diff --git a/library/std/src/io/copy.rs b/library/std/src/io/copy.rs
index d060ad528973f..2b558efb8885e 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/copy.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/copy.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::cmp;
 use crate::collections::VecDeque;
 use crate::io::IoSlice;
 use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use crate::sys::io::{CopyState, kernel_copy};
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
@@ -63,19 +64,17 @@ where
     R: Read,
     W: Write,
 {
-    cfg_select! {
-        any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android") => {
-            crate::sys::kernel_copy::copy_spec(reader, writer)
-        }
-        _ => {
-            generic_copy(reader, writer)
+    match kernel_copy(reader, writer)? {
+        CopyState::Ended(copied) => Ok(copied),
+        CopyState::Fallback(copied) => {
+            generic_copy(reader, writer).map(|additional| copied + additional)
         }
     }
 }
 
 /// The userspace read-write-loop implementation of `io::copy` that is used when
 /// OS-specific specializations for copy offloading are not available or not applicable.
-pub(crate) fn generic_copy<R: ?Sized, W: ?Sized>(reader: &mut R, writer: &mut W) -> Result<u64>
+fn generic_copy<R: ?Sized, W: ?Sized>(reader: &mut R, writer: &mut W) -> Result<u64>
 where
     R: Read,
     W: Write,
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ impl BufferedWriterSpec for Vec<u8> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn stack_buffer_copy<R: Read + ?Sized, W: Write + ?Sized>(
+fn stack_buffer_copy<R: Read + ?Sized, W: Write + ?Sized>(
     reader: &mut R,
     writer: &mut W,
 ) -> Result<u64> {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
index 64f5a6b36d3db..5e2fa5fd55563 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cfg_select! {
         pub use unix::chroot;
         pub(crate) use unix::debug_assert_fd_is_open;
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
-        pub(crate) use unix::CachedFileMetadata;
+        pub(super) use unix::CachedFileMetadata;
         use crate::sys::common::small_c_string::run_path_with_cstr as with_native_path;
     }
     target_os = "windows" => {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs
index 33a1e7ff5e40e..c0070f2dc7b8b 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ mod cfm {
     }
 }
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
-pub(crate) use cfm::CachedFileMetadata;
+pub(in crate::sys) use cfm::CachedFileMetadata;
 
 #[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
 pub fn copy(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> io::Result<u64> {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/kernel_copy.rs b/library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/linux.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/kernel_copy.rs
rename to library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/linux.rs
index b984afa149d06..1c00d317f2a52 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/kernel_copy.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/linux.rs
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ use libc::sendfile as sendfile64;
 use libc::sendfile64;
 use libc::{EBADF, EINVAL, ENOSYS, EOPNOTSUPP, EOVERFLOW, EPERM, EXDEV};
 
+use super::CopyState;
 use crate::cmp::min;
 use crate::fs::{File, Metadata};
-use crate::io::copy::generic_copy;
 use crate::io::{
     BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Error, PipeReader, PipeWriter, Read, Result, StderrLock,
     StdinLock, StdoutLock, Take, Write,
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ use crate::sys::weak::syscall;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 
-pub(crate) fn copy_spec<R: Read + ?Sized, W: Write + ?Sized>(
+pub fn kernel_copy<R: Read + ?Sized, W: Write + ?Sized>(
     read: &mut R,
     write: &mut W,
-) -> Result<u64> {
+) -> Result<CopyState> {
     let copier = Copier { read, write };
     SpecCopy::copy(copier)
 }
@@ -176,17 +176,17 @@ struct Copier<'a, 'b, R: Read + ?Sized, W: Write + ?Sized> {
 }
 
 trait SpecCopy {
-    fn copy(self) -> Result<u64>;
+    fn copy(self) -> Result<CopyState>;
 }
 
 impl<R: Read + ?Sized, W: Write + ?Sized> SpecCopy for Copier<'_, '_, R, W> {
-    default fn copy(self) -> Result<u64> {
-        generic_copy(self.read, self.write)
+    default fn copy(self) -> Result<CopyState> {
+        Ok(CopyState::Fallback(0))
     }
 }
 
 impl<R: CopyRead, W: CopyWrite> SpecCopy for Copier<'_, '_, R, W> {
-    fn copy(self) -> Result<u64> {
+    fn copy(self) -> Result<CopyState> {
         let (reader, writer) = (self.read, self.write);
         let r_cfg = reader.properties();
         let w_cfg = writer.properties();
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ impl<R: CopyRead, W: CopyWrite> SpecCopy for Copier<'_, '_, R, W> {
                 result.update_take(reader);
 
                 match result {
-                    CopyResult::Ended(bytes_copied) => return Ok(bytes_copied + written),
+                    CopyResult::Ended(bytes_copied) => {
+                        return Ok(CopyState::Ended(bytes_copied + written));
+                    }
                     CopyResult::Error(e, _) => return Err(e),
                     CopyResult::Fallback(bytes) => written += bytes,
                 }
@@ -231,7 +233,9 @@ impl<R: CopyRead, W: CopyWrite> SpecCopy for Copier<'_, '_, R, W> {
                 result.update_take(reader);
 
