kref_put(&rdata->ctx->refcount, cifs_aio_ctx_release);
        for (i = 0; i < rdata->nr_pages; i++) {
                put_page(rdata->pages[i]);
-               rdata->pages[i] = NULL;
        }
        cifs_readdata_release(refcount);
 }
        return uncached_fill_pages(server, rdata, iter, iter->count);
 }
 
+static int cifs_resend_rdata(struct cifs_readdata *rdata,
+                       struct list_head *rdata_list,
+                       struct cifs_aio_ctx *ctx)
+{
+       int wait_retry = 0;
+       unsigned int rsize, credits;
+       int rc;
+       struct TCP_Server_Info *server =
+               tlink_tcon(rdata->cfile->tlink)->ses->server;
+
+       /*
+        * Try to resend this rdata, waiting for credits up to 3 seconds.
+        * Note: we are attempting to resend the whole rdata not in segments
+        */
+       do {
+               rc = server->ops->wait_mtu_credits(server, rdata->bytes,
+                                               &rsize, &credits);
+
+               if (rc)
+                       break;
+
+               if (rsize < rdata->bytes) {
+                       add_credits_and_wake_if(server, credits, 0);
+                       msleep(1000);
+                       wait_retry++;
+               }
+       } while (rsize < rdata->bytes && wait_retry < 3);
+
+       /*
+        * If we can't find enough credits to send this rdata
+        * release the rdata and return failure, this will pass
+        * whatever I/O amount we have finished to VFS.
+        */
+       if (rsize < rdata->bytes) {
+               rc = -EBUSY;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       rc = -EAGAIN;
+       while (rc == -EAGAIN) {
+               rc = 0;
+               if (rdata->cfile->invalidHandle)
+                       rc = cifs_reopen_file(rdata->cfile, true);
+               if (!rc)
+                       rc = server->ops->async_readv(rdata);
+       }
+
+       if (!rc) {
+               /* Add to aio pending list */
+               list_add_tail(&rdata->list, rdata_list);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       add_credits_and_wake_if(server, rdata->credits, 0);
+out:
+       kref_put(&rdata->refcount,
+               cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
+
+       return rc;
+}
+
 static int
 cifs_send_async_read(loff_t offset, size_t len, struct cifsFileInfo *open_file,
                     struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct list_head *rdata_list,
        int rc;
        pid_t pid;
        struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
+       struct page **pagevec;
+       size_t start;
+       struct iov_iter direct_iov = ctx->iter;
 
        server = tlink_tcon(open_file->tlink)->ses->server;
 
        else
                pid = current->tgid;
 
+       if (ctx->direct_io)
+               iov_iter_advance(&direct_iov, offset - ctx->pos);
+
        do {
                rc = server->ops->wait_mtu_credits(server, cifs_sb->rsize,
                                                   &rsize, &credits);
                        break;
 
                cur_len = min_t(const size_t, len, rsize);
-               npages = DIV_ROUND_UP(cur_len, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-               /* allocate a readdata struct */
-               rdata = cifs_readdata_alloc(npages,
+               if (ctx->direct_io) {
+
+                       cur_len = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc(
+                                       &direct_iov, &pagevec,
+                                       cur_len, &start);
+                       if (cur_len < 0) {
+                               cifs_dbg(VFS,
+                                       "couldn't get user pages (cur_len=%zd)"
+                                       " iter type %d"
+                                       " iov_offset %zd count %zd\n",
+                                       cur_len, direct_iov.type,
+                                       direct_iov.iov_offset,
+                                       direct_iov.count);
+                               dump_stack();
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       iov_iter_advance(&direct_iov, cur_len);
+
+                       rdata = cifs_readdata_direct_alloc(
+                                       pagevec, cifs_uncached_readv_complete);
+                       if (!rdata) {
+                               add_credits_and_wake_if(server, credits, 0);
+                               rc = -ENOMEM;
+                               break;
+                       }
+
+                       npages = (cur_len + start + PAGE_SIZE-1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+                       rdata->page_offset = start;
+                       rdata->tailsz = npages > 1 ?
+                               cur_len-(PAGE_SIZE-start)-(npages-2)*PAGE_SIZE :
+                               cur_len;
+
+               } else {
+
+                       npages = DIV_ROUND_UP(cur_len, PAGE_SIZE);
+                       /* allocate a readdata struct */
+                       rdata = cifs_readdata_alloc(npages,
                                            cifs_uncached_readv_complete);
-               if (!rdata) {
-                       add_credits_and_wake_if(server, credits, 0);
-                       rc = -ENOMEM;
-                       break;
-               }
+                       if (!rdata) {
+                               add_credits_and_wake_if(server, credits, 0);
+                               rc = -ENOMEM;
+                               break;
+                       }
 
