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diff --git a/lib/iovec.c b/lib/iovec.c
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+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+
+/*
+ *	Copy iovec to kernel. Returns -EFAULT on error.
+ *
+ *	Note: this modifies the original iovec.
+ */
+
+int memcpy_fromiovec(unsigned char *kdata, struct iovec *iov, int len)
+{
+	while (len > 0) {
+		if (iov->iov_len) {
+			int copy = min_t(unsigned int, len, iov->iov_len);
+			if (copy_from_user(kdata, iov->iov_base, copy))
+				return -EFAULT;
+			len -= copy;
+			kdata += copy;
+			iov->iov_base += copy;
+			iov->iov_len -= copy;
+		}
+		iov++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_fromiovec);
+
+/*
+ *	Copy kernel to iovec. Returns -EFAULT on error.
+ *
+ *	Note: this modifies the original iovec.
+ */
+
+int memcpy_toiovec(struct iovec *iov, unsigned char *kdata, int len)
+{
+	while (len > 0) {
+		if (iov->iov_len) {
+			int copy = min_t(unsigned int, iov->iov_len, len);
+			if (copy_to_user(iov->iov_base, kdata, copy))
+				return -EFAULT;
+			kdata += copy;
+			len -= copy;
+			iov->iov_len -= copy;
+			iov->iov_base += copy;
+		}
+		iov++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy_toiovec);