                 match result {
-                    CopyResult::Ended(bytes_copied) => return Ok(bytes_copied + written),
+                    CopyResult::Ended(bytes_copied) => {
+                        return Ok(CopyState::Ended(bytes_copied + written));
+                    }
                     CopyResult::Error(e, _) => return Err(e),
                     CopyResult::Fallback(bytes) => written += bytes,
                 }
@@ -244,7 +248,9 @@ impl<R: CopyRead, W: CopyWrite> SpecCopy for Copier<'_, '_, R, W> {
                 result.update_take(reader);
 
                 match result {
-                    CopyResult::Ended(bytes_copied) => return Ok(bytes_copied + written),
+                    CopyResult::Ended(bytes_copied) => {
+                        return Ok(CopyState::Ended(bytes_copied + written));
+                    }
                     CopyResult::Error(e, _) => return Err(e),
                     CopyResult::Fallback(0) => { /* use the fallback below */ }
                     CopyResult::Fallback(_) => {
@@ -255,10 +261,7 @@ impl<R: CopyRead, W: CopyWrite> SpecCopy for Copier<'_, '_, R, W> {
         }
 
         // fallback if none of the more specialized syscalls wants to work with these file descriptors
-        match generic_copy(reader, writer) {
-            Ok(bytes) => Ok(bytes + written),
-            err => err,
-        }
+        Ok(CopyState::Fallback(written))
     }
 }
 
@@ -558,7 +561,7 @@ fn fd_to_meta<T: AsRawFd>(fd: &T) -> FdMeta {
     }
 }
 
-pub(super) enum CopyResult {
+enum CopyResult {
     Ended(u64),
     Error(Error, u64),
     Fallback(u64),
@@ -587,7 +590,7 @@ const INVALID_FD: RawFd = -1;
 /// Callers must handle fallback to a generic copy loop.
 /// `Fallback` may indicate non-zero number of bytes already written
 /// if one of the files' cursor +`max_len` would exceed u64::MAX (`EOVERFLOW`).
-pub(super) fn copy_regular_files(reader: RawFd, writer: RawFd, max_len: u64) -> CopyResult {
+fn copy_regular_files(reader: RawFd, writer: RawFd, max_len: u64) -> CopyResult {
     use crate::cmp;
 
     const NOT_PROBED: u8 = 0;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/kernel_copy/tests.rs b/library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/linux/tests.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/kernel_copy/tests.rs
rename to library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/linux/tests.rs
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a89279412cf7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/io/kernel_copy/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+pub enum CopyState {
+    #[cfg_attr(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")), expect(dead_code))]
+    Ended(u64),
+    Fallback(u64),
+}
+
+cfg_select! {
+    any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android") => {
+        mod linux;
+        pub use linux::kernel_copy;
+    }
+    _ => {
+        use crate::io::{Result, Read, Write};
+
+        pub fn kernel_copy<R: ?Sized, W: ?Sized>(_reader: &mut R, _writer: &mut W) -> Result<CopyState>
+        where
+            R: Read,
+            W: Write,
+        {
+            Ok(CopyState::Fallback(0))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/io/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/io/mod.rs
index fe8ec1dbb7325..acd8acb7be85d 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/io/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/io/mod.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ mod is_terminal {
     }
 }
 
+mod kernel_copy;
+
 pub use io_slice::{IoSlice, IoSliceMut};
 pub use is_terminal::is_terminal;
+pub use kernel_copy::{CopyState, kernel_copy};
 
 // Bare metal platforms usually have very small amounts of RAM
 // (in the order of hundreds of KB)
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs
index dd1059fe04a2d..22cac09f3d0dc 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ pub mod weak;
 #[cfg(target_os = "fuchsia")]
 pub mod fuchsia;
 pub mod futex;
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
-pub mod kernel_copy;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub mod linux;
 pub mod os;
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/pal.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/pal.rs
index cefad7d9596a6..145b97dc14976 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/pal.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/pal.rs
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@ const EXCEPTION_PATHS: &[&str] = &[
     "library/std/src/os",  // Platform-specific public interfaces
     // Temporary `std` exceptions
     // FIXME: platform-specific code should be moved to `sys`
-    "library/std/src/io/copy.rs",
     "library/std/src/io/stdio.rs",
     "library/std/src/lib.rs", // for miniz_oxide leaking docs, which itself workaround
     "library/std/src/path.rs",
-    "library/std/src/sys_common", // Should only contain abstractions over platforms
-    "library/std/src/net/test.rs", // Utility helpers for tests
     "library/std/src/io/error.rs", // Repr unpacked needed for UEFI
 ];