diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index e0cce2a..2db1900 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ prototypes:
 	int (*launder_page)(struct page *);
 	int (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct page *, read_descriptor_t *, unsigned long);
 	int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *);
+	int (*swap_activate)(struct file *);
+	int (*swap_deactivate)(struct file *);
 
 locking rules:
 	All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block
@@ -229,6 +231,8 @@ migratepage:		yes (both)
 launder_page:		yes
 is_partially_uptodate:	yes
 error_remove_page:	yes
+swap_activate:		no
+swap_deactivate:	no
 
 	->write_begin(), ->write_end(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage()
 may be called from the request handler (/dev/loop).
@@ -330,6 +334,15 @@ cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page
 getting mapped back in and redirtied, it needs to be kept locked
 across the entire operation.
 
+	->swap_activate will be called with a non-zero argument on
+files backing (non block device backed) swapfiles. A return value
+of zero indicates success, in which case this file can be used for
+backing swapspace. The swapspace operations will be proxied to the
+address space operations.
+
+	->swap_deactivate() will be called in the sys_swapoff()
+path after ->swap_activate() returned success.
+
 ----------------------- file_lock_operations ------------------------------
 prototypes:
 	void (*fl_copy_lock)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index aa754e0..8aea28f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ struct address_space_operations {
 	int (*migratepage) (struct page *, struct page *);
 	int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
 	int (*error_remove_page) (struct mapping *mapping, struct page *page);
+	int (*swap_activate)(struct file *);
+	int (*swap_deactivate)(struct file *);
 };
 
   writepage: called by the VM to write a dirty page to backing store.
@@ -760,6 +762,16 @@ struct address_space_operations {
 	Setting this implies you deal with pages going away under you,
 	unless you have them locked or reference counts increased.
 
+  swap_activate: Called when swapon is used on a file to allocate
+	space if necessary and pin the block lookup information in
+	memory. A return value of zero indicates success,
+	in which case this file can be used to back swapspace. The
+	swapspace operations will be proxied to this address space's
+	->swap_{out,in} methods.
+
+  swap_deactivate: Called during swapoff on files where swap_activate
+  	was successful.
+
 
 The File Object
 ===============
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3e035f4..2a6396b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -638,6 +638,10 @@ struct address_space_operations {
 	int (*is_partially_uptodate) (struct page *, read_descriptor_t *,
 					unsigned long);
 	int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *);
+
+	/* swapfile support */
+	int (*swap_activate)(struct file *file);
+	int (*swap_deactivate)(struct file *file);
 };
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index b967eda..b236bc4 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ enum {
 	SWP_SOLIDSTATE	= (1 << 4),	/* blkdev seeks are cheap */
 	SWP_CONTINUED	= (1 << 5),	/* swap_map has count continuation */
 	SWP_BLKDEV	= (1 << 6),	/* its a block device */
+	SWP_FILE	= (1 << 7),	/* set after swap_activate success */
 					/* add others here before... */
 	SWP_SCANNING	= (1 << 8),	/* refcount in scan_swap_map */
 };
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t ent)
 /* linux/mm/page_io.c */
 extern int swap_readpage(struct page *);
 extern int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc);
+extern int swap_set_page_dirty(struct page *page);
 extern void end_swap_bio_read(struct bio *bio, int err);
 
 /* linux/mm/swap_state.c */
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ extern unsigned int count_swap_pages(int, int);
 extern sector_t map_swap_page(struct page *, struct block_device **);
 extern sector_t swapdev_block(int, pgoff_t);
 extern int page_swapcount(struct page *);
+extern struct swap_info_struct *page_swap_info(struct page *);
 extern int reuse_swap_page(struct page *);
 extern int can_reuse_swap_page(struct page *);
 extern int try_to_free_swap(struct page *);
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index 34f0292..307a3e7 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/swapops.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/frontswap.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int ret = 0, rw = WRITE;
+	struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
 
