diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 4fca82e5276e71726f81285ba0ffef867e917618..d5a269a51a9efe1909c51b78c7e8207af2af3dc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ ata *);
 	int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
 	void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t);
 	int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start, u64 len);
+	void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
 
 locking rules:
 	all may block
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ listxattr:	no
 removexattr:	yes
 truncate_range:	yes
 fiemap:		no
+update_time:	no
+
 	Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on
 victim.
 	cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 0d0492028082c0ecda1a0931cc5100765624a80a..b2aa722e5ea24fed6b1ba0b97c392786de726c3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 	int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
 	void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t);
+	void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
 };
 
 Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
@@ -475,6 +476,9 @@ otherwise noted.
   truncate_range: a method provided by the underlying filesystem to truncate a
   	range of blocks , i.e. punch a hole somewhere in a file.
 
+  update_time: called by the VFS to update a specific time or the i_version of
+  	an inode.  If this is not defined the VFS will update the inode itself
+  	and call mark_inode_dirty_sync.
 
 The Address Space Object
 ========================
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 504e61b7fd7515f8aafe7e3b9edd2c9fa42fd91d..9562109d3a879b3dab50ee27d989f3ae89c8b833 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -962,7 +962,9 @@ static ssize_t fuse_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	file_update_time(file);
+	err = file_update_time(file);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
 		written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iov, &nr_segs,
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index a79555e492e0751989c1dacebf4a62910798fcc8..f0335fc315eddf817ec14f81ca3c78abf8caa53c 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1487,6 +1487,27 @@ static int relatime_need_update(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This does the actual work of updating an inodes time or version.  Must have
+ * had called mnt_want_write() before calling this.
+ */
+static int update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *time, int flags)
+{
+	if (inode->i_op->update_time)
+		return inode->i_op->update_time(inode, time, flags);
+
+	if (flags & S_ATIME)
+		inode->i_atime = *time;
+	if (flags & S_VERSION)
+		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+	if (flags & S_CTIME)
+		inode->i_ctime = *time;
+	if (flags & S_MTIME)
+		inode->i_mtime = *time;
+	mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  *	touch_atime	-	update the access time
  *	@path: the &struct path to update
@@ -1524,8 +1545,14 @@ void touch_atime(struct path *path)
 	if (mnt_want_write(mnt))
 		return;
 
-	inode->i_atime = now;
-	mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	/*
+	 * File systems can error out when updating inodes if they need to
+	 * allocate new space to modify an inode (such is the case for
+	 * Btrfs), but since we touch atime while walking down the path we
+	 * really don't care if we failed to update the atime of the file,
+	 * so just ignore the return value.
+	 */
+	update_time(inode, &now, S_ATIME);
 	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);
@@ -1604,18 +1631,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_remove_suid);
  *	usage in the file write path of filesystems, and filesystems may
  *	choose to explicitly ignore update via this function with the
  *	S_NOCMTIME inode flag, e.g. for network filesystem where these
- *	timestamps are handled by the server.
+ *	timestamps are handled by the server.  This can return an error for
+ *	file systems who need to allocate space in order to update an inode.
  */
 
-void file_update_time(struct file *file)
+int file_update_time(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct timespec now;
-	enum { S_MTIME = 1, S_CTIME = 2, S_VERSION = 4 } sync_it = 0;
+	int sync_it = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* First try to exhaust all avenues to not sync */
 	if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &now))
@@ -1628,21 +1657,16 @@ void file_update_time(struct file *file)
 		sync_it |= S_VERSION;
 
 	if (!sync_it)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Finally allowed to write? Takes lock. */
 	if (mnt_want_write_file(file))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
-	/* Only change inode inside the lock region */
-	if (sync_it & S_VERSION)
-		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
-	if (sync_it & S_CTIME)
-		inode->i_ctime = now;
-	if (sync_it & S_MTIME)
-		inode->i_mtime = now;
-	mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	ret = update_time(inode, &now, sync_it);
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_update_time);
 
