diff --git a/fs/fscache/cookie.c b/fs/fscache/cookie.c
index cf987756534c..2ad889f20430 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/cookie.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/cookie.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static void fscache_cookie_lru_worker(struct work_struct *work);
 static void fscache_cookie_worker(struct work_struct *work);
 static void fscache_drop_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie);
 static void fscache_lookup_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie);
+static void fscache_invalidate_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie);
 
 #define fscache_cookie_hash_shift 15
 static struct hlist_bl_head fscache_cookie_hash[1 << fscache_cookie_hash_shift];
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(fscache_cookie_lru);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(fscache_cookie_lru_lock);
 DEFINE_TIMER(fscache_cookie_lru_timer, fscache_cookie_lru_timed_out);
 static DECLARE_WORK(fscache_cookie_lru_work, fscache_cookie_lru_worker);
-static const char fscache_cookie_stages[FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE__NR] = "-LCAFMWRD";
+static const char fscache_cookie_stages[FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE__NR] = "-LCAIFMWRD";
 unsigned int fscache_lru_cookie_timeout = 10 * HZ;
 
 void fscache_print_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, char prefix)
@@ -504,6 +505,7 @@ void __fscache_use_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, bool will_modify)
 			set_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_LOCAL_WRITE, &cookie->flags);
 		break;
 	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_ACTIVE:
+	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_INVALIDATING:
 		if (will_modify &&
 		    !test_and_set_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_LOCAL_WRITE, &cookie->flags)) {
 			set_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_DO_PREP_TO_WRITE, &cookie->flags);
@@ -598,6 +600,10 @@ static void __fscache_cookie_worker(struct fscache_cookie *cookie)
 			  cookie->debug_id, cookie->stage);
 		break;
 
+	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_INVALIDATING:
+		fscache_invalidate_cookie(cookie);
+		goto again;
+
 	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_FAILED:
 		break;
 
@@ -723,6 +729,70 @@ static void fscache_cookie_drop_from_lru(struct fscache_cookie *cookie)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Ask the cache to effect invalidation of a cookie.
+ */
+static void fscache_invalidate_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie)
+{
+	cookie->volume->cache->ops->invalidate_cookie(cookie);
+	fscache_end_cookie_access(cookie, fscache_access_invalidate_cookie_end);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Invalidate an object.
+ */
+void __fscache_invalidate(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+			  const void *aux_data, loff_t new_size,
+			  unsigned int flags)
+{
+	bool is_caching;
+
+	_enter("c=%x", cookie->debug_id);
+
+	fscache_stat(&fscache_n_invalidates);
+
+	if (WARN(test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_RELINQUISHED, &cookie->flags),
+		 "Trying to invalidate relinquished cookie\n"))
+		return;
+
+	if ((flags & FSCACHE_INVAL_DIO_WRITE) &&
+	    test_and_set_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_DISABLED, &cookie->flags))
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&cookie->lock);
+	set_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_NO_DATA_TO_READ, &cookie->flags);
+	fscache_update_aux(cookie, aux_data, &new_size);
+	cookie->inval_counter++;
+	trace_fscache_invalidate(cookie, new_size);
+
+	switch (cookie->stage) {
+	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_INVALIDATING: /* is_still_valid will catch it */
+	default:
+		spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
+		_leave(" [no %u]", cookie->stage);
+		return;
+
+	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_LOOKING_UP:
+	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_CREATING:
+		spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
+		_leave(" [look %x]", cookie->inval_counter);
+		return;
+
+	case FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_ACTIVE:
+		__fscache_set_cookie_stage(cookie, FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_INVALIDATING);
+		is_caching = fscache_begin_cookie_access(
+			cookie, fscache_access_invalidate_cookie);
+		spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
+		wake_up_cookie_stage(cookie);
+
+		if (is_caching)
+			fscache_queue_cookie(cookie, fscache_cookie_get_inval_work);
+		_leave(" [inv]");
+		return;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fscache_invalidate);
+
 /*
  * Remove a cookie from the hash table.
  */
diff --git a/fs/fscache/internal.h b/fs/fscache/internal.h
index 5aff9c143616..4c45d2af7160 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/internal.h
+++ b/fs/fscache/internal.h
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ extern atomic_t fscache_n_acquires_no_cache;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_acquires_ok;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_acquires_oom;
 
+extern atomic_t fscache_n_invalidates;
+
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_relinquishes;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_relinquishes_retire;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_relinquishes_dropped;
diff --git a/fs/fscache/stats.c b/fs/fscache/stats.c
index 17bf57374595..45b7636c7737 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/stats.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/stats.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ atomic_t fscache_n_acquires_no_cache;
 atomic_t fscache_n_acquires_ok;
 atomic_t fscache_n_acquires_oom;
 
+atomic_t fscache_n_invalidates;
+
 atomic_t fscache_n_updates;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_n_updates);
 
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ int fscache_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   timer_pending(&fscache_cookie_lru_timer) ?
 		   fscache_cookie_lru_timer.expires - jiffies : 0);
 
+	seq_printf(m, "Invals : n=%u\n",
+		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_invalidates));
+
 	seq_printf(m, "Updates: n=%u\n",
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_updates));
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
index a67c29207ad5..46d77a1840cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ struct fscache_cache_ops {
 	/* Withdraw an object without any cookie access counts held */
 	void (*withdraw_cookie)(struct fscache_cookie *cookie);
 
+	/* Invalidate an object */
+	bool (*invalidate_cookie)(struct fscache_cookie *cookie);
+
 	/* Prepare to write to a live cache object */
 	void (*prepare_to_write)(struct fscache_cookie *cookie);
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache.h b/include/linux/fscache.h
index df985507fa5e..0b01eaaef44c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ struct fscache_cookie;
 #define FSCACHE_ADV_WRITE_NOCACHE	0x02 /* Don't cache if written to locally */
 #define FSCACHE_ADV_FALLBACK_IO		0x04 /* Going to use the fallback I/O API (dangerous) */
 
