diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/Makefile b/fs/cachefiles/Makefile
index d894d317d6e7..84615aca866a 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/Makefile
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 cachefiles-y := \
 	bind.o \
+	content-map.o \
 	daemon.o \
 	interface.o \
 	io.o \
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
index 84fe89d5999e..40377633e3d9 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_add_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
 		goto error_root_object;
 
 	atomic_set(&fsdef->usage, 1);
+	rwlock_init(&fsdef->content_map_lock);
 	fsdef->type = FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_INDEX;
 
 	_debug("- fsdef %p", fsdef);
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/content-map.c b/fs/cachefiles/content-map.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..594624cb1cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/content-map.c
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/* Datafile content management
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include "internal.h"
+
+static const char cachefiles_xattr_content_map[] =
+	XATTR_USER_PREFIX "CacheFiles.content";
+
+static bool cachefiles_granule_is_present(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+					  size_t granule)
+{
+	bool res;
+
+	if (granule / 8 >= object->content_map_size)
+		return false;
+	read_lock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+	res = test_bit_le(granule, object->content_map);
+	read_unlock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+	return res;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Mark the content map to indicate stored granule.
+ */
+void cachefiles_mark_content_map(struct fscache_io_request *req)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_object *object =
+		container_of(req->object, struct cachefiles_object, fscache);
+	loff_t pos = req->pos;
+
+	_enter("%llx", pos);
+
+	read_lock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+
+	if (object->fscache.cookie->advice & FSCACHE_ADV_SINGLE_CHUNK) {
+		if (pos == 0) {
+			object->content_info = CACHEFILES_CONTENT_SINGLE;
+			set_bit(FSCACHE_OBJECT_NEEDS_UPDATE, &object->fscache.flags);
+		}
+	} else {
+		pgoff_t granule;
+		loff_t end = pos + req->len;
+
+		pos = round_down(pos, CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE);
+		do {
+			granule = pos / CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE;
+			if (granule / 8 >= object->content_map_size)
+				break;
+
+			set_bit_le(granule, object->content_map);
+			object->content_map_changed = true;
+			pos += CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE;
+
+		} while (pos < end);
+
+		if (object->content_info != CACHEFILES_CONTENT_MAP) {
+			object->content_info = CACHEFILES_CONTENT_MAP;
+			set_bit(FSCACHE_OBJECT_NEEDS_UPDATE, &object->fscache.flags);
+		}
+	}
+
+	read_unlock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Expand the content map to a larger file size.
+ */
+void cachefiles_expand_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object, loff_t size)
+{
+	u8 *map, *zap;
+
+	/* Determine the size.  There's one bit per granule.  We size it in
+	 * terms of 8-byte chunks, where a 64-bit span * 256KiB bytes granules
+	 * covers 16MiB of file space.  At that, 512B will cover 1GiB.
+	 */
+	if (size > 0) {
+		size += CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE - 1;
+		size /= CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE;
+		size += 8 - 1;
+		size /= 8;
+		size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
+	} else {
+		size = 8;
+	}
+
+	if (size <= object->content_map_size)
+		return;
+
+	map = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!map)
+		return;
+
+	write_lock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+	if (size > object->content_map_size) {
+		zap = object->content_map;
+		memcpy(map, zap, object->content_map_size);
+		object->content_map = map;
+		object->content_map_size = size;
+	} else {
+		zap = map;
+	}
+	write_unlock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+
+	kfree(zap);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adjust the content map when we shorten a backing object.
+ *
+ * We need to unmark any granules that are going to be discarded.
+ */
+void cachefiles_shorten_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+				    loff_t new_size)
+{
+	struct fscache_cookie *cookie = object->fscache.cookie;
+	loff_t granule, o_granule;
+
+	if (object->fscache.cookie->advice & FSCACHE_ADV_SINGLE_CHUNK)
+		return;
+
+	write_lock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+
