diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index e50a460..5d3eda6 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -231,8 +231,9 @@
 }
 
 static int
-__generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-			   size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+__generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			   struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			   unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = in->f_mapping;
 	unsigned int offset, nr_pages;
@@ -241,8 +242,8 @@
 	pgoff_t index;
 	int i, error;
 
-	index = in->f_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	offset = in->f_pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	offset = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	nr_pages = (len + offset + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
 	if (nr_pages > PIPE_BUFFERS)
@@ -348,8 +349,9 @@
  *
  * Will read pages from given file and fill them into a pipe.
  */
-ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-				 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+				 unsigned int flags)
 {
 	ssize_t spliced;
 	int ret;
@@ -358,12 +360,12 @@
 	spliced = 0;
 
 	while (len) {
-		ret = __generic_file_splice_read(in, pipe, len, flags);
+		ret = __generic_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 
 		if (ret <= 0)
 			break;
 
-		in->f_pos += ret;
+		*ppos += ret;
 		len -= ret;
 		spliced += ret;
 
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@
  * to the wanted destination. See pipe_to_file/pipe_to_sendpage above.
  */
 static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-			      size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+			      loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
 			      splice_actor *actor)
 {
 	int ret, do_wakeup, err;
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@
 	sd.total_len = len;
 	sd.flags = flags;
 	sd.file = out;
-	sd.pos = out->f_pos;
+	sd.pos = *ppos;
 
 	if (pipe->inode)
 		mutex_lock(&pipe->inode->i_mutex);
@@ -656,9 +658,7 @@
 		kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_writers, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
 	}
 
-	out->f_pos = sd.pos;
 	return ret;
-
 }
 
 /**
@@ -674,12 +674,12 @@
  */
 ssize_t
 generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-			  size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+			  loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	ret = move_from_pipe(pipe, out, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
+	ret = move_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
 
 	/*
 	 * If file or inode is SYNC and we actually wrote some data, sync it.
@@ -715,9 +715,9 @@
  *
  */
 ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-				size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+				loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	return move_from_pipe(pipe, out, len, flags, pipe_to_sendpage);
+	return move_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_sendpage);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_splice_sendpage);
@@ -726,9 +726,8 @@
  * Attempt to initiate a splice from pipe to file.
  */
 static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-			   size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+			   loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	loff_t pos;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!out->f_op || !out->f_op->splice_write))
@@ -737,22 +736,21 @@
 	if (unlikely(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	pos = out->f_pos;
-
-	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out, &pos, len);
+	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out, ppos, len);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		return ret;
 
-	return out->f_op->splice_write(pipe, out, len, flags);
+	return out->f_op->splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
 }
 
 /*
  * Attempt to initiate a splice from a file to a pipe.
  */
-static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-			 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			 unsigned int flags)
 {
-	loff_t pos, isize, left;
+	loff_t isize, left;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(!in->f_op || !in->f_op->splice_read))
@@ -761,28 +759,27 @@
 	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	pos = in->f_pos;
-
-	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, in, &pos, len);
+	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, in, ppos, len);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		return ret;
 
 	isize = i_size_read(in->f_mapping->host);
-	if (unlikely(in->f_pos >= isize))
+	if (unlikely(*ppos >= isize))
 		return 0;
 	
-	left = isize - in->f_pos;
+	left = isize - *ppos;
 	if (unlikely(left < len))
 		len = left;
 
-	return in->f_op->splice_read(in, pipe, len, flags);
+	return in->f_op->splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 }
 
-long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
-		      unsigned int flags)
+long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+		      size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	long ret, bytes;
+	loff_t out_off;
 	umode_t i_mode;
 	int i;
 
@@ -820,6 +817,7 @@
 	 */
 	ret = 0;
 	bytes = 0;
+	out_off = 0;
 
 	while (len) {
 		size_t read_len, max_read_len;
@@ -829,7 +827,7 @@
 		 */
 		max_read_len = min(len, (size_t)(PIPE_BUFFERS*PAGE_SIZE));
 
-		ret = do_splice_to(in, pipe, max_read_len, flags);
+		ret = do_splice_to(in, ppos, pipe, max_read_len, flags);
 		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 			goto out_release;
 
@@ -840,7 +838,7 @@
 		 * must not do the output in nonblocking mode as then we
 		 * could get stuck data in the internal pipe:
 		 */
-		ret = do_splice_from(pipe, out, read_len,
+		ret = do_splice_from(pipe, out, &out_off, read_len,
 				     flags & ~SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK);
 		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 			goto out_release;
@@ -898,6 +896,7 @@
 		      size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
+	loff_t offset, *off;
 
 	pipe = in->f_dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
 	if (pipe) {
@@ -906,12 +905,13 @@
 		if (off_out) {
 			if (out->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
 				return -EINVAL;
-			if (copy_from_user(&out->f_pos, off_out,
-					   sizeof(loff_t)))
+			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_out, sizeof(loff_t)))
 				return -EFAULT;
-		}
+			off = &offset;
+		} else
+			off = &out->f_pos;
 
