diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 21e7df1..af592ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2544,6 +2544,8 @@
 				   loff_t lend);
 extern bool filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
 				  loff_t lend);
+extern int __must_check file_fdatawait_range(struct file *file, loff_t lstart,
+						loff_t lend);
 extern int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping);
 extern int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 				        loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
@@ -2552,12 +2554,19 @@
 extern int filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 				loff_t start, loff_t end);
 extern int filemap_check_errors(struct address_space *mapping);
-
 extern void __filemap_set_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, int err);
+
+extern int __must_check file_fdatawait_range(struct file *file, loff_t lstart,
+						loff_t lend);
 extern int __must_check file_check_and_advance_wb_err(struct file *file);
 extern int __must_check file_write_and_wait_range(struct file *file,
 						loff_t start, loff_t end);
 
+static inline int file_write_and_wait(struct file *file)
+{
+	return file_write_and_wait_range(file, 0, LLONG_MAX);
+}
+
 /**
  * filemap_set_wb_err - set a writeback error on an address_space
  * @mapping: mapping in which to set writeback error
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 72e46e6..394bb5e 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -476,6 +476,29 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range);
 
 /**
+ * file_fdatawait_range - wait for writeback to complete
+ * @file:		file pointing to 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 address space that file
+ * refers to, in the given range and wait for all of them.  Check error
+ * status of the address space vs. the file->f_wb_err cursor and return it.
+ *
+ * Since the error status of the file is advanced by this function,
+ * callers are responsible for checking the return value and handling and/or
+ * reporting the error.
+ */
+int file_fdatawait_range(struct file *file, loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+
+	__filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, start_byte, end_byte);
+	return file_check_and_advance_wb_err(file);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_fdatawait_range);
+
+/**
  * filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors - wait for writeback without clearing errors
  * @mapping: address space structure to wait for
  *