 	if (try_to_free_swap(page)) {
 		unlock_page(page);
@@ -105,6 +107,32 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		end_page_writeback(page);
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+		struct kiocb kiocb;
+		struct file *swap_file = sis->swap_file;
+		struct address_space *mapping = swap_file->f_mapping;
+		struct iovec iov = {
+			.iov_base = page_address(page),
+			.iov_len  = PAGE_SIZE,
+		};
+
+		init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, swap_file);
+		kiocb.ki_pos = page_file_offset(page);
+		kiocb.ki_left = PAGE_SIZE;
+		kiocb.ki_nbytes = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+		unlock_page(page);
+		ret = mapping->a_ops->direct_IO(KERNEL_WRITE,
+						&kiocb, &iov,
+						kiocb.ki_pos, 1);
+		if (ret == PAGE_SIZE) {
+			count_vm_event(PSWPOUT);
+			ret = 0;
+		}
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	bio = get_swap_bio(GFP_NOIO, page, end_swap_bio_write);
 	if (bio == NULL) {
 		set_page_dirty(page);
@@ -126,6 +154,7 @@ int swap_readpage(struct page *page)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int ret = 0;
+	struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	VM_BUG_ON(PageUptodate(page));
@@ -134,6 +163,17 @@ int swap_readpage(struct page *page)
 		unlock_page(page);
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+		struct file *swap_file = sis->swap_file;
+		struct address_space *mapping = swap_file->f_mapping;
+
+		ret = mapping->a_ops->readpage(swap_file, page);
+		if (!ret)
+			count_vm_event(PSWPIN);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	bio = get_swap_bio(GFP_KERNEL, page, end_swap_bio_read);
 	if (bio == NULL) {
 		unlock_page(page);
@@ -145,3 +185,15 @@ int swap_readpage(struct page *page)
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int swap_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
+
+	if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+		struct address_space *mapping = sis->swap_file->f_mapping;
+		return mapping->a_ops->set_page_dirty(page);
+	} else {
+		return __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(page);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index c85b559..0cb36fb 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 static const struct address_space_operations swap_aops = {
 	.writepage	= swap_writepage,
-	.set_page_dirty	= __set_page_dirty_no_writeback,
+	.set_page_dirty	= swap_set_page_dirty,
 	.migratepage	= migrate_page,
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index f4e02bd..b8b5861 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,14 @@ static void destroy_swap_extents(struct swap_info_struct *sis)
 		list_del(&se->list);
 		kfree(se);
 	}
+
+	if (sis->flags & SWP_FILE) {
+		struct file *swap_file = sis->swap_file;
+		struct address_space *mapping = swap_file->f_mapping;
+
+		sis->flags &= ~SWP_FILE;
+		mapping->a_ops->swap_deactivate(swap_file);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1423,7 +1431,9 @@ add_swap_extent(struct swap_info_struct *sis, unsigned long start_page,
  */
 static int setup_swap_extents(struct swap_info_struct *sis, sector_t *span)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
+	struct file *swap_file = sis->swap_file;
+	struct address_space *mapping = swap_file->f_mapping;
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	unsigned blocks_per_page;
 	unsigned long page_no;
 	unsigned blkbits;
@@ -1434,13 +1444,22 @@ static int setup_swap_extents(struct swap_info_struct *sis, sector_t *span)
 	int nr_extents = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	inode = sis->swap_file->f_mapping->host;
 	if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		ret = add_swap_extent(sis, 0, sis->max, 0);
 		*span = sis->pages;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (mapping->a_ops->swap_activate) {
+		ret = mapping->a_ops->swap_activate(swap_file);
+		if (!ret) {
+			sis->flags |= SWP_FILE;
+			ret = add_swap_extent(sis, 0, sis->max, 0);
+			*span = sis->pages;
+		}
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
 	blocks_per_page = PAGE_SIZE >> blkbits;
 
@@ -2299,6 +2318,13 @@ int swapcache_prepare(swp_entry_t entry)
 	return __swap_duplicate(entry, SWAP_HAS_CACHE);
 }
 
+struct swap_info_struct *page_swap_info(struct page *page)
+{
+	swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
+	BUG_ON(!PageSwapCache(page));
+	return swap_info[swp_type(swap)];
+}
+
 /*
  * out-of-line __page_file_ methods to avoid include hell.
  */
