void ccc_io_update_iov(const struct lu_env *env,
                       struct ccc_io *cio, struct cl_io *io)
 {
-       int i;
        size_t size = io->u.ci_rw.crw_count;
 
-       cio->cui_iov_olen = 0;
-       if (!cl_is_normalio(env, io) || cio->cui_tot_nrsegs == 0)
+       if (!cl_is_normalio(env, io) || cio->cui_iter == NULL)
                return;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < cio->cui_tot_nrsegs; i++) {
-               struct iovec *iv = &cio->cui_iov[i];
-
-               if (iv->iov_len < size)
-                       size -= iv->iov_len;
-               else {
-                       if (iv->iov_len > size) {
-                               cio->cui_iov_olen = iv->iov_len;
-                               iv->iov_len = size;
-                       }
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
-
-       cio->cui_nrsegs = i + 1;
-       LASSERTF(cio->cui_tot_nrsegs >= cio->cui_nrsegs,
-                "tot_nrsegs: %lu, nrsegs: %lu\n",
-                cio->cui_tot_nrsegs, cio->cui_nrsegs);
+       iov_iter_truncate(cio->cui_iter, size);
 }
 
 int ccc_io_one_lock(const struct lu_env *env, struct cl_io *io,
        if (!cl_is_normalio(env, io))
                return;
 
-       LASSERT(cio->cui_tot_nrsegs >= cio->cui_nrsegs);
-       LASSERT(cio->cui_tot_count  >= nob);
-
-       cio->cui_iov    += cio->cui_nrsegs;
-       cio->cui_tot_nrsegs -= cio->cui_nrsegs;
-       cio->cui_tot_count  -= nob;
-
-       /* update the iov */
-       if (cio->cui_iov_olen > 0) {
-               struct iovec *iv;
-
-               cio->cui_iov--;
-               cio->cui_tot_nrsegs++;
-               iv = &cio->cui_iov[0];
-               if (io->ci_continue) {
-                       iv->iov_base += iv->iov_len;
-                       LASSERT(cio->cui_iov_olen > iv->iov_len);
-                       iv->iov_len = cio->cui_iov_olen - iv->iov_len;
-               } else {
-                       /* restore the iov_len, in case of restart io. */
-                       iv->iov_len = cio->cui_iov_olen;
-               }
-               cio->cui_iov_olen = 0;
-       }
+       iov_iter_reexpand(cio->cui_iter, cio->cui_tot_count  -= nob);
 }
 
 /**
 
 
                switch (vio->cui_io_subtype) {
                case IO_NORMAL:
-                       cio->cui_iov = args->u.normal.via_iov;
-                       cio->cui_nrsegs = args->u.normal.via_nrsegs;
-                       cio->cui_tot_nrsegs = cio->cui_nrsegs;
+                       cio->cui_iter = args->u.normal.via_iter;
                        cio->cui_iocb = args->u.normal.via_iocb;
                        if ((iot == CIT_WRITE) &&
                            !(cio->cui_fd->fd_flags & LL_FILE_GROUP_LOCKED)) {
        return result;
 }
 
-static ssize_t ll_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
-                               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
+static ssize_t ll_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
        struct lu_env      *env;
        struct vvp_io_args *args;
-       size_t        count = 0;
        ssize_t      result;
        int              refcheck;
 
-       count = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
-
        env = cl_env_get(&refcheck);
        if (IS_ERR(env))
                return PTR_ERR(env);
 
        args = vvp_env_args(env, IO_NORMAL);
-       args->u.normal.via_iov = (struct iovec *)iov;
-       args->u.normal.via_nrsegs = nr_segs;
+       args->u.normal.via_iter = to;
        args->u.normal.via_iocb = iocb;
 
        result = ll_file_io_generic(env, args, iocb->ki_filp, CIT_READ,
-                                   &iocb->ki_pos, count);
-       cl_env_put(env, &refcheck);
-       return result;
-}
-
-static ssize_t ll_file_read(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t count,
-                           loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct lu_env *env;
-       struct iovec  *local_iov;
-       struct kiocb  *kiocb;
-       ssize_t result;
-       int         refcheck;
-
-       env = cl_env_get(&refcheck);
-       if (IS_ERR(env))
-               return PTR_ERR(env);
-
-       local_iov = &vvp_env_info(env)->vti_local_iov;
-       kiocb = &vvp_env_info(env)->vti_kiocb;
-       local_iov->iov_base = (void __user *)buf;
-       local_iov->iov_len = count;
-       init_sync_kiocb(kiocb, file);
-       kiocb->ki_pos = *ppos;
-       kiocb->ki_nbytes = count;
-
-       result = ll_file_aio_read(kiocb, local_iov, 1, kiocb->ki_pos);
-       *ppos = kiocb->ki_pos;
-
+                                   &iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(to));
        cl_env_put(env, &refcheck);
        return result;
 }
 /*
  * Write to a file (through the page cache).
  */
-static ssize_t ll_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
-                                unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
+static ssize_t ll_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
        struct lu_env      *env;
        struct vvp_io_args *args;
-       size_t        count = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
        ssize_t      result;
        int              refcheck;
 
                return PTR_ERR(env);
 
        args = vvp_env_args(env, IO_NORMAL);
-       args->u.normal.via_iov = (struct iovec *)iov;
-       args->u.normal.via_nrsegs = nr_segs;
+       args->u.normal.via_iter = from;
        args->u.normal.via_iocb = iocb;
 
        result = ll_file_io_generic(env, args, iocb->ki_filp, CIT_WRITE,
-                                 &iocb->ki_pos, count);
+                                 &iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from));
        cl_env_put(env, &refcheck);
        return result;
 }
 
