diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 1dd8c62..2c0e08f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 			struct nfs_page *req;
 			unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);
 			/* XXX do we need to do the eof zeroing found in async_filler? */
-			req = nfs_create_request(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i],
+			req = nfs_create_request(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i], NULL,
 						 pgbase, req_len);
 			if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 				result = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
 			struct nfs_page *req;
 			unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);
 
-			req = nfs_create_request(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i],
+			req = nfs_create_request(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i], NULL,
 						 pgbase, req_len);
 			if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 				result = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -827,6 +827,8 @@
 	spin_unlock(&dreq->lock);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&hdr->pages)) {
+		bool do_destroy = true;
+
 		req = nfs_list_entry(hdr->pages.next);
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
 		switch (bit) {
@@ -834,6 +836,7 @@
 		case NFS_IOHDR_NEED_COMMIT:
 			kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
 			nfs_mark_request_commit(req, hdr->lseg, &cinfo);
+			do_destroy = false;
 		}
 		nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index f343f49..015fb7b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 static struct kmem_cache *nfs_page_cachep;
 static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_pgio_common_ops;
 
+static void nfs_free_request(struct nfs_page *);
+
 static bool nfs_pgarray_set(struct nfs_page_array *p, unsigned int pagecount)
 {
 	p->npages = pagecount;
@@ -136,10 +138,151 @@
 	return __nfs_iocounter_wait(c);
 }
 
+/*
+ * nfs_page_group_lock - lock the head of the page group
+ * @req - request in group that is to be locked
+ *
+ * this lock must be held if modifying the page group list
+ */
+void
+nfs_page_group_lock(struct nfs_page *req)
+{
+	struct nfs_page *head = req->wb_head;
+	int err = -EAGAIN;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(head != head->wb_head);
+
+	while (err)
+		err = wait_on_bit_lock(&head->wb_flags, PG_HEADLOCK,
+			nfs_wait_bit_killable, TASK_KILLABLE);
+}
+
+/*
+ * nfs_page_group_unlock - unlock the head of the page group
+ * @req - request in group that is to be unlocked
+ */
+void
+nfs_page_group_unlock(struct nfs_page *req)
+{
+	struct nfs_page *head = req->wb_head;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(head != head->wb_head);
+
+	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
+	clear_bit(PG_HEADLOCK, &head->wb_flags);
+	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+	wake_up_bit(&head->wb_flags, PG_HEADLOCK);
+}
+
+/*
+ * nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit_locked
+ *
+ * must be called with page group lock held
+ */
+static bool
+nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit_locked(struct nfs_page *req, unsigned int bit)
+{
+	struct nfs_page *head = req->wb_head;
+	struct nfs_page *tmp;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_bit(PG_HEADLOCK, &head->wb_flags));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(test_and_set_bit(bit, &req->wb_flags));
