diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 1bd2919deaca..5f71a252e2e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -970,7 +970,9 @@ otherwise noted.
 	negative error code if errors occurred before any bytes were remapped.
 	The remap_flags parameter accepts REMAP_FILE_* flags.  If
 	REMAP_FILE_DEDUP is set then the implementation must only remap if the
-	requested file ranges have identical contents.
+	requested file ranges have identical contents.  If REMAP_CAN_SHORTEN is
+	set, the caller is ok with the implementation shortening the request
+	length to satisfy alignment or EOF requirements (or any other reason).
 
   fadvise: possibly called by the fadvise64() system call.
 
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index ea30666013b0..c0bcc1a20650 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -1593,7 +1593,8 @@ ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 
 		cloned = file_in->f_op->remap_file_range(file_in, pos_in,
 				file_out, pos_out,
-				min_t(loff_t, MAX_RW_COUNT, len), 0);
+				min_t(loff_t, MAX_RW_COUNT, len),
+				REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN);
 		if (cloned > 0) {
 			ret = cloned;
 			goto done;
@@ -1721,6 +1722,8 @@ static int remap_verify_area(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t len,
  * can't meaningfully compare post-EOF contents.
  *
  * For clone we only link a partial EOF block above the destination file's EOF.
+ *
+ * Shorten the request if possible.
  */
 static int generic_remap_check_len(struct inode *inode_in,
 				   struct inode *inode_out,
@@ -1729,16 +1732,24 @@ static int generic_remap_check_len(struct inode *inode_in,
 				   unsigned int remap_flags)
 {
 	u64 blkmask = i_blocksize(inode_in) - 1;
+	loff_t new_len = *len;
 
 	if ((*len & blkmask) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_DEDUP)
-		*len &= ~blkmask;
-	else if (pos_out + *len < i_size_read(inode_out))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if ((remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_DEDUP) ||
+	    pos_out + *len < i_size_read(inode_out))
+		new_len &= ~blkmask;
 
-	return 0;
+	if (new_len == *len)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN) {
+		*len = new_len;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return (remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_DEDUP) ? -EBADE : -EINVAL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2014,7 +2025,8 @@ loff_t vfs_dedupe_file_range_one(struct file *src_file, loff_t src_pos,
 {
 	loff_t ret;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(remap_flags & ~(REMAP_FILE_DEDUP));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(remap_flags & ~(REMAP_FILE_DEDUP |
+				     REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN));
 
 	ret = mnt_want_write_file(dst_file);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2115,7 +2127,7 @@ int vfs_dedupe_file_range(struct file *file, struct file_dedupe_range *same)
 
 		deduped = vfs_dedupe_file_range_one(file, off, dst_file,
 						    info->dest_offset, len,
-						    0);
+						    REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN);
 		if (deduped == -EBADE)
 			info->status = FILE_DEDUPE_RANGE_DIFFERS;
 		else if (deduped < 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 544ab5083b48..34c22d695011 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1727,8 +1727,10 @@ struct block_device_operations;
  * See Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details about this call.
  *
  * REMAP_FILE_DEDUP: only remap if contents identical (i.e. deduplicate)
+ * REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN: caller can handle a shortened request
  */
 #define REMAP_FILE_DEDUP		(1 << 0)
+#define REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN		(1 << 1)
 
 /*
  * These flags signal that the caller is ok with altering various aspects of
@@ -1736,9 +1738,8 @@ struct block_device_operations;
  * implementation; the vfs remap helper functions can take advantage of them.
  * Flags in this category exist to preserve the quirky behavior of the hoisted
  * btrfs clone/dedupe ioctls.
- * There are no flags yet, but subsequent commits will add some.
  */
-#define REMAP_FILE_ADVISORY		(0)
+#define REMAP_FILE_ADVISORY		(REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN)
 
 struct iov_iter;
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 2e4dcebe7253..4b69b6a5d0bf 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -3045,8 +3045,7 @@ int generic_remap_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 		bcount = ALIGN(size_in, bs) - pos_in;
 	} else {
 		if (!IS_ALIGNED(count, bs))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
+			count = ALIGN_DOWN(count, bs);
 		bcount = count;
 	}
 
@@ -3056,10 +3055,14 @@ int generic_remap_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 	    pos_out < pos_in + bcount)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* For now we don't support changing the length. */
-	if (*req_count != count)
+	/*
+	 * We shortened the request but the caller can't deal with that, so
+	 * bounce the request back to userspace.
+	 */
+	if (*req_count != count && !(remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_CAN_SHORTEN))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	*req_count = count;
 	return 0;
 }
 
