{
        struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
        snd_pcm_uframes_t frames, ofs, transfer;
+       char *hwbuf;
+       int err;
 
        if (runtime->silence_size < runtime->boundary) {
                snd_pcm_sframes_t noise_dist, n;
                transfer = ofs + frames > runtime->buffer_size ? runtime->buffer_size - ofs : frames;
                if (runtime->access == SNDRV_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED ||
                    runtime->access == SNDRV_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED) {
-                       if (substream->ops->silence) {
-                               int err;
+                       if (substream->ops->fill_silence) {
+                               err = substream->ops->fill_silence(substream, 0,
+                                                                  frames_to_bytes(runtime, ofs),
+                                                                  frames_to_bytes(runtime, transfer));
+                               snd_BUG_ON(err < 0);
+                       } else if (substream->ops->silence) {
                                err = substream->ops->silence(substream, -1, ofs, transfer);
                                snd_BUG_ON(err < 0);
                        } else {
-                               char *hwbuf = runtime->dma_area + frames_to_bytes(runtime, ofs);
+                               hwbuf = runtime->dma_area + frames_to_bytes(runtime, ofs);
                                snd_pcm_format_set_silence(runtime->format, hwbuf, transfer * runtime->channels);
                        }
                } else {
                        unsigned int c;
                        unsigned int channels = runtime->channels;
-                       if (substream->ops->silence) {
+                       if (substream->ops->fill_silence) {
+                               for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c) {
+                                       err = substream->ops->fill_silence(substream, c,
+                                                                          samples_to_bytes(runtime, ofs),
+                                                                          samples_to_bytes(runtime, transfer));
+                                       snd_BUG_ON(err < 0);
+                               }
+                       } else if (substream->ops->silence) {
                                for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c) {
-                                       int err;
                                        err = substream->ops->silence(substream, c, ofs, transfer);
                                        snd_BUG_ON(err < 0);
                                }
                        } else {
                                size_t dma_csize = runtime->dma_bytes / channels;
                                for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c) {
-                                       char *hwbuf = runtime->dma_area + (c * dma_csize) + samples_to_bytes(runtime, ofs);
+                                       hwbuf = runtime->dma_area + (c * dma_csize) + samples_to_bytes(runtime, ofs);
                                        snd_pcm_format_set_silence(runtime->format, hwbuf, transfer);
                                }
                        }
        struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
        int err;
        char __user *buf = (char __user *) data + frames_to_bytes(runtime, off);
-       if (substream->ops->copy) {
+       if (substream->ops->copy_user) {
+               hwoff = frames_to_bytes(runtime, hwoff);
+               frames = frames_to_bytes(runtime, frames);
+               err = substream->ops->copy_user(substream, 0, hwoff, buf, frames);
+               if (err < 0)
+                       return err;
+       } else if (substream->ops->copy) {
                if ((err = substream->ops->copy(substream, -1, hwoff, buf, frames)) < 0)
                        return err;
        } else {
        if (PCM_RUNTIME_CHECK(substream))
                return -ENXIO;
        runtime = substream->runtime;
-       if (snd_BUG_ON(!substream->ops->copy && !runtime->dma_area))
+       if (snd_BUG_ON(!substream->ops->copy_user && !substream->ops->copy
+                      && !runtime->dma_area))
                return -EINVAL;
        if (runtime->status->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
                return -EBADFD;
        int err;
        void __user **bufs = (void __user **)data;
        int channels = runtime->channels;
+       char __user *buf;
        int c;
-       if (substream->ops->copy) {
+
+       if (substream->ops->copy_user) {
+               hwoff = samples_to_bytes(runtime, hwoff);
+               off = samples_to_bytes(runtime, off);
+               frames = samples_to_bytes(runtime, frames);
+               for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c, ++bufs) {
+                       buf = *bufs + off;
+                       if (!*bufs) {
+                               if (snd_BUG_ON(!substream->ops->fill_silence))
+                                       return -EINVAL;
+                               err = substream->ops->fill_silence(substream, c,
+                                                                  hwoff,
+                                                                  frames);
+                       } else {
+                               err = substream->ops->copy_user(substream, c,
+                                                               hwoff, buf,
+                                                               frames);
+                       }
+                       if (err < 0)
+                               return err;
+               }
+       } else if (substream->ops->copy) {
                if (snd_BUG_ON(!substream->ops->silence))
                        return -EINVAL;
                for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c, ++bufs) {
                                if ((err = substream->ops->silence(substream, c, hwoff, frames)) < 0)
                                        return err;
                        } else {
-                               char __user *buf = *bufs + samples_to_bytes(runtime, off);
+                               buf = *bufs + samples_to_bytes(runtime, off);
                                if ((err = substream->ops->copy(substream, c, hwoff, buf, frames)) < 0)
                                        return err;
                        }
        struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
        int err;
        char __user *buf = (char __user *) data + frames_to_bytes(runtime, off);
-       if (substream->ops->copy) {
+       if (substream->ops->copy_user) {
+               hwoff = frames_to_bytes(runtime, hwoff);
+               frames = frames_to_bytes(runtime, frames);
+               err = substream->ops->copy_user(substream, 0, hwoff, buf, frames);
+               if (err < 0)
+                       return err;
+       } else if (substream->ops->copy) {
                if ((err = substream->ops->copy(substream, -1, hwoff, buf, frames)) < 0)
                        return err;
        } else {
        int err;
        void __user **bufs = (void __user **)data;
        int channels = runtime->channels;
+       char __user *buf;
+       char *hwbuf;
        int c;
-       if (substream->ops->copy) {
+
+       if (substream->ops->copy_user) {
+               hwoff = samples_to_bytes(runtime, hwoff);
+               off = samples_to_bytes(runtime, off);
+               frames = samples_to_bytes(runtime, frames);
+               for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c, ++bufs) {
+                       if (!*bufs)
+                               continue;
+                       err = substream->ops->copy_user(substream, c, hwoff,
+                                                       *bufs + off, frames);
+                       if (err < 0)
+                               return err;
+               }
+       } else if (substream->ops->copy) {
                for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c, ++bufs) {
-                       char __user *buf;
                        if (*bufs == NULL)
                                continue;
                        buf = *bufs + samples_to_bytes(runtime, off);
        } else {
                snd_pcm_uframes_t dma_csize = runtime->dma_bytes / channels;
                for (c = 0; c < channels; ++c, ++bufs) {
-                       char *hwbuf;
-                       char __user *buf;
                        if (*bufs == NULL)
                                continue;