diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c b/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c
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+/* Storage object read/write
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include "internal.h"
+
+/*
+ * detect wake up events generated by the unlocking of pages in which we're
+ * interested
+ * - we use this to detect read completion of backing pages
+ * - the caller holds the waitqueue lock
+ */
+static int cachefiles_read_waiter(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode,
+				  int sync, void *_key)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_one_read *monitor =
+		container_of(wait, struct cachefiles_one_read, monitor);
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct wait_bit_key *key = _key;
+	struct page *page = wait->private;
+
+	ASSERT(key);
+
+	_enter("{%lu},%u,%d,{%p,%u}",
+	       monitor->netfs_page->index, mode, sync,
+	       key->flags, key->bit_nr);
+
+	if (key->flags != &page->flags ||
+	    key->bit_nr != PG_locked)
+		return 0;
+
+	_debug("--- monitor %p %lx ---", page, page->flags);
+
+	if (!PageUptodate(page) && !PageError(page))
+		dump_stack();
+
+	/* remove from the waitqueue */
+	list_del(&wait->task_list);
+
+	/* move onto the action list and queue for FS-Cache thread pool */
+	ASSERT(monitor->op);
+
+	object = container_of(monitor->op->op.object,
+			      struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+
+	spin_lock(&object->work_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&monitor->op_link, &monitor->op->to_do);
+	spin_unlock(&object->work_lock);
+
+	fscache_enqueue_retrieval(monitor->op);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * copy data from backing pages to netfs pages to complete a read operation
+ * - driven by FS-Cache's thread pool
+ */
+static void cachefiles_read_copier(struct fscache_operation *_op)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_one_read *monitor;
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct fscache_retrieval *op;
+	struct pagevec pagevec;
+	int error, max;
+
+	op = container_of(_op, struct fscache_retrieval, op);
+	object = container_of(op->op.object,
+			      struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+
+	_enter("{ino=%lu}", object->backer->d_inode->i_ino);
+
+	pagevec_init(&pagevec, 0);
+
+	max = 8;
+	spin_lock_irq(&object->work_lock);
+
+	while (!list_empty(&op->to_do)) {
+		monitor = list_entry(op->to_do.next,
+				     struct cachefiles_one_read, op_link);
+		list_del(&monitor->op_link);
+
+		spin_unlock_irq(&object->work_lock);
+
+		_debug("- copy {%lu}", monitor->back_page->index);
+
+		error = -EIO;
+		if (PageUptodate(monitor->back_page)) {
+			copy_highpage(monitor->netfs_page, monitor->back_page);
+
+			pagevec_add(&pagevec, monitor->netfs_page);
+			fscache_mark_pages_cached(monitor->op, &pagevec);
+			error = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (error)
+			cachefiles_io_error_obj(
+				object,
+				"Readpage failed on backing file %lx",
+				(unsigned long) monitor->back_page->flags);
+
+		page_cache_release(monitor->back_page);
+
+		fscache_end_io(op, monitor->netfs_page, error);
+		page_cache_release(monitor->netfs_page);
+		fscache_put_retrieval(op);
+		kfree(monitor);
+
+		/* let the thread pool have some air occasionally */
+		max--;
+		if (max < 0 || need_resched()) {
+			if (!list_empty(&op->to_do))
+				fscache_enqueue_retrieval(op);
+			_leave(" [maxed out]");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		spin_lock_irq(&object->work_lock);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&object->work_lock);
+	_leave("");
+}
+
+/*
+ * read the corresponding page to the given set from the backing file
+ * - an uncertain page is simply discarded, to be tried again another time
+ */
+static int cachefiles_read_backing_file_one(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+					    struct fscache_retrieval *op,
+					    struct page *netpage,
+					    struct pagevec *pagevec)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_one_read *monitor;
+	struct address_space *bmapping;
