diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 4d5d03b..7702269 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3485,6 +3485,131 @@ int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_submit_read);
 
+/*
+ * Seek for SEEK_DATA / SEEK_HOLE within @page, starting at @lastoff.
+ *
+ * Returns the offset within the file on success, and -ENOENT otherwise.
+ */
+static loff_t
+page_seek_hole_data(struct page *page, loff_t lastoff, int whence)
+{
+	loff_t offset = page_offset(page);
+	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
+	bool seek_data = whence == SEEK_DATA;
+
+	if (lastoff < offset)
+		lastoff = offset;
+
+	bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+	do {
+		offset += bh->b_size;
+		if (lastoff >= offset)
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * Unwritten extents that have data in the page cache covering
+		 * them can be identified by the BH_Unwritten state flag.
+		 * Pages with multiple buffers might have a mix of holes, data
+		 * and unwritten extents - any buffer with valid data in it
+		 * should have BH_Uptodate flag set on it.
+		 */
+
+		if ((buffer_unwritten(bh) || buffer_uptodate(bh)) == seek_data)
+			return lastoff;
+
+		lastoff = offset;
+	} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Seek for SEEK_DATA / SEEK_HOLE in the page cache.
+ *
+ * Within unwritten extents, the page cache determines which parts are holes
+ * and which are data: unwritten and uptodate buffer heads count as data;
+ * everything else counts as a hole.
+ *
+ * Returns the resulting offset on successs, and -ENOENT otherwise.
+ */
+loff_t
+page_cache_seek_hole_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
+			  int whence)
+{
+	pgoff_t index = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	pgoff_t end = DIV_ROUND_UP(offset + length, PAGE_SIZE);
+	loff_t lastoff = offset;
+	struct pagevec pvec;
+
+	if (length <= 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+
+	do {
+		unsigned want, nr_pages, i;
+
+		want = min_t(unsigned, end - index, PAGEVEC_SIZE);
+		nr_pages = pagevec_lookup(&pvec, inode->i_mapping, index, want);
+		if (nr_pages == 0)
+			break;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
+
+			/*
+			 * At this point, the page may be truncated or
+			 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
+			 * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
+			 * mapping.  However, page->index will not change
+			 * because we have a reference on the page.
+                         *
+			 * If current page offset is beyond where we've ended,
+			 * we've found a hole.
+                         */
+			if (whence == SEEK_HOLE &&
+			    lastoff < page_offset(page))
+				goto check_range;
+
+			/* Searching done if the page index is out of range. */
+			if (page->index >= end)
+				goto not_found;
+
+			lock_page(page);
+			if (likely(page->mapping == inode->i_mapping) &&
+			    page_has_buffers(page)) {
+				lastoff = page_seek_hole_data(page, lastoff, whence);
+				if (lastoff >= 0) {
+					unlock_page(page);
+					goto check_range;
+				}
+			}
+			unlock_page(page);
+			lastoff = page_offset(page) + PAGE_SIZE;
+		}
+
+		/* Searching done if fewer pages returned than wanted. */
+		if (nr_pages < want)
+			break;
+
+		index = pvec.pages[i - 1]->index + 1;
+		pagevec_release(&pvec);
+	} while (index < end);
+
+	/* When no page at lastoff and we are not done, we found a hole. */
+	if (whence != SEEK_HOLE)
+		goto not_found;
+
+check_range:
+	if (lastoff < offset + length)
+		goto out;
+not_found:
+	lastoff = -ENOENT;
+out:
+	pagevec_release(&pvec);
+	return lastoff;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_seek_hole_data);
+
 void __init buffer_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long nrpages;
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index e0abeba..c8dae55 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
 			sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize);
 int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh);
 int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh);
+loff_t page_cache_seek_hole_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
+				 loff_t length, int whence);
 
 extern int buffer_heads_over_limit;
 