+
+	tmp = req->wb_this_page;
+	while (tmp != req) {
+		if (!test_bit(bit, &tmp->wb_flags))
+			return false;
+		tmp = tmp->wb_this_page;
+	}
+
+	/* true! reset all bits */
+	tmp = req;
+	do {
+		clear_bit(bit, &tmp->wb_flags);
+		tmp = tmp->wb_this_page;
+	} while (tmp != req);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit - set bit on current request, but only
+ *   return true if the bit is set for all requests in page group
+ * @req - request in page group
+ * @bit - PG_* bit that is used to sync page group
+ */
+bool nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit(struct nfs_page *req, unsigned int bit)
+{
+	bool ret;
+
+	nfs_page_group_lock(req);
+	ret = nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit_locked(req, bit);
+	nfs_page_group_unlock(req);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * nfs_page_group_init - Initialize the page group linkage for @req
+ * @req - a new nfs request
+ * @prev - the previous request in page group, or NULL if @req is the first
+ *         or only request in the group (the head).
+ */
+static inline void
+nfs_page_group_init(struct nfs_page *req, struct nfs_page *prev)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(prev == req);
+
+	if (!prev) {
+		req->wb_head = req;
+		req->wb_this_page = req;
+	} else {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(prev->wb_this_page != prev->wb_head);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_bit(PG_HEADLOCK, &prev->wb_head->wb_flags));
+		req->wb_head = prev->wb_head;
+		req->wb_this_page = prev->wb_this_page;
+		prev->wb_this_page = req;
+
+		/* grab extra ref if head request has extra ref from
+		 * the write/commit path to handle handoff between write
+		 * and commit lists */
+		if (test_bit(PG_INODE_REF, &prev->wb_head->wb_flags))
+			kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * nfs_page_group_destroy - sync the destruction of page groups
+ * @req - request that no longer needs the page group
+ *
+ * releases the page group reference from each member once all
+ * members have called this function.
+ */
+static void
+nfs_page_group_destroy(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct nfs_page *req = container_of(kref, struct nfs_page, wb_kref);
+	struct nfs_page *tmp, *next;
+
+	if (!nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit(req, PG_TEARDOWN))
+		return;
+
+	tmp = req;
+	do {
+		next = tmp->wb_this_page;
+		/* unlink and free */
+		tmp->wb_this_page = tmp;
+		tmp->wb_head = tmp;
+		nfs_free_request(tmp);
+		tmp = next;
+	} while (tmp != req);
+}
+
 /**
  * nfs_create_request - Create an NFS read/write request.
  * @ctx: open context to use
  * @page: page to write
+ * @last: last nfs request created for this page group or NULL if head
  * @offset: starting offset within the page for the write
  * @count: number of bytes to read/write
  *
@@ -149,7 +292,8 @@
  */
 struct nfs_page *
 nfs_create_request(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct page *page,
-		   unsigned int offset, unsigned int count)
+		   struct nfs_page *last, unsigned int offset,
+		   unsigned int count)
 {
 	struct nfs_page		*req;
 	struct nfs_lock_context *l_ctx;
@@ -181,6 +325,7 @@
 	req->wb_bytes   = count;
 	req->wb_context = get_nfs_open_context(ctx);
 	kref_init(&req->wb_kref);
+	nfs_page_group_init(req, last);
 	return req;
 }
 
@@ -238,16 +383,18 @@
 	}
 }
 
-
 /**
  * nfs_release_request - Release the count on an NFS read/write request
  * @req: request to release
  *
  * Note: Should never be called with the spinlock held!
  */
-static void nfs_free_request(struct kref *kref)
+static void nfs_free_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	struct nfs_page *req = container_of(kref, struct nfs_page, wb_kref);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(req->wb_this_page != req);
+
+	/* extra debug: make sure no sync bits are still set */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(test_bit(PG_TEARDOWN, &req->wb_flags));
 
 	/* Release struct file and open context */
 	nfs_clear_request(req);
@@ -256,7 +403,7 @@
 
 void nfs_release_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	kref_put(&req->wb_kref, nfs_free_request);
+	kref_put(&req->wb_kref, nfs_page_group_destroy);
 }
 
 static int nfs_wait_bit_uninterruptible(void *word)
@@ -832,21 +979,66 @@
  * @desc: destination io descriptor
  * @req: request
  *
+ * This may split a request into subrequests which are all part of the
+ * same page group.
+ *
  * Returns true if the request 'req' was successfully coalesced into the
  * existing list of pages 'desc'.
  */
 static int __nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 			   struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	while (!nfs_pageio_do_add_request(desc, req)) {
-		desc->pg_moreio = 1;
-		nfs_pageio_doio(desc);
-		if (desc->pg_error < 0)
-			return 0;
-		desc->pg_moreio = 0;
-		if (desc->pg_recoalesce)
-			return 0;
-	}
+	struct nfs_page *subreq;
+	unsigned int bytes_left = 0;
+	unsigned int offset, pgbase;
+
+	nfs_page_group_lock(req);
+
+	subreq = req;
+	bytes_left = subreq->wb_bytes;
+	offset = subreq->wb_offset;
+	pgbase = subreq->wb_pgbase;
+
+	do {
+		if (!nfs_pageio_do_add_request(desc, subreq)) {
+			/* make sure pg_test call(s) did nothing */
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(subreq->wb_bytes != bytes_left);
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(subreq->wb_offset != offset);
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(subreq->wb_pgbase != pgbase);
+
+			nfs_page_group_unlock(req);
+			desc->pg_moreio = 1;
+			nfs_pageio_doio(desc);
+			if (desc->pg_error < 0)
+				return 0;
+			desc->pg_moreio = 0;
+			if (desc->pg_recoalesce)
+				return 0;
+			/* retry add_request for this subreq */
+			nfs_page_group_lock(req);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* check for buggy pg_test call(s) */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(subreq->wb_bytes + subreq->wb_pgbase > PAGE_SIZE);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(subreq->wb_bytes > bytes_left);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(subreq->wb_bytes == 0);
+
+		bytes_left -= subreq->wb_bytes;
+		offset += subreq->wb_bytes;
+		pgbase += subreq->wb_bytes;
+
+		if (bytes_left) {
+			subreq = nfs_create_request(req->wb_context,
+					req->wb_page,
+					subreq, pgbase, bytes_left);
+			nfs_lock_request(subreq);
+			subreq->wb_offset  = offset;
+			subreq->wb_index = req->wb_index;
+		}
+	} while (bytes_left > 0);
+
+	nfs_page_group_unlock(req);
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 46d9044..902ba2c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	len = nfs_page_length(page);
 	if (len == 0)
 		return nfs_return_empty_page(page);
-	new = nfs_create_request(ctx, page, 0, len);
+	new = nfs_create_request(ctx, page, NULL, 0, len);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		return PTR_ERR(new);
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 	if (len == 0)
 		return nfs_return_empty_page(page);
 
-	new = nfs_create_request(desc->ctx, page, 0, len);
+	new = nfs_create_request(desc->ctx, page, NULL, 0, len);
 	if (IS_ERR(new))
 		goto out_error;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index e773df2..d0f30f1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(req->wb_this_page != req);
+
 	/* Lock the request! */
 	nfs_lock_request(req);
 
@@ -383,6 +385,7 @@
 		set_page_private(req->wb_page, (unsigned long)req);
 	}
 	nfsi->npages++;
+	set_bit(PG_INODE_REF, &req->wb_flags);
 	kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
@@ -567,6 +570,7 @@
 {
 	struct nfs_commit_info cinfo;
 	unsigned long bytes = 0;
+	bool do_destroy;
 
 	if (test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_REDO, &hdr->flags))
 		goto out;
@@ -596,6 +600,7 @@
 next:
 		nfs_unlock_request(req);
 		nfs_end_page_writeback(req->wb_page);
+		do_destroy = !test_bit(NFS_IOHDR_NEED_COMMIT, &hdr->flags);
 		nfs_release_request(req);
 	}
 out:
@@ -700,6 +705,10 @@
 		if (req == NULL)
 			goto out_unlock;
 
+		/* should be handled by nfs_flush_incompatible */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(req->wb_head != req);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(req->wb_this_page != req);
+
 		rqend = req->wb_offset + req->wb_bytes;
 		/*
 		 * Tell the caller to flush out the request if
@@ -761,7 +770,7 @@
 	req = nfs_try_to_update_request(inode, page, offset, bytes);
 	if (req != NULL)
 		goto out;
-	req = nfs_create_request(ctx, page, offset, bytes);
+	req = nfs_create_request(ctx, page, NULL, offset, bytes);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		goto out;
 	nfs_inode_add_request(inode, req);
@@ -805,6 +814,8 @@
 			return 0;
 		l_ctx = req->wb_lock_context;
 		do_flush = req->wb_page != page || req->wb_context != ctx;
+		/* for now, flush if more than 1 request in page_group */
+		do_flush |= req->wb_this_page != req;
 		if (l_ctx && ctx->dentry->d_inode->i_flock != NULL) {
 			do_flush |= l_ctx->lockowner.l_owner != current->files
 				|| l_ctx->lockowner.l_pid != current->tgid;