-		return do_splice_from(pipe, out, len, flags);
+		return do_splice_from(pipe, out, off, len, flags);
 	}
 
 	pipe = out->f_dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
@@ -921,11 +921,13 @@
 		if (off_in) {
 			if (in->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
 				return -EINVAL;
-			if (copy_from_user(&in->f_pos, off_in, sizeof(loff_t)))
+			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_in, sizeof(loff_t)))
 				return -EFAULT;
-		}
+			off = &offset;
+		} else
+			off = &in->f_pos;
 
-		return do_splice_to(in, pipe, len, flags);
+		return do_splice_to(in, off, pipe, len, flags);
 	}
 
 	return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 269721a..c847416 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
 STATIC ssize_t
 xfs_file_splice_read(
 	struct file		*infilp,
+	loff_t			*ppos,
 	struct pipe_inode_info	*pipe,
 	size_t			len,
 	unsigned int		flags)
@@ -259,13 +260,14 @@
 	vnode_t			*vp = vn_from_inode(infilp->f_dentry->d_inode);
 	ssize_t			rval;
 
-	VOP_SPLICE_READ(vp, infilp, pipe, len, flags, 0, NULL, rval);
+	VOP_SPLICE_READ(vp, infilp, ppos, pipe, len, flags, 0, NULL, rval);
 	return rval;
 }
 
 STATIC ssize_t
 xfs_file_splice_read_invis(
 	struct file		*infilp,
+	loff_t			*ppos,
 	struct pipe_inode_info	*pipe,
 	size_t			len,
 	unsigned int		flags)
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@
 	vnode_t			*vp = vn_from_inode(infilp->f_dentry->d_inode);
 	ssize_t			rval;
 
-	VOP_SPLICE_READ(vp, infilp, pipe, len, flags, IO_INVIS, NULL, rval);
+	VOP_SPLICE_READ(vp, infilp, ppos, pipe, len, flags, IO_INVIS, NULL, rval);
 	return rval;
 }
 
@@ -281,13 +283,14 @@
 xfs_file_splice_write(
 	struct pipe_inode_info	*pipe,
 	struct file		*outfilp,
+	loff_t			*ppos,
 	size_t			len,
 	unsigned int		flags)
 {
 	vnode_t			*vp = vn_from_inode(outfilp->f_dentry->d_inode);
 	ssize_t			rval;
 
-	VOP_SPLICE_WRITE(vp, pipe, outfilp, len, flags, 0, NULL, rval);
+	VOP_SPLICE_WRITE(vp, pipe, outfilp, ppos, len, flags, 0, NULL, rval);
 	return rval;
 }
 
@@ -295,13 +298,14 @@
 xfs_file_splice_write_invis(
 	struct pipe_inode_info	*pipe,
 	struct file		*outfilp,
+	loff_t			*ppos,
 	size_t			len,
 	unsigned int		flags)
 {
 	vnode_t			*vp = vn_from_inode(outfilp->f_dentry->d_inode);
 	ssize_t			rval;
 
-	VOP_SPLICE_WRITE(vp, pipe, outfilp, len, flags, IO_INVIS, NULL, rval);
+	VOP_SPLICE_WRITE(vp, pipe, outfilp, ppos, len, flags, IO_INVIS, NULL, rval);
 	return rval;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
index 74a5293..67efe33 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
 xfs_splice_read(
 	bhv_desc_t		*bdp,
 	struct file		*infilp,
+	loff_t			*ppos,
 	struct pipe_inode_info	*pipe,
 	size_t			count,
 	int			flags,
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@
 		int error;
 
 		error = XFS_SEND_DATA(mp, DM_EVENT_READ, BHV_TO_VNODE(bdp),
-					infilp->f_pos, count,
+					*ppos, count,
 					FILP_DELAY_FLAG(infilp), &locktype);
 		if (error) {
 			xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
@@ -368,8 +369,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 	xfs_rw_enter_trace(XFS_SPLICE_READ_ENTER, &ip->i_iocore,
-			   pipe, count, infilp->f_pos, ioflags);
-	ret = generic_file_splice_read(infilp, pipe, count, flags);
+			   pipe, count, *ppos, ioflags);
+	ret = generic_file_splice_read(infilp, ppos, pipe, count, flags);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		XFS_STATS_ADD(xs_read_bytes, ret);
 
