diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
index ee455526ca5b..2524e4cbb8ea 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
@@ -254,8 +254,9 @@ static int v9fs_launder_page(struct page *page)
  * with an error.
  *
  */
-ssize_t v9fs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
-		loff_t pos, unsigned long nr_segs)
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+	       loff_t pos, unsigned long nr_segs)
 {
 	/*
 	 * FIXME
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 3cff25e759ec..78bcb97c3425 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -579,15 +579,124 @@ out_unlock:
 	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_direct_read(struct file *filp, char __user *udata, size_t count,
+		 loff_t *offsetp)
+{
+	loff_t size, offset;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+
+	offset = *offsetp;
+	mapping = filp->f_mapping;
+	inode = mapping->host;
+	if (!count)
+		return 0;
+	size = i_size_read(inode);
+	if (offset < size)
+		filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset,
+					     offset + count - 1);
+
+	return v9fs_file_read(filp, udata, count, offsetp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_cached_file_read - read from a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to read
+ * @udata: user data buffer to read data into
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to read data
+ *
+ */
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_cached_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user *data, size_t count,
+		      loff_t *offset)
+{
+	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
+		return v9fs_direct_read(filp, data, count, offset);
+	return do_sync_read(filp, data, count, offset);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_direct_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
+		  size_t count, loff_t *offsetp)
+{
+	loff_t offset;
+	ssize_t retval;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+
+	offset = *offsetp;
+	mapping = filp->f_mapping;
+	inode = mapping->host;
+	if (!count)
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset,
+					      offset + count - 1);
+	if (retval)
+		goto err_out;
+	/*
+	 * After a write we want buffered reads to be sure to go to disk to get
+	 * the new data.  We invalidate clean cached page from the region we're
+	 * about to write.  We do this *before* the write so that if we fail
+	 * here we fall back to buffered write
+	 */
+	if (mapping->nrpages) {
+		pgoff_t pg_start = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		pgoff_t pg_end   = (offset + count - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+
+		retval = invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping,
+							pg_start, pg_end);
+		/*
+		 * If a page can not be invalidated, fall back
+		 * to buffered write.
+		 */
+		if (retval) {
+			if (retval == -EBUSY)
+				goto buff_write;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+	}
+	retval = v9fs_file_write(filp, data, count, offsetp);
+err_out:
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	return retval;
+
+buff_write:
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	return do_sync_write(filp, data, count, offsetp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_cached_file_write - write to a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to write
+ * @data: data buffer to write data from
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to write data
+ *
+ */
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_cached_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *offset)
+{
+
+	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
+		return v9fs_direct_write(filp, data, count, offset);
+	return do_sync_write(filp, data, count, offset);
+}
+
 static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite = v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite,
 };
 
+
 const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = do_sync_read,
-	.write = do_sync_write,
+	.read = v9fs_cached_file_read,
+	.write = v9fs_cached_file_write,
 	.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write = generic_file_aio_write,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
@@ -599,8 +708,8 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations = {
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read = do_sync_read,
-	.write = do_sync_write,
+	.read = v9fs_cached_file_read,
+	.write = v9fs_cached_file_write,
 	.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
 	.aio_write = generic_file_aio_write,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,