+	struct page *newpage, *backpage;
+	int ret;
+
+	_enter("");
+
+	pagevec_reinit(pagevec);
+
+	_debug("read back %p{%lu,%d}",
+	       netpage, netpage->index, page_count(netpage));
+
+	monitor = kzalloc(sizeof(*monitor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!monitor)
+		goto nomem;
+
+	monitor->netfs_page = netpage;
+	monitor->op = fscache_get_retrieval(op);
+
+	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&monitor->monitor, cachefiles_read_waiter);
+
+	/* attempt to get hold of the backing page */
+	bmapping = object->backer->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	newpage = NULL;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		backpage = find_get_page(bmapping, netpage->index);
+		if (backpage)
+			goto backing_page_already_present;
+
+		if (!newpage) {
+			newpage = page_cache_alloc_cold(bmapping);
+			if (!newpage)
+				goto nomem_monitor;
+		}
+
+		ret = add_to_page_cache(newpage, bmapping,
+					netpage->index, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			goto installed_new_backing_page;
+		if (ret != -EEXIST)
+			goto nomem_page;
+	}
+
+	/* we've installed a new backing page, so now we need to add it
+	 * to the LRU list and start it reading */
+installed_new_backing_page:
+	_debug("- new %p", newpage);
+
+	backpage = newpage;
+	newpage = NULL;
+
+	page_cache_get(backpage);
+	pagevec_add(pagevec, backpage);
+	__pagevec_lru_add_file(pagevec);
+
+read_backing_page:
+	ret = bmapping->a_ops->readpage(NULL, backpage);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto read_error;
+
+	/* set the monitor to transfer the data across */
+monitor_backing_page:
+	_debug("- monitor add");
+
+	/* install the monitor */
+	page_cache_get(monitor->netfs_page);
+	page_cache_get(backpage);
+	monitor->back_page = backpage;
+	monitor->monitor.private = backpage;
+	add_page_wait_queue(backpage, &monitor->monitor);
+	monitor = NULL;
+
+	/* but the page may have been read before the monitor was installed, so
+	 * the monitor may miss the event - so we have to ensure that we do get
+	 * one in such a case */
+	if (trylock_page(backpage)) {
+		_debug("jumpstart %p {%lx}", backpage, backpage->flags);
+		unlock_page(backpage);
+	}
+	goto success;
+
+	/* if the backing page is already present, it can be in one of
+	 * three states: read in progress, read failed or read okay */
+backing_page_already_present:
+	_debug("- present");
+
+	if (newpage) {
+		page_cache_release(newpage);
+		newpage = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (PageError(backpage))
+		goto io_error;
+
+	if (PageUptodate(backpage))
+		goto backing_page_already_uptodate;
+
+	if (!trylock_page(backpage))
+		goto monitor_backing_page;
+	_debug("read %p {%lx}", backpage, backpage->flags);
+	goto read_backing_page;
+
+	/* the backing page is already up to date, attach the netfs
+	 * page to the pagecache and LRU and copy the data across */
+backing_page_already_uptodate:
+	_debug("- uptodate");
+
+	pagevec_add(pagevec, netpage);
+	fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, pagevec);
+
+	copy_highpage(netpage, backpage);
+	fscache_end_io(op, netpage, 0);
+
+success:
+	_debug("success");
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	if (backpage)
+		page_cache_release(backpage);
+	if (monitor) {
+		fscache_put_retrieval(monitor->op);
+		kfree(monitor);
+	}
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+
+read_error:
+	_debug("read error %d", ret);
+	if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+		goto out;
+io_error:
+	cachefiles_io_error_obj(object, "Page read error on backing file");
+	ret = -ENOBUFS;
+	goto out;
+
+nomem_page:
+	page_cache_release(newpage);
+nomem_monitor:
+	fscache_put_retrieval(monitor->op);
+	kfree(monitor);
+nomem:
+	_leave(" = -ENOMEM");
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/*
+ * read a page from the cache or allocate a block in which to store it
+ * - cache withdrawal is prevented by the caller
+ * - returns -EINTR if interrupted
+ * - returns -ENOMEM if ran out of memory
+ * - returns -ENOBUFS if no buffers can be made available
+ * - returns -ENOBUFS if page is beyond EOF