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@
 	bhv_desc_t		*bdp,
 	struct pipe_inode_info	*pipe,
 	struct file		*outfilp,
+	loff_t			*ppos,
 	size_t			count,
 	int			flags,
 	int			ioflags,
@@ -403,7 +405,7 @@
 		int error;
 
 		error = XFS_SEND_DATA(mp, DM_EVENT_WRITE, BHV_TO_VNODE(bdp),
-					outfilp->f_pos, count,
+					*ppos, count,
 					FILP_DELAY_FLAG(outfilp), &locktype);
 		if (error) {
 			xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
@@ -411,8 +413,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 	xfs_rw_enter_trace(XFS_SPLICE_WRITE_ENTER, &ip->i_iocore,
-			   pipe, count, outfilp->f_pos, ioflags);
-	ret = generic_file_splice_write(pipe, outfilp, count, flags);
+			   pipe, count, *ppos, ioflags);
+	ret = generic_file_splice_write(pipe, outfilp, ppos, count, flags);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		XFS_STATS_ADD(xs_write_bytes, ret);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h
index 55c689a..8f45399 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@
 extern ssize_t xfs_sendfile(struct bhv_desc *, struct file *,
 				loff_t *, int, size_t, read_actor_t,
 				void *, struct cred *);
-extern ssize_t xfs_splice_read(struct bhv_desc *, struct file *,
+extern ssize_t xfs_splice_read(struct bhv_desc *, struct file *, loff_t *,
 				struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, int, int,
 				struct cred *);
 extern ssize_t xfs_splice_write(struct bhv_desc *, struct pipe_inode_info *,
-				struct file *, size_t, int, int,
+				struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, int, int,
 				struct cred *);
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_LRW_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
index 88b09f1..2a8e16c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_vnode.h
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@
 typedef ssize_t (*vop_sendfile_t)(bhv_desc_t *, struct file *,
 				loff_t *, int, size_t, read_actor_t,
 				void *, struct cred *);
-typedef ssize_t (*vop_splice_read_t)(bhv_desc_t *, struct file *,
+typedef ssize_t (*vop_splice_read_t)(bhv_desc_t *, struct file *, loff_t *,
 				struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, int, int,
 				struct cred *);
 typedef ssize_t (*vop_splice_write_t)(bhv_desc_t *, struct pipe_inode_info *,
-				struct file *, size_t, int, int,
+				struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, int, int,
 				struct cred *);
 typedef int	(*vop_ioctl_t)(bhv_desc_t *, struct inode *, struct file *,
 				int, unsigned int, void __user *);
@@ -284,10 +284,10 @@
 	rv = _VOP_(vop_write, vp)((vp)->v_fbhv,file,iov,segs,offset,ioflags,cr)
 #define VOP_SENDFILE(vp,f,off,ioflags,cnt,act,targ,cr,rv)		\
 	rv = _VOP_(vop_sendfile, vp)((vp)->v_fbhv,f,off,ioflags,cnt,act,targ,cr)
-#define VOP_SPLICE_READ(vp,f,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr,rv)			\
-	rv = _VOP_(vop_splice_read, vp)((vp)->v_fbhv,f,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr)
-#define VOP_SPLICE_WRITE(vp,f,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr,rv)			\
-	rv = _VOP_(vop_splice_write, vp)((vp)->v_fbhv,f,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr)
+#define VOP_SPLICE_READ(vp,f,o,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr,rv)			\
+	rv = _VOP_(vop_splice_read, vp)((vp)->v_fbhv,f,o,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr)
+#define VOP_SPLICE_WRITE(vp,f,o,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr,rv)			\
+	rv = _VOP_(vop_splice_write, vp)((vp)->v_fbhv,f,o,pipe,cnt,fl,iofl,cr)
 #define VOP_BMAP(vp,of,sz,rw,b,n,rv)					\
 	rv = _VOP_(vop_bmap, vp)((vp)->v_fbhv,of,sz,rw,b,n)
 #define VOP_OPEN(vp, cr, rv)						\
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 162c6e5..3de2bfb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1039,8 +1039,8 @@
 	int (*check_flags)(int);
 	int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg);
 	int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
-	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int);
-	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
+	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
+	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 };
 
 struct inode_operations {
@@ -1613,13 +1613,13 @@
 				    loff_t *, read_descriptor_t *, read_actor_t);
 
 /* fs/splice.c */
-extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *,
+extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *, loff_t *,
 		struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
-		struct file *, size_t, unsigned int);
+		struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-		struct file *out, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
-extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, struct file *out,
+		struct file *out, loff_t *, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 		size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
 extern void