typedef int (*pcm_transfer_f)(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
                              int channel, unsigned long hwoff,
-                             void *buf, unsigned long bytes);
+                             struct iov_iter *iter, unsigned long bytes);
 
 typedef int (*pcm_copy_f)(struct snd_pcm_substream *, snd_pcm_uframes_t, void *,
-                         snd_pcm_uframes_t, snd_pcm_uframes_t, pcm_transfer_f);
+                         snd_pcm_uframes_t, snd_pcm_uframes_t, pcm_transfer_f,
+                         bool);
 
 /* calculate the target DMA-buffer position to be written/read */
 static void *get_dma_ptr(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime,
                channel * (runtime->dma_bytes / runtime->channels);
 }
 
-/* default copy_user ops for write; used for both interleaved and non- modes */
+/* default copy ops for write; used for both interleaved and non- modes */
 static int default_write_copy(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
                              int channel, unsigned long hwoff,
-                             void *buf, unsigned long bytes)
+                             struct iov_iter *iter, unsigned long bytes)
 {
-       if (copy_from_user(get_dma_ptr(substream->runtime, channel, hwoff),
-                          (void __user *)buf, bytes))
+       if (!copy_from_iter(get_dma_ptr(substream->runtime, channel, hwoff),
+                           bytes, iter))
                return -EFAULT;
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* default copy_kernel ops for write */
-static int default_write_copy_kernel(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-                                    int channel, unsigned long hwoff,
-                                    void *buf, unsigned long bytes)
-{
-       memcpy(get_dma_ptr(substream->runtime, channel, hwoff), buf, bytes);
-       return 0;
-}
-
 /* fill silence instead of copy data; called as a transfer helper
  * from __snd_pcm_lib_write() or directly from noninterleaved_copy() when
  * a NULL buffer is passed
  */
 static int fill_silence(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int channel,
-                       unsigned long hwoff, void *buf, unsigned long bytes)
+                       unsigned long hwoff, struct iov_iter *iter,
+                       unsigned long bytes)
 {
        struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* default copy_user ops for read; used for both interleaved and non- modes */
+/* default copy ops for read; used for both interleaved and non- modes */
 static int default_read_copy(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
                             int channel, unsigned long hwoff,
-                            void *buf, unsigned long bytes)
+                            struct iov_iter *iter, unsigned long bytes)
 {
-       if (copy_to_user((void __user *)buf,
-                        get_dma_ptr(substream->runtime, channel, hwoff),
-                        bytes))
+       if (!copy_to_iter(get_dma_ptr(substream->runtime, channel, hwoff),
+                         bytes, iter))
                return -EFAULT;
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* default copy_kernel ops for read */
-static int default_read_copy_kernel(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-                                   int channel, unsigned long hwoff,
-                                   void *buf, unsigned long bytes)
+/* a wrapper for calling old copy_kernel or copy_user ops */
+static int call_old_copy(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+                        int channel, unsigned long hwoff,
+                        struct iov_iter *iter, unsigned long bytes)
 {
-       memcpy(buf, get_dma_ptr(substream->runtime, channel, hwoff), bytes);
-       return 0;
+       if (iov_iter_is_kvec(iter))
+               return substream->ops->copy_kernel(substream, channel, hwoff,
+                                                  iter_iov_addr(iter), bytes);
+       else
+               return substream->ops->copy_user(substream, channel, hwoff,
+                                                iter_iov_addr(iter), bytes);
+}
+
+/* call transfer with the filled iov_iter */
+static int do_transfer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int c,
+                      unsigned long hwoff, void *data, unsigned long bytes,
+                      pcm_transfer_f transfer, bool in_kernel)
+{
+       struct iov_iter iter;
+       int err, type;
+
+       if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
+               type = ITER_SOURCE;
+       else
+               type = ITER_DEST;
+
+       if (in_kernel) {
+               struct kvec kvec = { data, bytes };
+
+               iov_iter_kvec(&iter, type, &kvec, 1, bytes);
+               return transfer(substream, c, hwoff, &iter, bytes);
+       }
+
+       err = import_ubuf(type, (__force void __user *)data, bytes, &iter);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+       return transfer(substream, c, hwoff, &iter, bytes);
 }
 
 /* call transfer function with the converted pointers and sizes;
                            snd_pcm_uframes_t hwoff, void *data,
                            snd_pcm_uframes_t off,
                            snd_pcm_uframes_t frames,
-                           pcm_transfer_f transfer)
+                           pcm_transfer_f transfer,
+                           bool in_kernel)
 {
        struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 
        hwoff = frames_to_bytes(runtime, hwoff);
        off = frames_to_bytes(runtime, off);
        frames = frames_to_bytes(runtime, frames);
-       return transfer(substream, 0, hwoff, data + off, frames);
+
+       return do_transfer(substream, 0, hwoff, data + off, frames, transfer,
+                          in_kernel);
 }
 
 /* call transfer function with the converted pointers and sizes for each
                               snd_pcm_uframes_t hwoff, void *data,
                               snd_pcm_uframes_t off,
                               snd_pcm_uframes_t frames,
-                              pcm_transfer_f transfer)
+                              pcm_transfer_f transfer,
+                              bool in_kernel)
 {
        struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
        int channels = runtime->channels;
                if (!data || !*bufs)
                        err = fill_silence(substream, c, hwoff, NULL, frames);
                else
-                       err = transfer(substream, c, hwoff, *bufs + off,
-                                      frames);
+                       err = do_transfer(substream, c, hwoff, *bufs + off,
+                                         frames, transfer, in_kernel);
                if (err < 0)
                        return err;
        }
        if (substream->runtime->access == SNDRV_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED ||
            substream->runtime->access == SNDRV_PCM_ACCESS_MMAP_INTERLEAVED)
                return interleaved_copy(substream, off, NULL, 0, frames,
-                                       fill_silence);
+                                       fill_silence, true);
        else
                return noninterleaved_copy(substream, off, NULL, 0, frames,
-                                          fill_silence);
+                                          fill_silence, true);
 }
 
 /* sanity-check for read/write methods */
        if (PCM_RUNTIME_CHECK(substream))
                return -ENXIO;
        runtime = substream->runtime;
-       if (snd_BUG_ON(!substream->ops->copy_user && !runtime->dma_area))
+       if (snd_BUG_ON(!substream->ops->copy && !substream->ops->copy_user && !runtime->dma_area))
                return -EINVAL;
        if (runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
                return -EBADFD;
                        transfer = fill_silence;
                else
                        return -EINVAL;
-       } else if (in_kernel) {
-               if (substream->ops->copy_kernel)
-                       transfer = substream->ops->copy_kernel;
-               else
-                       transfer = is_playback ?
-                               default_write_copy_kernel : default_read_copy_kernel;
        } else {
-               if (substream->ops->copy_user)
-                       transfer = (pcm_transfer_f)substream->ops->copy_user;
+               if (substream->ops->copy)
+                       transfer = substream->ops->copy;
+               else if ((in_kernel && substream->ops->copy_kernel) ||
+                        (!in_kernel && substream->ops->copy_user))
+                       transfer = call_old_copy;
                else
                        transfer = is_playback ?
                                default_write_copy : default_read_copy;
                if (!is_playback)
                        snd_pcm_dma_buffer_sync(substream, SNDRV_DMA_SYNC_CPU);
                err = writer(substream, appl_ofs, data, offset, frames,
-                            transfer);
+                            transfer, in_kernel);
                if (is_playback)
                        snd_pcm_dma_buffer_sync(substream, SNDRV_DMA_SYNC_DEVICE);
                snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq(substream);