+	if (object->content_info == CACHEFILES_CONTENT_MAP) {
+		if (cookie->zero_point > new_size)
+			cookie->zero_point = new_size;
+
+		granule = new_size;
+		granule += CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE - 1;
+		granule /= CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE;
+
+		o_granule = cookie->object_size;
+		o_granule += CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE - 1;
+		o_granule /= CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE;
+
+		for (; o_granule > granule; o_granule--)
+			clear_bit_le(o_granule, object->content_map);
+	}
+
+	write_unlock_bh(&object->content_map_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Load the content map.
+ */
+bool cachefiles_load_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache = container_of(object->fscache.cache,
+						      struct cachefiles_cache, cache);
+	const struct cred *saved_cred;
+	ssize_t got;
+	loff_t size;
+	u8 *map = NULL;
+
+	_enter("c=%08x,%llx",
+	       object->fscache.cookie->debug_id,
+	       object->fscache.cookie->object_size);
+
+	object->content_info = CACHEFILES_CONTENT_NO_DATA;
+	if (object->fscache.cookie->advice & FSCACHE_ADV_SINGLE_CHUNK) {
+		/* Single-chunk object.  The presence or absence of the content
+		 * map xattr is sufficient indication.
+		 */
+		size = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* Granulated object.  There's one bit per granule.  We size it
+		 * in terms of 8-byte chunks, where a 64-bit span * 256KiB
+		 * bytes granules covers 16MiB of file space.  At that, 512B
+		 * will cover 1GiB.
+		 */
+		size = object->fscache.cookie->object_size;
+		if (size > 0) {
+			size += CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE - 1;
+			size /= CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE;
+			size += 8 - 1;
+			size /= 8;
+			if (size < 8)
+				size = 8;
+			size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
+		} else {
+			size = 8;
+		}
+
+		map = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!map)
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred);
+	got = vfs_getxattr(object->dentry, cachefiles_xattr_content_map,
+			   map, size);
+	cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred);
+	if (got < 0 && got != -ENODATA) {
+		kfree(map);
+		_leave(" = f [%zd]", got);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (size == 0) {
+		if (got != -ENODATA)
+			object->content_info = CACHEFILES_CONTENT_SINGLE;
+		_leave(" = t [%zd]", got);
+	} else {
+		object->content_map = map;
+		object->content_map_size = size;
+		object->content_info = CACHEFILES_CONTENT_MAP;
+		_leave(" = t [%zd/%llu %*phN]", got, size, (int)size, map);
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Save the content map.
+ */
+void cachefiles_save_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+	size_t size;
+	u8 *map;
+
+	_enter("c=%08x", object->fscache.cookie->debug_id);
+
+	if (object->content_info != CACHEFILES_CONTENT_MAP)
+		return;
+
+	size = object->content_map_size;
+	map = object->content_map;
+
+	/* Don't save trailing zeros, but do save at least one byte */
+	for (; size > 0; size--)
+		if (map[size - 1])
+			break;
+
+	ret = vfs_setxattr(object->dentry, cachefiles_xattr_content_map,
+			   map, size, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		cachefiles_io_error_obj(object, "Unable to set xattr");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	_leave(" = %zd", ret);
+}
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/interface.c b/fs/cachefiles/interface.c
index bb68318fcc1c..d820051a9960 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/interface.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/interface.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct fscache_object *cachefiles_alloc_object(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	rwlock_init(&object->content_map_lock);
 	fscache_object_init(&object->fscache, cookie, &cache->cache);
 	object->fscache.parent = parent;
 	object->fscache.stage = FSCACHE_OBJECT_STAGE_LOOKING_UP;
@@ -198,6 +199,8 @@ static void cachefiles_update_object(struct fscache_object *_object)
 static void cachefiles_commit_object(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 				     struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
 {
+	if (object->content_map_changed)
+		cachefiles_save_content_map(object);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -302,6 +305,8 @@ static void cachefiles_put_object(struct fscache_object *_object,
 		ASSERTCMP(object->dentry, ==, NULL);
 		ASSERTCMP(object->fscache.n_children, ==, 0);
 