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/file.c b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
index 3ff5fcc1528fd21ae18a7a240ec9f2920ec30d32..122e260247f53c663550073fda567a4342b0ba63 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/file.c
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ ncp_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *
 
 	already_written = 0;
 
+	errno = file_update_time(file);
+	if (errno)
+		goto outrel;
+
 	bouncebuffer = vmalloc(bufsize);
 	if (!bouncebuffer) {
 		errno = -EIO;	/* -ENOMEM */
@@ -252,8 +256,6 @@ ncp_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *
 	}
 	vfree(bouncebuffer);
 
-	file_update_time(file);
-
 	*ppos = pos;
 
 	if (pos > i_size_read(inode)) {
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 8639169221c7aed21c0bd600ab4ef1a0d8102cb1..7389d2d5e51d257c72f9fb0c1468c38a28b309e4 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,9 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	err = file_remove_suid(file);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	file_update_time(file);
+	err = file_update_time(file);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 	written = ntfs_file_buffered_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos, ppos,
 			count);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 95ebb56de494de44efb6224ccfee1b96e4169267..49c1065256fd10d9d5fdca3cf449b1e56bd58a0a 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -654,8 +654,11 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *_iov,
 		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&pipe->wait, POLLIN | POLLRDNORM);
 		kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
 	}
-	if (ret > 0)
-		file_update_time(filp);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		int err = file_update_time(filp);
+		if (err)
+			ret = err;
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index f8476841eb04e08edc2ad069e97cddc3da242e7f..47c4c1ad0c0442c33b42f435f8d1364b90b0a178 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1003,8 +1003,10 @@ generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 		mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
 		ret = file_remove_suid(out);
 		if (!ret) {
-			file_update_time(out);
-			ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, &sd, pipe_to_file);
+			ret = file_update_time(out);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, &sd,
+							    pipe_to_file);
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	} while (ret > 0);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 8d214b87f6bb06ed1f7ed204cdfda8da9345172f..9f7ec15a65222e2fe318e0ab81ac9cca0a664b4a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -586,8 +586,11 @@ xfs_file_aio_write_checks(
 	 * lock above.  Eventually we should look into a way to avoid
 	 * the pointless lock roundtrip.
 	 */
-	if (likely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME)))
-		file_update_time(file);
+	if (likely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME))) {
+		error = file_update_time(file);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're writing the file then make sure to clear the setuid and
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index cdc1a9630948e157c3b6e9f1916d0ebfb1bd88d2..57fc70574d20688caa4d3c23102bbf0f0af16c4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1684,6 +1684,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t);
 	int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start,
 		      u64 len);
+	int (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
 struct seq_file;
@@ -1843,6 +1844,13 @@ static inline void inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode)
        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
+enum file_time_flags {
+	S_ATIME = 1,
+	S_MTIME = 2,
+	S_CTIME = 4,
+	S_VERSION = 8,
+};
+
 extern void touch_atime(struct path *);
 static inline void file_accessed(struct file *file)
 {
@@ -2579,7 +2587,7 @@ extern int inode_change_ok(const struct inode *, struct iattr *);
 extern int inode_newsize_ok(const struct inode *, loff_t offset);
 extern void setattr_copy(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr);
 
-extern void file_update_time(struct file *file);
+extern int file_update_time(struct file *file);
 
 extern int generic_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root);
 extern void save_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 21e5abfbcdf661ac3fbb4434d1058a8bec82baec..51070f1f1b524f7da78836251890ca515e88c1d5 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2463,7 +2463,9 @@ ssize_t __generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	file_update_time(file);
+	err = file_update_time(file);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
 	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)) {
diff --git a/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index a4eb3113222912c9aada14bd92c6b68d01577b73..213ca1f5340980e1ce6fad8d4f12e50858d61397 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ xip_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_backing;
 
-	file_update_time(filp);
+	ret = file_update_time(filp);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_backing;
 
 	ret = __xip_file_write (filp, buf, count, pos, ppos);