+ * - if the page is backed by a block in the cache:
+ *   - a read will be started which will call the callback on completion
+ *   - 0 will be returned
+ * - else if the page is unbacked:
+ *   - the metadata will be retained
+ *   - -ENODATA will be returned
+ */
+int cachefiles_read_or_alloc_page(struct fscache_retrieval *op,
+				  struct page *page,
+				  gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache;
+	struct pagevec pagevec;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	sector_t block0, block;
+	unsigned shift;
+	int ret;
+
+	object = container_of(op->op.object,
+			      struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+	cache = container_of(object->fscache.cache,
+			     struct cachefiles_cache, cache);
+
+	_enter("{%p},{%lx},,,", object, page->index);
+
+	if (!object->backer)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	inode = object->backer->d_inode;
+	ASSERT(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode));
+	ASSERT(inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap);
+	ASSERT(inode->i_mapping->a_ops->readpages);
+
+	/* calculate the shift required to use bmap */
+	if (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	shift = PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+
+	op->op.flags = FSCACHE_OP_FAST;
+	op->op.processor = cachefiles_read_copier;
+
+	pagevec_init(&pagevec, 0);
+
+	/* we assume the absence or presence of the first block is a good
+	 * enough indication for the page as a whole
+	 * - TODO: don't use bmap() for this as it is _not_ actually good
+	 *   enough for this as it doesn't indicate errors, but it's all we've
+	 *   got for the moment
+	 */
+	block0 = page->index;
+	block0 <<= shift;
+
+	block = inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap(inode->i_mapping, block0);
+	_debug("%llx -> %llx",
+	       (unsigned long long) block0,
+	       (unsigned long long) block);
+
+	if (block) {
+		/* submit the apparently valid page to the backing fs to be
+		 * read from disk */
+		ret = cachefiles_read_backing_file_one(object, op, page,
+						       &pagevec);
+	} else if (cachefiles_has_space(cache, 0, 1) == 0) {
+		/* there's space in the cache we can use */
+		pagevec_add(&pagevec, page);
+		fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, &pagevec);
+		ret = -ENODATA;
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * read the corresponding pages to the given set from the backing file
+ * - any uncertain pages are simply discarded, to be tried again another time
+ */
+static int cachefiles_read_backing_file(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+					struct fscache_retrieval *op,
+					struct list_head *list,
+					struct pagevec *mark_pvec)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_one_read *monitor = NULL;
+	struct address_space *bmapping = object->backer->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	struct pagevec lru_pvec;
+	struct page *newpage = NULL, *netpage, *_n, *backpage = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	_enter("");
+
+	pagevec_init(&lru_pvec, 0);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(netpage, _n, list, lru) {
+		list_del(&netpage->lru);
+
+		_debug("read back %p{%lu,%d}",
+		       netpage, netpage->index, page_count(netpage));
+
+		if (!monitor) {
+			monitor = kzalloc(sizeof(*monitor), GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!monitor)
+				goto nomem;
+
+			monitor->op = fscache_get_retrieval(op);
+			init_waitqueue_func_entry(&monitor->monitor,
+						  cachefiles_read_waiter);
+		}
+
+		for (;;) {
+			backpage = find_get_page(bmapping, netpage->index);
+			if (backpage)
+				goto backing_page_already_present;
+
+			if (!newpage) {
+				newpage = page_cache_alloc_cold(bmapping);
+				if (!newpage)
+					goto nomem;
+			}
+
+			ret = add_to_page_cache(newpage, bmapping,
+						netpage->index, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (ret == 0)
+				goto installed_new_backing_page;
+			if (ret != -EEXIST)
+				goto nomem;
+		}
+
+		/* we've installed a new backing page, so now we need to add it
+		 * to the LRU list and start it reading */
