_to_socket(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-				loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
+	       unsigned int flags);
+ssize_t splice_to_socket(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			 loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * for dynamic pipe sizing
diff --git a/io_uring/splice.c b/io_uring/splice.c
index 7c4469e9540e..3b659cd23e9d 100644
--- a/io_uring/splice.c
+++ b/io_uring/splice.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int io_tee(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	struct file *out = sp->file_out;
 	unsigned int flags = sp->flags & ~SPLICE_F_FD_IN_FIXED;
 	struct file *in;
-	long ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK);
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int io_splice(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	unsigned int flags = sp->flags & ~SPLICE_F_FD_IN_FIXED;
 	loff_t *poff_in, *poff_out;
 	struct file *in;
-	long ret = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK);
 