+		kfree(object->content_map);
+
 		cache = object->fscache.cache;
 		fscache_object_destroy(&object->fscache);
 		kmem_cache_free(cachefiles_object_jar, object);
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
index e605cffc284d..c7a2a3442061 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 
+/* Cachefile granularity */
+#define CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE	(256 * 1024)
+#define CACHEFILES_GRAN_PAGES	(CACHEFILES_GRAN_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE)
+#define CACHEFILES_DIO_BLOCK_SIZE 4096
+
 struct cachefiles_cache;
 struct cachefiles_object;
 
@@ -29,6 +34,16 @@ extern unsigned cachefiles_debug;
 
 #define cachefiles_gfp (__GFP_RECLAIM | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC)
 
+enum cachefiles_content {
+	/* These values are saved on disk */
+	CACHEFILES_CONTENT_NO_DATA	= 0, /* No content stored */
+	CACHEFILES_CONTENT_SINGLE	= 1, /* Content is monolithic, all is present */
+	CACHEFILES_CONTENT_ALL		= 2, /* Content is all present, no map */
+	CACHEFILES_CONTENT_MAP		= 3, /* Content is piecemeal, map in use */
+	CACHEFILES_CONTENT_DIRTY	= 4, /* Content is dirty (only seen on disk) */
+	nr__cachefiles_content
+};
+
 /*
  * node records
  */
@@ -41,6 +56,13 @@ struct cachefiles_object {
 	atomic_t			usage;		/* object usage count */
 	uint8_t				type;		/* object type */
 	bool				new;		/* T if object new */
+
+	/* Map of the content blocks in the object */
+	enum cachefiles_content		content_info:8;	/* Info about content presence */
+	bool				content_map_changed;
+	u8				*content_map;		/* Content present bitmap */
+	unsigned int			content_map_size;	/* Size of buffer */
+	rwlock_t			content_map_lock;
 };
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *cachefiles_object_jar;
@@ -100,6 +122,15 @@ static inline void cachefiles_state_changed(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
 extern int cachefiles_daemon_bind(struct cachefiles_cache *cache, char *args);
 extern void cachefiles_daemon_unbind(struct cachefiles_cache *cache);
 
+/*
+ * content-map.c
+ */
+extern void cachefiles_mark_content_map(struct fscache_io_request *req);
+extern void cachefiles_expand_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object, loff_t size);
+extern void cachefiles_shorten_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object, loff_t new_size);
+extern bool cachefiles_load_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object);
+extern void cachefiles_save_content_map(struct cachefiles_object *object);
+
 /*
  * daemon.c
  */
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/io.c b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
index 2384067e716d..642c3fd34809 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/io.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/io.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ bool cachefiles_open_object(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 	path.mnt = cache->mnt;
 	path.dentry = object->dentry;
 
+	if (object->content_info == CACHEFILES_CONTENT_MAP &&
+	    !cachefiles_load_content_map(object))
+		goto error;
+
 	file = open_with_fake_path(&path,
 				   O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECT,
 				   d_backing_inode(object->dentry),
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
index 17c16c2bd07e..a1d4a3d1db69 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 struct cachefiles_xattr {
-	uint8_t				type;
-	uint8_t				data[];
+	__be64	object_size;	/* Actual size of the object */
+	__be64	zero_point;	/* Size after which server has no data not written by us */
+	__u8	type;		/* Type of object */
+	__u8	content;	/* Content presence (enum cachefiles_content) */
+	__u8	data[];		/* netfs coherency data */
 } __packed;
 
 static const char cachefiles_xattr_cache[] =
@@ -118,7 +121,10 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	buf->type = object->fscache.cookie->type;
+	buf->object_size	= cpu_to_be64(object->fscache.cookie->object_size);
+	buf->zero_point		= cpu_to_be64(object->fscache.cookie->zero_point);
+	buf->type		= object->fscache.cookie->type;
+	buf->content		= object->content_info;
 	if (len > 0)
 		memcpy(buf->data, fscache_get_aux(object->fscache.cookie), len);
 
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 			   xattr_flags);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, d_inode(dentry)->i_ino,
-					   0,
+					   buf->content,
 					   cachefiles_coherency_set_fail);
 		if (ret != -ENOMEM)
 			cachefiles_io_error_obj(
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 				"Failed to set xattr with error %d", ret);
 	} else {
 		trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, d_inode(dentry)->i_ino,
-					   0,
+					   buf->content,
 					   cachefiles_coherency_set_ok);
 	}
 
@@ -174,15 +180,21 @@ int cachefiles_check_auxdata(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 		why = cachefiles_coherency_check_xattr;
 	} else if (buf->type != object->fscache.cookie->type) {
 		why = cachefiles_coherency_check_type;
+	} else if (buf->content >= nr__cachefiles_content) {
+		why = cachefiles_coherency_check_content;
 	} else if (memcmp(buf->data, p, len) != 0) {
 		why = cachefiles_coherency_check_aux;
+	} else if (be64_to_cpu(buf->object_size) != object->fscache.cookie->object_size) {
+		why = cachefiles_coherency_check_objsize;
 	} else {
+		object->fscache.cookie->zero_point = be64_to_cpu(buf->zero_point);
+		object->content_info = buf->content;
 		why = cachefiles_coherency_check_ok;
 		ret = 0;
 	}
 
 	trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, d_inode(dentry)->i_ino,
-				   0, why);
+				   buf->content, why);
 	kfree(buf);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h b/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
index bf588c3f4a07..e7af1d683009 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_mark_buried,
 TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_coherency,
 	    TP_PROTO(struct cachefiles_object *obj,
 		     ino_t ino,
-		     int content,
+		     enum cachefiles_content content,
 		     enum cachefiles_coherency_trace why),
 
 	    TP_ARGS(obj, ino, content, why),
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_coherency,
 	    TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		    __field(unsigned int,			obj	)
 		    __field(enum cachefiles_coherency_trace,	why	)
-		    __field(int,				content	)
+		    __field(enum cachefiles_content,		content	)
 		    __field(u64,				ino	)
 			     ),
 
