diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index bf4e90d3ab18..12766edee81f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2878,6 +2878,8 @@ static inline int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *mapping)
 
 extern bool filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
 				  loff_t lend);
+extern bool filemap_range_needs_writeback(struct address_space *,
+					  loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
 extern int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 				        loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
 extern int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping,
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 151090fdcf29..1750742b5689 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -635,6 +635,49 @@ static bool mapping_needs_writeback(struct address_space *mapping)
 	return mapping->nrpages;
 }
 
+/**
+ * filemap_range_needs_writeback - check if range potentially needs writeback
+ * @mapping:           address space within which to check
+ * @start_byte:        offset in bytes where the range starts
+ * @end_byte:          offset in bytes where the range ends (inclusive)
+ *
+ * Find at least one page in the range supplied, usually used to check if
+ * direct writing in this range will trigger a writeback. Used by O_DIRECT
+ * read/write with IOCB_NOWAIT, to see if the caller needs to do
+ * filemap_write_and_wait_range() before proceeding.
+ *
+ * Return: %true if the caller should do filemap_write_and_wait_range() before
+ * doing O_DIRECT to a page in this range, %false otherwise.
+ */
+bool filemap_range_needs_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
+				   loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
+{
+	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	pgoff_t max = end_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct page *page;
+
+	if (!mapping_needs_writeback(mapping))
+		return false;
+	if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY) &&
+	    !mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK))
+		return false;
+	if (end_byte < start_byte)
+		return false;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	xas_for_each(&xas, page, max) {
+		if (xas_retry(&xas, page))
+			continue;
+		if (xa_is_value(page))
+			continue;
+		if (PageDirty(page) || PageLocked(page) || PageWriteback(page))
+			break;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return page != NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(filemap_range_needs_writeback);
+
 /**
  * filemap_write_and_wait_range - write out & wait on a file range
  * @mapping:	the address_space for the pages