+#define FSCACHE_INVAL_DIO_WRITE		0x01 /* Invalidate due to DIO write */
+
 /*
  * Data object state.
  */
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ enum fscache_cookie_stage {
 	FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_LOOKING_UP,	/* The cache object is being looked up */
 	FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_CREATING,		/* The cache object is being created */
 	FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_ACTIVE,		/* The cache is active, readable and writable */
+	FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_INVALIDATING,	/* The cache is being invalidated */
 	FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_FAILED,		/* The cache failed, withdraw to clear */
 	FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_COMMITTING,	/* The cookie is being committed */
 	FSCACHE_COOKIE_STAGE_WITHDRAWING,	/* The cookie is being withdrawn */
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ extern struct fscache_cookie *__fscache_acquire_cookie(
 extern void __fscache_use_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *, bool);
 extern void __fscache_unuse_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *, const void *, const loff_t *);
 extern void __fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *, bool);
+extern void __fscache_invalidate(struct fscache_cookie *, const void *, loff_t, unsigned int);
 
 /**
  * fscache_acquire_volume - Register a volume as desiring caching services
@@ -325,4 +329,33 @@ void __fscache_update_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, const void *aux_data
 	set_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_NEEDS_UPDATE, &cookie->flags);
 }
 
+/**
+ * fscache_invalidate - Notify cache that an object needs invalidation
+ * @cookie: The cookie representing the cache object
+ * @aux_data: The updated auxiliary data for the cookie (may be NULL)
+ * @size: The revised size of the object.
+ * @flags: Invalidation flags (FSCACHE_INVAL_*)
+ *
+ * Notify the cache that an object is needs to be invalidated and that it
+ * should abort any retrievals or stores it is doing on the cache.  The object
+ * is then marked non-caching until such time as the invalidation is complete.
+ *
+ * FSCACHE_INVAL_LIGHT indicates that if the object has been invalidated and
+ * replaced by a temporary object, the temporary object need not be replaced
+ * again.  This is primarily intended for use with FSCACHE_ADV_SINGLE_CHUNK.
+ *
+ * FSCACHE_INVAL_DIO_WRITE indicates that this is due to a direct I/O write and
+ * may cause caching to be suspended on this cookie.
+ *
+ * See Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst for a complete
+ * description.
+ */
+static inline
+void fscache_invalidate(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+			const void *aux_data, loff_t size, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	if (fscache_cookie_enabled(cookie))
+		__fscache_invalidate(cookie, aux_data, size, flags);
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_FSCACHE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index 99137486d351..3c70eef56599 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct netfs_cache_resources {
 	void				*cache_priv;
 	void				*cache_priv2;
 	unsigned int			debug_id;	/* Cookie debug ID */
+	unsigned int			inval_counter;	/* object->inval_counter at begin_op */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/trace/events/fscache.h b/include/trace/events/fscache.h
index 2b31ef34efa2..b705ff36bddc 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fscache.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fscache.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ enum fscache_cookie_trace {
 	fscache_cookie_discard,
 	fscache_cookie_get_end_access,
 	fscache_cookie_get_hash_collision,
+	fscache_cookie_get_inval_work,
 	fscache_cookie_get_lru,
 	fscache_cookie_get_use_work,
 	fscache_cookie_new_acquire,
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ enum fscache_access_trace {
 	fscache_access_acquire_volume_end,
 	fscache_access_cache_pin,
 	fscache_access_cache_unpin,
+	fscache_access_invalidate_cookie,
+	fscache_access_invalidate_cookie_end,
 	fscache_access_lookup_cookie,
 	fscache_access_lookup_cookie_end,
 	fscache_access_relinquish_volume,
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ enum fscache_access_trace {
 	EM(fscache_cookie_discard,		"DISCARD  ")		\
 	EM(fscache_cookie_get_hash_collision,	"GET hcoll")		\
 	EM(fscache_cookie_get_end_access,	"GQ  endac")		\
+	EM(fscache_cookie_get_inval_work,	"GQ  inval")		\
 	EM(fscache_cookie_get_lru,		"GET lru  ")		\
 	EM(fscache_cookie_get_use_work,		"GQ  use  ")		\
 	EM(fscache_cookie_new_acquire,		"NEW acq  ")		\
@@ -134,6 +138,8 @@ enum fscache_access_trace {
 	EM(fscache_access_acquire_volume_end,	"END   acq_vol")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_cache_pin,		"PIN   cache  ")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_cache_unpin,		"UNPIN cache  ")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_invalidate_cookie,	"BEGIN inval  ")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_invalidate_cookie_end,"END   inval  ")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_lookup_cookie,	"BEGIN lookup ")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_lookup_cookie_end,	"END   lookup ")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_relinquish_volume,	"BEGIN rlq_vol")	\
@@ -378,6 +384,25 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fscache_relinquish,
 		      __entry->n_active, __entry->flags, __entry->retire)
 	    );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(fscache_invalidate,
+	    TP_PROTO(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, loff_t new_size),
+
+	    TP_ARGS(cookie, new_size),
+
+	    TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		    __field(unsigned int,		cookie		)
+		    __field(loff_t,			new_size	)
+			     ),
+
+	    TP_fast_assign(
+		    __entry->cookie	= cookie->debug_id;
+		    __entry->new_size	= new_size;
+			   ),
+
+	    TP_printk("c=%08x sz=%llx",
+		      __entry->cookie, __entry->new_size)
+	    );
+
 #endif /* _TRACE_FSCACHE_H */
 
 /* This part must be outside protection */
