diff --git a/fs/netfs/misc.c b/fs/netfs/misc.c
index 4249715f4171..01a6ba0e2f82 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/misc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,101 @@
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+/**
+ * netfs_alloc_folioq_buffer - Allocate buffer space into a folio queue
+ * @mapping: Address space to set on the folio (or NULL).
+ * @_buffer: Pointer to the folio queue to add to (may point to a NULL; updated).
+ * @_cur_size: Current size of the buffer (updated).
+ * @size: Target size of the buffer.
+ * @gfp: The allocation constraints.
+ */
+int netfs_alloc_folioq_buffer(struct address_space *mapping,
+			      struct folio_queue **_buffer,
+			      size_t *_cur_size, ssize_t size, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct folio_queue *tail = *_buffer, *p;
+
+	size = round_up(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (*_cur_size >= size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (tail)
+		while (tail->next)
+			tail = tail->next;
+
+	do {
+		struct folio *folio;
+		int order = 0, slot;
+
+		if (!tail || folioq_full(tail)) {
+			p = netfs_folioq_alloc(0, GFP_NOFS, netfs_trace_folioq_alloc_buffer);
+			if (!p)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			if (tail) {
+				tail->next = p;
+				p->prev = tail;
+			} else {
+				*_buffer = p;
+			}
+			tail = p;
+		}
+
+		if (size - *_cur_size > PAGE_SIZE)
+			order = umin(ilog2(size - *_cur_size) - PAGE_SHIFT,
+				     MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER);
+
+		folio = folio_alloc(gfp, order);
+		if (!folio && order > 0)
+			folio = folio_alloc(gfp, 0);
+		if (!folio)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		folio->mapping = mapping;
+		folio->index = *_cur_size / PAGE_SIZE;
+		trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_alloc_buffer);
+		slot = folioq_append_mark(tail, folio);
+		*_cur_size += folioq_folio_size(tail, slot);
+	} while (*_cur_size < size);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_alloc_folioq_buffer);
+
+/**
+ * netfs_free_folioq_buffer - Free a folio queue.
+ * @fq: The start of the folio queue to free
+ *
+ * Free up a chain of folio_queues and, if marked, the marked folios they point
+ * to.
+ */
+void netfs_free_folioq_buffer(struct folio_queue *fq)
+{
+	struct folio_queue *next;
+	struct folio_batch fbatch;
+
+	folio_batch_init(&fbatch);
+
+	for (; fq; fq = next) {
+		for (int slot = 0; slot < folioq_count(fq); slot++) {
+			struct folio *folio = folioq_folio(fq, slot);
+			if (!folio ||
+			    !folioq_is_marked(fq, slot))
+				continue;
+
+			trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_put);
+			if (folio_batch_add(&fbatch, folio))
+				folio_batch_release(&fbatch);
+		}
+
+		netfs_stat_d(&netfs_n_folioq);
+		next = fq->next;
+		kfree(fq);
+	}
+
+	folio_batch_release(&fbatch);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_free_folioq_buffer);
+
 /*
  * Reset the subrequest iterator to refer just to the region remaining to be
  * read.  The iterator may or may not have been advanced by socket ops or
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index 738c9c8763f0..921cfcfc62f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -458,6 +458,12 @@ struct folio_queue *netfs_folioq_alloc(unsigned int rreq_id, gfp_t gfp,
 void netfs_folioq_free(struct folio_queue *folioq,
 		       unsigned int /*enum netfs_trace_folioq*/ trace);
 
+/* Buffer wrangling helpers API. */
+int netfs_alloc_folioq_buffer(struct address_space *mapping,
+			      struct folio_queue **_buffer,
+			      size_t *_cur_size, ssize_t size, gfp_t gfp);
+void netfs_free_folioq_buffer(struct folio_queue *fq);
+
 /**
  * netfs_inode - Get the netfs inode context from the inode
  * @inode: The inode to query
diff --git a/include/trace/events/netfs.h b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
index 7c3c866ae183..167c89bc62e0 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/netfs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 	EM(netfs_streaming_filled_page,		"mod-streamw-f") \
 	EM(netfs_streaming_cont_filled_page,	"mod-streamw-f+") \
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_abandon,		"abandon")	\
+	EM(netfs_folio_trace_alloc_buffer,	"alloc-buf")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_cancel_copy,	"cancel-copy")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_cancel_store,	"cancel-store")	\
 	EM(netfs_folio_trace_clear,		"clear")	\
@@ -195,10 +196,7 @@
 	E_(netfs_trace_donate_to_deferred_next,	"defer-next")
 
 #define netfs_folioq_traces					\
-	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_alloc_append_folio, "alloc-apf")	\
-	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_alloc_read_prep,	"alloc-r-prep")	\
-	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_alloc_read_prime,	"alloc-r-prime") \
-	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_alloc_read_sing,	"alloc-r-sing")	\
+	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_alloc_buffer,	"alloc-buf")	\
 	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_clear,		"clear")	\
 	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_delete,		"delete")	\
 	EM(netfs_trace_folioq_make_space,	"make-space")	\