+	installed_new_backing_page:
+		_debug("- new %p", newpage);
+
+		backpage = newpage;
+		newpage = NULL;
+
+		page_cache_get(backpage);
+		if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, backpage))
+			__pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
+
+	reread_backing_page:
+		ret = bmapping->a_ops->readpage(NULL, backpage);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto read_error;
+
+		/* add the netfs page to the pagecache and LRU, and set the
+		 * monitor to transfer the data across */
+	monitor_backing_page:
+		_debug("- monitor add");
+
+		ret = add_to_page_cache(netpage, op->mapping, netpage->index,
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+				page_cache_release(netpage);
+				continue;
+			}
+			goto nomem;
+		}
+
+		page_cache_get(netpage);
+		if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, netpage))
+			__pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
+
+		/* install a monitor */
+		page_cache_get(netpage);
+		monitor->netfs_page = netpage;
+
+		page_cache_get(backpage);
+		monitor->back_page = backpage;
+		monitor->monitor.private = backpage;
+		add_page_wait_queue(backpage, &monitor->monitor);
+		monitor = NULL;
+
+		/* but the page may have been read before the monitor was
+		 * installed, so the monitor may miss the event - so we have to
+		 * ensure that we do get one in such a case */
+		if (trylock_page(backpage)) {
+			_debug("2unlock %p {%lx}", backpage, backpage->flags);
+			unlock_page(backpage);
+		}
+
+		page_cache_release(backpage);
+		backpage = NULL;
+
+		page_cache_release(netpage);
+		netpage = NULL;
+		continue;
+
+		/* if the backing page is already present, it can be in one of
+		 * three states: read in progress, read failed or read okay */
+	backing_page_already_present:
+		_debug("- present %p", backpage);
+
+		if (PageError(backpage))
+			goto io_error;
+
+		if (PageUptodate(backpage))
+			goto backing_page_already_uptodate;
+
+		_debug("- not ready %p{%lx}", backpage, backpage->flags);
+
+		if (!trylock_page(backpage))
+			goto monitor_backing_page;
+
+		if (PageError(backpage)) {
+			_debug("error %lx", backpage->flags);
+			unlock_page(backpage);
+			goto io_error;
+		}
+
+		if (PageUptodate(backpage))
+			goto backing_page_already_uptodate_unlock;
+
+		/* we've locked a page that's neither up to date nor erroneous,
+		 * so we need to attempt to read it again */
+		goto reread_backing_page;
+
+		/* the backing page is already up to date, attach the netfs
+		 * page to the pagecache and LRU and copy the data across */
+	backing_page_already_uptodate_unlock:
+		_debug("uptodate %lx", backpage->flags);
+		unlock_page(backpage);
+	backing_page_already_uptodate:
+		_debug("- uptodate");
+
+		ret = add_to_page_cache(netpage, op->mapping, netpage->index,
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+				page_cache_release(netpage);
+				continue;
+			}
+			goto nomem;
+		}
+
+		copy_highpage(netpage, backpage);
+
+		page_cache_release(backpage);
+		backpage = NULL;
+
+		if (!pagevec_add(mark_pvec, netpage))
+			fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, mark_pvec);
+
+		page_cache_get(netpage);
+		if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, netpage))
+			__pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
+
+		fscache_end_io(op, netpage, 0);
+		page_cache_release(netpage);
+		netpage = NULL;
+		continue;
+	}
+
+	netpage = NULL;
+
+	_debug("out");
+
+out:
+	/* tidy up */
+	pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
+
+	if (newpage)
+		page_cache_release(newpage);
+	if (netpage)
+		page_cache_release(netpage);
+	if (backpage)
+		page_cache_release(backpage);
+	if (monitor) {
+		fscache_put_retrieval(op);
+		kfree(monitor);
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(netpage, _n, list, lru) {
+		list_del(&netpage->lru);
+		page_cache_release(netpage);
+	}
+
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+
+nomem:
+	_debug("nomem");
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	goto out;
+
+read_error:
+	_debug("read error %d", ret);
+	if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+		goto out;