-static ssize_t ll_file_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
-                            loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct lu_env *env;
-       struct iovec  *local_iov;
-       struct kiocb  *kiocb;
-       ssize_t result;
-       int         refcheck;
-
-       env = cl_env_get(&refcheck);
-       if (IS_ERR(env))
-               return PTR_ERR(env);
-
-       local_iov = &vvp_env_info(env)->vti_local_iov;
-       kiocb = &vvp_env_info(env)->vti_kiocb;
-       local_iov->iov_base = (void __user *)buf;
-       local_iov->iov_len = count;
-       init_sync_kiocb(kiocb, file);
-       kiocb->ki_pos = *ppos;
-       kiocb->ki_nbytes = count;
-
-       result = ll_file_aio_write(kiocb, local_iov, 1, kiocb->ki_pos);
-       *ppos = kiocb->ki_pos;
-
-       cl_env_put(env, &refcheck);
-       return result;
-}
-
-
-
 /*
  * Send file content (through pagecache) somewhere with helper
  */
 
 /* -o localflock - only provides locally consistent flock locks */
 struct file_operations ll_file_operations = {
-       .read      = ll_file_read,
-       .aio_read = ll_file_aio_read,
-       .write    = ll_file_write,
-       .aio_write = ll_file_aio_write,
+       .read      = new_sync_read,
+       .read_iter = ll_file_read_iter,
+       .write    = new_sync_write,
+       .write_iter = ll_file_write_iter,
        .unlocked_ioctl = ll_file_ioctl,
        .open      = ll_file_open,
        .release        = ll_file_release,
 };
 
 struct file_operations ll_file_operations_flock = {
-       .read      = ll_file_read,
-       .aio_read    = ll_file_aio_read,
-       .write    = ll_file_write,
-       .aio_write   = ll_file_aio_write,
+       .read      = new_sync_read,
+       .read_iter    = ll_file_read_iter,
+       .write    = new_sync_write,
+       .write_iter   = ll_file_write_iter,
        .unlocked_ioctl = ll_file_ioctl,
        .open      = ll_file_open,
        .release        = ll_file_release,
 
 /* These are for -o noflock - to return ENOSYS on flock calls */
 struct file_operations ll_file_operations_noflock = {
-       .read      = ll_file_read,
-       .aio_read    = ll_file_aio_read,
-       .write    = ll_file_write,
-       .aio_write   = ll_file_aio_write,
+       .read      = new_sync_read,
+       .read_iter    = ll_file_read_iter,
+       .write    = new_sync_write,
+       .write_iter   = ll_file_write_iter,
        .unlocked_ioctl = ll_file_ioctl,
        .open      = ll_file_open,
        .release        = ll_file_release,
 
        struct cl_lock_descr   *descr = &cti->cti_descr;
        ldlm_policy_data_t      policy;
        unsigned long      addr;
-       unsigned long      seg;
        ssize_t          count;
        int                  result;
+       struct iov_iter i;
+       struct iovec iov;
 
        LASSERT(io->ci_type == CIT_READ || io->ci_type == CIT_WRITE);
 
        if (!cl_is_normalio(env, io))
                return 0;
 
-       if (vio->cui_iov == NULL) /* nfs or loop back device write */
+       if (vio->cui_iter == NULL) /* nfs or loop back device write */
                return 0;
 
        /* No MM (e.g. NFS)? No vmas too. */
        if (mm == NULL)
                return 0;
 
-       for (seg = 0; seg < vio->cui_nrsegs; seg++) {
-               const struct iovec *iv = &vio->cui_iov[seg];
-
-               addr = (unsigned long)iv->iov_base;
-               count = iv->iov_len;
+       iov_for_each(iov, i, *(vio->cui_iter)) {
+               addr = (unsigned long)iov.iov_base;
+               count = iov.iov_len;
                if (count == 0)
                        continue;
 
        switch (vio->cui_io_subtype) {
        case IO_NORMAL:
                LASSERT(cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos == pos);
-               result = generic_file_aio_read(cio->cui_iocb,
-                                              cio->cui_iov, cio->cui_nrsegs,
-                                              cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos);
+               result = generic_file_read_iter(cio->cui_iocb, cio->cui_iter);
                break;
        case IO_SPLICE:
                result = generic_file_splice_read(file, &pos,
 
        CDEBUG(D_VFSTRACE, "write: [%lli, %lli)\n", pos, pos + (long long)cnt);
 
-       if (cio->cui_iov == NULL) /* from a temp io in ll_cl_init(). */
+       if (cio->cui_iter == NULL) /* from a temp io in ll_cl_init(). */
                result = 0;
        else
-               result = generic_file_aio_write(cio->cui_iocb,
-                                               cio->cui_iov, cio->cui_nrsegs,
-                                               cio->cui_iocb->ki_pos);
+               result = generic_file_write_iter(cio->cui_iocb, cio->cui_iter);
+
        if (result > 0) {
                if (result < cnt)
                        io->ci_continue = 0;
                 *  results."  -- Single Unix Spec */
                if (count == 0)
                        result = 1;
-               else {
+               else
                        cio->cui_tot_count = count;
-                       cio->cui_tot_nrsegs = 0;
-               }
+
                /* for read/write, we store the jobid in the inode, and
                 * it'll be fetched by osc when building RPC.
                 *