diff --git a/fs/netfs/iterator.c b/fs/netfs/iterator.c
index 2ff07ba655a0..b781bbbf1d8d 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/iterator.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/iterator.c
@@ -101,3 +101,100 @@ ssize_t netfs_extract_user_iter(struct iov_iter *orig, size_t orig_len,
 	return npages;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netfs_extract_user_iter);
+
+/*
+ * Select the span of a bvec iterator we're going to use.  Limit it by both maximum
+ * size and maximum number of segments.  Returns the size of the span in bytes.
+ */
+static size_t netfs_limit_bvec(const struct iov_iter *iter, size_t start_offset,
+			       size_t max_size, size_t max_segs)
+{
+	const struct bio_vec *bvecs = iter->bvec;
+	unsigned int nbv = iter->nr_segs, ix = 0, nsegs = 0;
+	size_t len, span = 0, n = iter->count;
+	size_t skip = iter->iov_offset + start_offset;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!iov_iter_is_bvec(iter)) ||
+	    WARN_ON(start_offset > n) ||
+	    n == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (n && ix < nbv && skip) {
+		len = bvecs[ix].bv_len;
+		if (skip < len)
+			break;
+		skip -= len;
+		n -= len;
+		ix++;
+	}
+
+	while (n && ix < nbv) {
+		len = min3(n, bvecs[ix].bv_len - skip, max_size);
+		span += len;
+		nsegs++;
+		ix++;
+		if (span >= max_size || nsegs >= max_segs)
+			break;
+		skip = 0;
+		n -= len;
+	}
+
+	return min(span, max_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Select the span of an xarray iterator we're going to use.  Limit it by both
+ * maximum size and maximum number of segments.  It is assumed that segments
+ * can be larger than a page in size, provided they're physically contiguous.
+ * Returns the size of the span in bytes.
+ */
+static size_t netfs_limit_xarray(const struct iov_iter *iter, size_t start_offset,
+				 size_t max_size, size_t max_segs)
+{
+	struct folio *folio;
+	unsigned int nsegs = 0;
+	loff_t pos = iter->xarray_start + iter->iov_offset;
+	pgoff_t index = pos / PAGE_SIZE;
+	size_t span = 0, n = iter->count;
+
+	XA_STATE(xas, iter->xarray, index);
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!iov_iter_is_xarray(iter)) ||
+	    WARN_ON(start_offset > n) ||
+	    n == 0)
+		return 0;
+	max_size = min(max_size, n - start_offset);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	xas_for_each(&xas, folio, ULONG_MAX) {
+		size_t offset, flen, len;
+		if (xas_retry(&xas, folio))
+			continue;
+		if (WARN_ON(xa_is_value(folio)))
+			break;
+		if (WARN_ON(folio_test_hugetlb(folio)))
+			break;
+
+		flen = folio_size(folio);
+		offset = offset_in_folio(folio, pos);
+		len = min(max_size, flen - offset);
+		span += len;
+		nsegs++;
+		if (span >= max_size || nsegs >= max_segs)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return min(span, max_size);
+}
+
+size_t netfs_limit_iter(const struct iov_iter *iter, size_t start_offset,
+			size_t max_size, size_t max_segs)
+{
+	if (iov_iter_is_bvec(iter))
+		return netfs_limit_bvec(iter, start_offset, max_size, max_segs);
+	if (iov_iter_is_xarray(iter))
+		return netfs_limit_xarray(iter, start_offset, max_size, max_segs);
+	BUG();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_limit_iter);
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index c05365e3f428..d673d0785b9d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ void netfs_put_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 ssize_t netfs_extract_user_iter(struct iov_iter *orig, size_t orig_len,
 				struct iov_iter *new,
 				iov_iter_extraction_t extraction_flags);
+size_t netfs_limit_iter(const struct iov_iter *iter, size_t start_offset,
+			size_t max_size, size_t max_segs);
 
 int netfs_start_io_read(struct inode *inode);
 void netfs_end_io_read(struct inode *inode);