+io_error:
+	cachefiles_io_error_obj(object, "Page read error on backing file");
+	ret = -ENOBUFS;
+	goto out;
+}
+
+/*
+ * read a list of pages from the cache or allocate blocks in which to store
+ * them
+ */
+int cachefiles_read_or_alloc_pages(struct fscache_retrieval *op,
+				   struct list_head *pages,
+				   unsigned *nr_pages,
+				   gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache;
+	struct list_head backpages;
+	struct pagevec pagevec;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct page *page, *_n;
+	unsigned shift, nrbackpages;
+	int ret, ret2, space;
+
+	object = container_of(op->op.object,
+			      struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+	cache = container_of(object->fscache.cache,
+			     struct cachefiles_cache, cache);
+
+	_enter("{OBJ%x,%d},,%d,,",
+	       object->fscache.debug_id, atomic_read(&op->op.usage),
+	       *nr_pages);
+
+	if (!object->backer)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	space = 1;
+	if (cachefiles_has_space(cache, 0, *nr_pages) < 0)
+		space = 0;
+
+	inode = object->backer->d_inode;
+	ASSERT(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode));
+	ASSERT(inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap);
+	ASSERT(inode->i_mapping->a_ops->readpages);
+
+	/* calculate the shift required to use bmap */
+	if (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	shift = PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+
+	pagevec_init(&pagevec, 0);
+
+	op->op.flags = FSCACHE_OP_FAST;
+	op->op.processor = cachefiles_read_copier;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&backpages);
+	nrbackpages = 0;
+
+	ret = space ? -ENODATA : -ENOBUFS;
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, _n, pages, lru) {
+		sector_t block0, block;
+
+		/* we assume the absence or presence of the first block is a
+		 * good enough indication for the page as a whole
+		 * - TODO: don't use bmap() for this as it is _not_ actually
+		 *   good enough for this as it doesn't indicate errors, but
+		 *   it's all we've got for the moment
+		 */
+		block0 = page->index;
+		block0 <<= shift;
+
+		block = inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap(inode->i_mapping,
+						      block0);
+		_debug("%llx -> %llx",
+		       (unsigned long long) block0,
+		       (unsigned long long) block);
+
+		if (block) {
+			/* we have data - add it to the list to give to the
+			 * backing fs */
+			list_move(&page->lru, &backpages);
+			(*nr_pages)--;
+			nrbackpages++;
+		} else if (space && pagevec_add(&pagevec, page) == 0) {
+			fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, &pagevec);
+			ret = -ENODATA;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (pagevec_count(&pagevec) > 0)
+		fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, &pagevec);
+
+	if (list_empty(pages))
+		ret = 0;
+
+	/* submit the apparently valid pages to the backing fs to be read from
+	 * disk */
+	if (nrbackpages > 0) {
+		ret2 = cachefiles_read_backing_file(object, op, &backpages,
+						    &pagevec);
+		if (ret2 == -ENOMEM || ret2 == -EINTR)
+			ret = ret2;
+	}
+
+	if (pagevec_count(&pagevec) > 0)
+		fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, &pagevec);
+
+	_leave(" = %d [nr=%u%s]",
+	       ret, *nr_pages, list_empty(pages) ? " empty" : "");
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * allocate a block in the cache in which to store a page
+ * - cache withdrawal is prevented by the caller
+ * - returns -EINTR if interrupted
+ * - returns -ENOMEM if ran out of memory
+ * - returns -ENOBUFS if no buffers can be made available
+ * - returns -ENOBUFS if page is beyond EOF
+ * - otherwise:
+ *   - the metadata will be retained
+ *   - 0 will be returned
+ */
+int cachefiles_allocate_page(struct fscache_retrieval *op,
+			     struct page *page,
+			     gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache;
+	struct pagevec pagevec;
+	int ret;
+
+	object = container_of(op->op.object,
+			      struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+	cache = container_of(object->fscache.cache,
+			     struct cachefiles_cache, cache);
+