-               rc = cifs_read_allocate_pages(rdata, npages);
-               if (rc)
-                       goto error;
+                       rc = cifs_read_allocate_pages(rdata, npages);
+                       if (rc)
+                               goto error;
+
+                       rdata->tailsz = PAGE_SIZE;
+               }
 
                rdata->cfile = cifsFileInfo_get(open_file);
                rdata->nr_pages = npages;
                rdata->bytes = cur_len;
                rdata->pid = pid;
                rdata->pagesz = PAGE_SIZE;
-               rdata->tailsz = PAGE_SIZE;
                rdata->read_into_pages = cifs_uncached_read_into_pages;
                rdata->copy_into_pages = cifs_uncached_copy_into_pages;
                rdata->credits = credits;
                if (rc) {
                        add_credits_and_wake_if(server, rdata->credits, 0);
                        kref_put(&rdata->refcount,
-                                cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
-                       if (rc == -EAGAIN)
+                               cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
+                       if (rc == -EAGAIN) {
+                               iov_iter_revert(&direct_iov, cur_len);
                                continue;
+                       }
                        break;
                }
 
                                 * reading.
                                 */
                                if (got_bytes && got_bytes < rdata->bytes) {
-                                       rc = cifs_readdata_to_iov(rdata, to);
+                                       rc = 0;
+                                       if (!ctx->direct_io)
+                                               rc = cifs_readdata_to_iov(rdata, to);
                                        if (rc) {
                                                kref_put(&rdata->refcount,
-                                               cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
+                                                       cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
                                                continue;
                                        }
                                }
 
-                               rc = cifs_send_async_read(
+                               if (ctx->direct_io) {
+                                       /*
+                                        * Re-use rdata as this is a
+                                        * direct I/O
+                                        */
+                                       rc = cifs_resend_rdata(
+                                               rdata,
+                                               &tmp_list, ctx);
+                               } else {
+                                       rc = cifs_send_async_read(
                                                rdata->offset + got_bytes,
                                                rdata->bytes - got_bytes,
                                                rdata->cfile, cifs_sb,
                                                &tmp_list, ctx);
 
+                                       kref_put(&rdata->refcount,
+                                               cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
+                               }
+
                                list_splice(&tmp_list, &ctx->list);
 
-                               kref_put(&rdata->refcount,
-                                        cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
                                goto again;
                        } else if (rdata->result)
                                rc = rdata->result;
-                       else
+                       else if (!ctx->direct_io)
                                rc = cifs_readdata_to_iov(rdata, to);
 
                        /* if there was a short read -- discard anything left */
                        if (rdata->got_bytes && rdata->got_bytes < rdata->bytes)
                                rc = -ENODATA;
+
+                       ctx->total_len += rdata->got_bytes;
                }
                list_del_init(&rdata->list);
                kref_put(&rdata->refcount, cifs_uncached_readdata_release);
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < ctx->npages; i++) {
-               if (ctx->should_dirty)
-                       set_page_dirty(ctx->bv[i].bv_page);
-               put_page(ctx->bv[i].bv_page);
-       }
+       if (!ctx->direct_io) {
+               for (i = 0; i < ctx->npages; i++) {
+                       if (ctx->should_dirty)
+                               set_page_dirty(ctx->bv[i].bv_page);
+                       put_page(ctx->bv[i].bv_page);
+               }
 
-       ctx->total_len = ctx->len - iov_iter_count(to);
+               ctx->total_len = ctx->len - iov_iter_count(to);
+       }
 
        cifs_stats_bytes_read(tcon, ctx->total_len);
 
                complete(&ctx->done);
 }
 
-ssize_t cifs_user_readv(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+static ssize_t __cifs_readv(
+       struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to, bool direct)
 {
-       struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-       ssize_t rc;
        size_t len;
-       ssize_t total_read = 0;
-       loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
+       struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
-       struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
        struct cifsFileInfo *cfile;
+       struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
+       ssize_t rc, total_read = 0;
+       loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
        struct cifs_aio_ctx *ctx;
 
+       /*
+        * iov_iter_get_pages_alloc() doesn't work with ITER_KVEC,
+        * fall back to data copy read path
+        * this could be improved by getting pages directly in ITER_KVEC
+        */
+       if (direct && to->type & ITER_KVEC) {
+               cifs_dbg(FYI, "use non-direct cifs_user_readv for kvec I/O\n");
+               direct = false;
+       }
+
        len = iov_iter_count(to);
        if (!len)
                return 0;
        if (iter_is_iovec(to))
                ctx->should_dirty = true;
 
-       rc = setup_aio_ctx_iter(ctx, to, READ);
-       if (rc) {
-               kref_put(&ctx->refcount, cifs_aio_ctx_release);
-               return rc;
+       if (direct) {
+               ctx->pos = offset;
+               ctx->direct_io = true;
+               ctx->iter = *to;
+               ctx->len = len;
+       } else {
+               rc = setup_aio_ctx_iter(ctx, to, READ);
+               if (rc) {
+                       kref_put(&ctx->refcount, cifs_aio_ctx_release);
+                       return rc;
+               }
+               len = ctx->len;
        }
 
-       len = ctx->len;
-
        /* grab a lock here due to read response handlers can access ctx */
        mutex_lock(&ctx->aio_mutex);
 
        return rc;
 }
 
+ssize_t cifs_direct_readv(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+{
+       return __cifs_readv(iocb, to, true);
+}
+
+ssize_t cifs_user_readv(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+{
+       return __cifs_readv(iocb, to, false);
+}
+
 ssize_t
 cifs_strict_readv(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {