diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index b686cc7..01d71e1 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index fd03fb6..247b7b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@
  * about to change to user space.  This is the same method as used on SPARC64.
  * See update_mmu_cache for the user space part.
  */
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *);
 
 extern void __flush_dcache_page(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page);
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 6706747..96e5382 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
  * do something here, but only for certain configurations.  No such
  * configurations exist at this time.
  */
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(page)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(page)		do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index af03a36..417eaac 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_BFIN_EXTMEM_WRITEBACK) || defined(CONFIG_BFIN_L2_WRITEBACK)
 # define flush_dcache_range(start,end)		blackfin_dcache_flush_range((start), (end))
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 # define flush_dcache_page(page)		blackfin_dflush_page(page_address(page))
 #else
 # define flush_dcache_range(start,end)		do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 # define flush_dcache_page(page)		do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index cf60e3f..36795bc 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 432a69e..edbac54 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 }
 
 /* dcache/icache coherency... */
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 5ffdca2..4cf2df2 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define	flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)		do { } while (0)
 #define	flush_cache_range(vma,a,b)
 #define	flush_cache_page(vma,p,pfn)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define	flush_dcache_page(page)
 #define	flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)
 #define	flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index c8ce271..429eefc 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_vmap(start, end)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_vunmap(start, end)		do { } while (0)
 
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			\
 do {						\
 	clear_bit(PG_arch_1, &(page)->flags);	\
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 78587c9..8e8e045 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_mm.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_mm.h
index 16bf375..73de7c8 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_mm.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_mm.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)		__flush_page_to_ram(page_address(page))
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_no.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_no.h
index c65f00a..89f1956 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_no.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_no.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	__flush_cache_all()
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_range(start,len)		__flush_cache_all()
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index f989d6a..088076e 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
 
 #define flush_dcache_range(start, end)	__invalidate_dcache_range(start, end)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 03b1d69..40bb9fd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 extern void (*flush_cache_page)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long page, unsigned long pfn);
 extern void __flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 static inline void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases || !cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc)
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 1a55d61..29e692f 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do {} while (0)
 #define flush_cache_vmap(start, end)		do {} while (0)
 #define flush_cache_vunmap(start, end)		do {} while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do {} while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do {} while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do {} while (0)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 7243951..7a73b61 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_vmap(start, end)		flush_cache_all()
 #define flush_cache_vunmap(start, end)		flush_cache_all()
 
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index ba667a383..ab9e402 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_vmap(start, end)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_vunmap(start, end)		do { } while (0)
 
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 49d5af9..405cc97 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/score/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 07cc8fc..caaba24 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 extern void flush_dcache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do {} while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do {} while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do {} while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do {} while (0)
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index c29918f..dda96eb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 				unsigned long addr, unsigned long pfn);
 extern void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				 unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 extern void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern void flush_icache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_32.h
index 68ac109..2e46877 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_32.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
 extern void sparc_flush_page_to_ram(struct page *page);
 
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			sparc_flush_page_to_ram(page)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
index c433217..b953840 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #endif
 
 extern void __flush_dcache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 
 #define flush_icache_page(vma, pg)	do { } while(0)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index b54f6af..9076add 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 				     unsigned long start, unsigned long end) { }
 static inline void flush_cache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				    unsigned long vmaddr, unsigned long pfn) { }
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 static inline void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page) { }
 static inline void flush_dcache_mmap_lock(struct address_space *mapping) { }
 static inline void flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(struct address_space *mapping) { }
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index b7b8fbe..a508f2f 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_vmap(start,end)	flush_cache_all()
 #define flush_cache_vunmap(start,end)	flush_cache_all()
 
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page*);
 extern void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct*, ulong, ulong);
 extern void flush_cache_page(struct vm_area_struct*, unsigned long, unsigned long);
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 71da511..718897e6 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2358,6 +2358,25 @@
 		rq->rq_disk = bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk;
 }
 
+#if ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
+/**
+ * rq_flush_dcache_pages - Helper function to flush all pages in a request
+ * @rq: the request to be flushed
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Flush all pages in @rq.
+ */
+void rq_flush_dcache_pages(struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct req_iterator iter;
+	struct bio_vec *bvec;
+
+	rq_for_each_segment(bvec, rq, iter)
+		flush_dcache_page(bvec->bv_page);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rq_flush_dcache_pages);
+#endif
+
 /**
  * blk_lld_busy - Check if underlying low-level drivers of a device are busy
  * @q : the queue of the device being checked
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 8ca17a3..64e2b37 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -59,12 +59,14 @@
 		for (; nsect > 0; nsect--, block++, buf += tr->blksize)
 			if (tr->readsect(dev, block, buf))
 				return -EIO;
+		rq_flush_dcache_pages(req);
 		return 0;
 
 	case WRITE:
 		if (!tr->writesect)
 			return -EIO;
 
+		rq_flush_dcache_pages(req);
 		for (; nsect > 0; nsect--, block++, buf += tr->blksize)
 			if (tr->writesect(dev, block, buf))
 				return -EIO;
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 12da5db..e23a63f 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1393,6 +1393,18 @@
 	}
 }
 
+#if ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
+void bio_flush_dcache_pages(struct bio *bi)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct bio_vec *bvec;
+
+	bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bi, i)
+		flush_dcache_page(bvec->bv_page);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_flush_dcache_pages);
+#endif
+
 /**
  * bio_endio - end I/O on a bio
  * @bio:	bio
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-generic/cacheflush.h
index ba4ec39..57b5c3c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/cacheflush.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end)	do { } while (0)
 #define flush_cache_page(vma, vmaddr, pfn)	do { } while (0)
+#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
 #define flush_dcache_page(page)			do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping)		do { } while (0)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 474792b..7fc5606 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -391,6 +391,18 @@
 				 gfp_t, int);
 extern void bio_set_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio);
 extern void bio_check_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio);
+
+#ifndef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
+# error	"You should define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE for your platform"
+#endif
+#if ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
+extern void bio_flush_dcache_pages(struct bio *bi);
+#else
+static inline void bio_flush_dcache_pages(struct bio *bi)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 extern struct bio *bio_copy_user(struct request_queue *, struct rq_map_data *,
 				 unsigned long, unsigned int, int, gfp_t);
 extern struct bio *bio_copy_user_iov(struct request_queue *,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 1cc0297..e727f6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -752,6 +752,17 @@
 #define rq_iter_last(rq, _iter)					\
 		(_iter.bio->bi_next == NULL && _iter.i == _iter.bio->bi_vcnt-1)
 
+#ifndef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
+# error	"You should define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE for your platform"
+#endif
+#if ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
+extern void rq_flush_dcache_pages(struct request *rq);
+#else
+static inline void rq_flush_dcache_pages(struct request *rq)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 extern int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk);
 extern void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk);
 extern void register_disk(struct gendisk *dev);