+	_enter("%p,{%lx},", object, page->index);
+
+	ret = cachefiles_has_space(cache, 0, 1);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		pagevec_init(&pagevec, 0);
+		pagevec_add(&pagevec, page);
+		fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, &pagevec);
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * allocate blocks in the cache in which to store a set of pages
+ * - cache withdrawal is prevented by the caller
+ * - returns -EINTR if interrupted
+ * - returns -ENOMEM if ran out of memory
+ * - returns -ENOBUFS if some buffers couldn't be made available
+ * - returns -ENOBUFS if some pages are beyond EOF
+ * - otherwise:
+ *   - -ENODATA will be returned
+ * - metadata will be retained for any page marked
+ */
+int cachefiles_allocate_pages(struct fscache_retrieval *op,
+			      struct list_head *pages,
+			      unsigned *nr_pages,
+			      gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache;
+	struct pagevec pagevec;
+	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
+
+	object = container_of(op->op.object,
+			      struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+	cache = container_of(object->fscache.cache,
+			     struct cachefiles_cache, cache);
+
+	_enter("%p,,,%d,", object, *nr_pages);
+
+	ret = cachefiles_has_space(cache, 0, *nr_pages);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		pagevec_init(&pagevec, 0);
+
+		list_for_each_entry(page, pages, lru) {
+			if (pagevec_add(&pagevec, page) == 0)
+				fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, &pagevec);
+		}
+
+		if (pagevec_count(&pagevec) > 0)
+			fscache_mark_pages_cached(op, &pagevec);
+		ret = -ENODATA;
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * request a page be stored in the cache
+ * - cache withdrawal is prevented by the caller
+ * - this request may be ignored if there's no cache block available, in which
+ *   case -ENOBUFS will be returned
+ * - if the op is in progress, 0 will be returned
+ */
+int cachefiles_write_page(struct fscache_storage *op, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache;
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+	struct file *file;
+	loff_t pos;
+	void *data;
+	int ret;
+
+	ASSERT(op != NULL);
+	ASSERT(page != NULL);
+
+	object = container_of(op->op.object,
+			      struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+
+	_enter("%p,%p{%lx},,,", object, page, page->index);
+
+	if (!object->backer) {
+		_leave(" = -ENOBUFS");
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	ASSERT(S_ISREG(object->backer->d_inode->i_mode));
+
+	cache = container_of(object->fscache.cache,
+			     struct cachefiles_cache, cache);
+
+	/* write the page to the backing filesystem and let it store it in its
+	 * own time */
+	dget(object->backer);
+	mntget(cache->mnt);
+	file = dentry_open(object->backer, cache->mnt, O_RDWR,
+			   cache->cache_cred);
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(file);
+	} else {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		if (file->f_op->write) {
+			pos = (loff_t) page->index << PAGE_SHIFT;
+			data = kmap(page);
+			old_fs = get_fs();
+			set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
+			ret = file->f_op->write(
+				file, (const void __user *) data, PAGE_SIZE,
+				&pos);
+			set_fs(old_fs);
+			kunmap(page);
+			if (ret != PAGE_SIZE)
+				ret = -EIO;
+		}
+		fput(file);
+	}
+
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret == -EIO)
+			cachefiles_io_error_obj(
+				object, "Write page to backing file failed");
+		ret = -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * detach a backing block from a page
+ * - cache withdrawal is prevented by the caller
+ */
+void cachefiles_uncache_page(struct fscache_object *_object, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object;
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache;
+
+	object = container_of(_object, struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+	cache = container_of(object->fscache.cache,
+			     struct cachefiles_cache, cache);
+
+	_enter("%p,{%lu}", object, page->index);
+
+	spin_unlock(&object->fscache.cookie->lock);
+}