diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 1fe962b..884766d 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -331,23 +331,14 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush);
 
-/**
- * filemap_fdatawait_range - wait for writeback to complete
- * @mapping:		address space structure to wait for
- * @start_byte:		offset in bytes where the range starts
- * @end_byte:		offset in bytes where the range ends (inclusive)
- *
- * Walk the list of under-writeback pages of the given address space
- * in the given range and wait for all of them.
- */
-int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start_byte,
-			    loff_t end_byte)
+static int __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
+				     loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
 {
 	pgoff_t index = start_byte >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	pgoff_t end = end_byte >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	struct pagevec pvec;
 	int nr_pages;
-	int ret2, ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (end_byte < start_byte)
 		goto out;
@@ -374,6 +365,29 @@
 		cond_resched();
 	}
 out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * filemap_fdatawait_range - wait for writeback to complete
+ * @mapping:		address space structure to wait for
+ * @start_byte:		offset in bytes where the range starts
+ * @end_byte:		offset in bytes where the range ends (inclusive)
+ *
+ * Walk the list of under-writeback pages of the given address space
+ * in the given range and wait for all of them.  Check error status of
+ * the address space and return it.
+ *
+ * Since the error status of the address space is cleared by this function,
+ * callers are responsible for checking the return value and handling and/or
+ * reporting the error.
+ */
+int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start_byte,
+			    loff_t end_byte)
+{
+	int ret, ret2;
+
+	ret = __filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, start_byte, end_byte);
 	ret2 = filemap_check_errors(mapping);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = ret2;
@@ -383,11 +397,38 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range);
 
 /**
+ * filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors - wait for writeback without clearing errors
+ * @mapping: address space structure to wait for
+ *
+ * Walk the list of under-writeback pages of the given address space
+ * and wait for all of them.  Unlike filemap_fdatawait(), this function
+ * does not clear error status of the address space.
+ *
+ * Use this function if callers don't handle errors themselves.  Expected
+ * call sites are system-wide / filesystem-wide data flushers: e.g. sync(2),
+ * fsfreeze(8)
+ */
+void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	loff_t i_size = i_size_read(mapping->host);
+
+	if (i_size == 0)
+		return;
+
+	__filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, 0, i_size - 1);
+}
+
+/**
  * filemap_fdatawait - wait for all under-writeback pages to complete
  * @mapping: address space structure to wait for
  *
  * Walk the list of under-writeback pages of the given address space
- * and wait for all of them.
+ * and wait for all of them.  Check error status of the address space
+ * and return it.
+ *
+ * Since the error status of the address space is cleared by this function,
+ * callers are responsible for checking the return value and handling and/or
+ * reporting the error.
  */
 int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *mapping)
 {