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diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index df2006ba0cfa..e87252ca0835 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -554,6 +554,28 @@ int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start_byte,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range);
/**
+ * filemap_fdatawait_range_keep_errors - 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. Unlike filemap_fdatawait_range(),
+ * 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)
+ */
+int filemap_fdatawait_range_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
+{
+ __filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, start_byte, end_byte);
+ return filemap_check_and_keep_errors(mapping);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range_keep_errors);
+
+/**
* 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