diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 4436192..aac71ae 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -3056,6 +3056,59 @@ int generic_file_rw_checks(struct file *file_in, struct file *file_out)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Performs necessary checks before doing a file copy
+ *
+ * Can adjust amount of bytes to copy via @req_count argument.
+ * Returns appropriate error code that caller should return or
+ * zero in case the copy should be allowed.
+ */
+int generic_copy_file_checks(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
+			     struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
+			     size_t *req_count, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct inode *inode_in = file_inode(file_in);
+	struct inode *inode_out = file_inode(file_out);
+	uint64_t count = *req_count;
+	loff_t size_in;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = generic_file_rw_checks(file_in, file_out);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Don't touch certain kinds of inodes */
+	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode_out))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	if (IS_SWAPFILE(inode_in) || IS_SWAPFILE(inode_out))
+		return -ETXTBSY;
+
+	/* Ensure offsets don't wrap. */
+	if (pos_in + count < pos_in || pos_out + count < pos_out)
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+
+	/* Shorten the copy to EOF */
+	size_in = i_size_read(inode_in);
+	if (pos_in >= size_in)
+		count = 0;
+	else
+		count = min(count, size_in - (uint64_t)pos_in);
+
+	ret = generic_write_check_limits(file_out, pos_out, &count);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Don't allow overlapped copying within the same file. */
+	if (inode_in == inode_out &&
+	    pos_out + count > pos_in &&
+	    pos_out < pos_in + count)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*req_count = count;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int pagecache_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 				loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 				struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)