diff --git a/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs b/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs
index da13d4b6b0dbf7..49dcdc589f2a92 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/file_operations.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ use core::{marker, mem, ops::Deref, pin::Pin, ptr};
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use alloc::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::bindings;
-use crate::c_types;
-use crate::error::{Error, KernelResult};
-use crate::sync::{CondVar, Ref, RefCounted};
-use crate::user_ptr::{UserSlicePtr, UserSlicePtrReader, UserSlicePtrWriter};
+use crate::{
+    bindings, c_types,
+    error::{Error, KernelResult},
+    io_buffer::{IoBufferReader, IoBufferWriter},
+    sync::{CondVar, Ref, RefCounted},
+    user_ptr::{UserSlicePtr, UserSlicePtrReader, UserSlicePtrWriter},
+};
 
 /// Wraps the kernel's `struct file`.
 ///
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn write_callback<T: FileOperations>(
         let f = &*((*file).private_data as *const T);
         // No `FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET` support, so `offset` must be in [0, 2^63).
         // See discussion in https://github.com/fishinabarrel/linux-kernel-module-rust/pull/113
-        let written = f.write(&mut data, (*offset).try_into()?)?;
+        let written = f.write(&File::from_ptr(file), &mut data, (*offset).try_into()?)?;
         (*offset) += bindings::loff_t::try_from(written).unwrap();
         Ok(written as _)
     }
@@ -548,22 +550,27 @@ pub trait FileOperations: Send + Sync + Sized {
     /// Corresponds to the `release` function pointer in `struct file_operations`.
     fn release(_obj: Self::Wrapper, _file: &File) {}
 
-    /// Reads data from this file to userspace.
+    /// Reads data from this file to the caller's buffer.
     ///
-    /// Corresponds to the `read` function pointer in `struct file_operations`.
-    fn read(
+    /// Corresponds to the `read` and `read_iter` function pointers in `struct file_operations`.
+    fn read<T: IoBufferWriter>(
         &self,
         _file: &File,
-        _data: &mut UserSlicePtrWriter,
+        _data: &mut T,
         _offset: u64,
     ) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         Err(Error::EINVAL)
     }
 
-    /// Writes data from userspace to this file.
+    /// Writes data from the caller's buffer to this file.
     ///
-    /// Corresponds to the `write` function pointer in `struct file_operations`.
-    fn write(&self, _data: &mut UserSlicePtrReader, _offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
+    /// Corresponds to the `write` and `write_iter` function pointers in `struct file_operations`.
+    fn write<T: IoBufferReader>(
+        &self,
+        _file: &File,
+        _data: &mut T,
+        _offset: u64,
+    ) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         Err(Error::EINVAL)
     }
 
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_miscdev.rs b/samples/rust/rust_miscdev.rs
index 01f5c6d0e4e553..944da811f4c164 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_miscdev.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_miscdev.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use kernel::{
     io_buffer::{IoBufferReader, IoBufferWriter},
     miscdev,
     sync::{CondVar, Mutex},
-    user_ptr::{UserSlicePtrReader, UserSlicePtrWriter},
     Error,
 };
 
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ impl FileOperations for Token {
 
     kernel::declare_file_operations!(read, write);
 
-    fn read(&self, _: &File, data: &mut UserSlicePtrWriter, offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
+    fn read<T: IoBufferWriter>(&self, _: &File, data: &mut T, offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         // Succeed if the caller doesn't provide a buffer or if not at the start.
         if data.is_empty() || offset != 0 {
             return Ok(0);
@@ -102,7 +101,12 @@ impl FileOperations for Token {
         Ok(1)
     }
 
-    fn write(&self, data: &mut UserSlicePtrReader, _offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
+    fn write<T: IoBufferReader>(
+        &self,
+        _: &File,
+        data: &mut T,
+        _offset: u64,
+    ) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         {
             let mut inner = self.shared.inner.lock();
 
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_random.rs b/samples/rust/rust_random.rs
index c4cc7d0f18027e..bc2335c854faf4 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_random.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_random.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use kernel::{
     file_operations::{File, FileOperations},
     io_buffer::{IoBufferReader, IoBufferWriter},
     prelude::*,
-    user_ptr::{UserSlicePtrReader, UserSlicePtrWriter},
 };
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -21,7 +20,12 @@ struct RandomFile;
 impl FileOperations for RandomFile {
     kernel::declare_file_operations!(read, write);
 
-    fn read(&self, file: &File, buf: &mut UserSlicePtrWriter, _offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
+    fn read<T: IoBufferWriter>(
+        &self,
+        file: &File,
+        buf: &mut T,
+        _offset: u64,
+    ) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         let total_len = buf.len();
         let mut chunkbuf = [0; 256];
 
@@ -39,7 +43,12 @@ impl FileOperations for RandomFile {
         Ok(total_len)
     }
 
-    fn write(&self, buf: &mut UserSlicePtrReader, _offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
+    fn write<T: IoBufferReader>(
+        &self,
+        _file: &File,
+        buf: &mut T,
+        _offset: u64,
+    ) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         let total_len = buf.len();
         let mut chunkbuf = [0; 256];
         while !buf.is_empty() {
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_semaphore.rs b/samples/rust/rust_semaphore.rs
index 556c3eadb984ec..83b163f647f20c 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_semaphore.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_semaphore.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl FileOperations for FileState {
 
     declare_file_operations!(read, write, ioctl);
 
-    fn read(&self, _: &File, data: &mut UserSlicePtrWriter, offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
+    fn read<T: IoBufferWriter>(&self, _: &File, data: &mut T, offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         if data.is_empty() || offset > 0 {
             return Ok(0);
         }
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ impl FileOperations for FileState {
         Ok(1)
     }
 
-    fn write(&self, data: &mut UserSlicePtrReader, _offset: u64) -> KernelResult<usize> {
+    fn write<T: IoBufferReader>(
+        &self,
+        _: &File,
+        data: &mut T,
+        _offset: u64,
+    ) -> KernelResult<usize> {
         {
             let mut inner = self.shared.inner.lock();
             inner.count = inner.count.saturating_add(data.len());