diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index da18dbcfcb22..ba420faed82e 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static void aio_complete_rw(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res)
 	iocb_put(iocb);
 }
 
-static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb)
+static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb, int rw_type)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb)
 	} else
 		req->ki_ioprio = get_current_ioprio();
 
-	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(req, iocb->aio_rw_flags);
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(req, iocb->aio_rw_flags, rw_type);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ static int aio_read(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb);
+	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb, READ);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	file = req->ki_filp;
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ static int aio_write(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb);
+	ret = aio_prep_rw(req, iocb, WRITE);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	file = req->ki_filp;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index ac3316e0d11c..455f06d94b11 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4555,7 +4555,7 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_encoded_write(struct file *file, void __user *argp, bool
 		goto out_iov;
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, 0);
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, 0, WRITE);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_iov;
 	kiocb.ki_pos = pos;
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index d4c036e82b6c..a7dc1819192d 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
-	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, flags);
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, flags, type);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	kiocb.ki_pos = (ppos ? *ppos : 0);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1fbc72c5f112..95946a706f23 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/mnt_idmapping.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fs.h>
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@ typedef int (dio_iodone_t)(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset,
 #define FMODE_PWRITE		((__force fmode_t)0x10)
 /* File is opened for execution with sys_execve / sys_uselib */
 #define FMODE_EXEC		((__force fmode_t)0x20)
+
+/* File supports atomic writes */
+#define FMODE_CAN_ATOMIC_WRITE	((__force fmode_t)0x40)
+
 /* 32bit hashes as llseek() offset (for directories) */
 #define FMODE_32BITHASH         ((__force fmode_t)0x200)
 /* 64bit hashes as llseek() offset (for directories) */
@@ -328,6 +333,7 @@ enum rw_hint {
 #define IOCB_SYNC		(__force int) RWF_SYNC
 #define IOCB_NOWAIT		(__force int) RWF_NOWAIT
 #define IOCB_APPEND		(__force int) RWF_APPEND
+#define IOCB_ATOMIC		(__force int) RWF_ATOMIC
 
 /* non-RWF related bits - start at 16 */
 #define IOCB_EVENTFD		(1 << 16)
@@ -362,6 +368,7 @@ enum rw_hint {
 	{ IOCB_SYNC,		"SYNC" }, \
 	{ IOCB_NOWAIT,		"NOWAIT" }, \
 	{ IOCB_APPEND,		"APPEND" }, \
+	{ IOCB_ATOMIC,		"ATOMIC"}, \
 	{ IOCB_EVENTFD,		"EVENTFD"}, \
 	{ IOCB_DIRECT,		"DIRECT" }, \
 	{ IOCB_WRITE,		"WRITE" }, \
@@ -3323,7 +3330,8 @@ static inline int iocb_flags(struct file *file)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags)
+static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags,
+				     int rw_type)
 {
 	int kiocb_flags = 0;
 
@@ -3340,6 +3348,12 @@ static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_NOIO;
 	}
+	if (flags & RWF_ATOMIC) {
+		if (rw_type != WRITE)
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		if (!(ki->ki_filp->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ATOMIC_WRITE))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 	kiocb_flags |= (__force int) (flags & RWF_SUPPORTED);
 	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
 		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
@@ -3525,4 +3539,25 @@ extern int vfs_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 extern int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 			   int advice);
 
+static inline
+bool generic_atomic_write_valid(loff_t pos, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			unsigned int unit_min, unsigned int unit_max)
+{
+	size_t len = iov_iter_count(iter);
+
+	if (!iter_is_ubuf(iter))
+		return false;
+
+	if (len < unit_min || len > unit_max)
+		return false;
+
+	if (!is_power_of_2(len))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(pos, len))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_FS_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 48ad69f7722e..a0975ae81e64 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -301,9 +301,12 @@ typedef int __bitwise __kernel_rwf_t;
 /* per-IO O_APPEND */
 #define RWF_APPEND	((__force __kernel_rwf_t)0x00000010)
 
+/* Atomic Write */
+#define RWF_ATOMIC	((__force __kernel_rwf_t)0x00000040)
+
 /* mask of flags supported by the kernel */
 #define RWF_SUPPORTED	(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC | RWF_NOWAIT |\
-			 RWF_APPEND)
+			 RWF_APPEND | RWF_ATOMIC)
 
 /* Pagemap ioctl */
 #define PAGEMAP_SCAN	_IOWR('f', 16, struct pm_scan_arg)
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index d5e79d9bdc71..099dda3ff151 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode)
 	struct kiocb *kiocb = &rw->kiocb;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 	struct file *file = req->file;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, rw_type = (mode == FMODE_WRITE) ? WRITE : READ;
 
 	if (unlikely(!file || !(file->f_mode & mode)))
 		return -EBADF;
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode)
 		req->flags |= io_file_get_flags(file);
 
 	kiocb->ki_flags = file->f_iocb_flags;
-	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(kiocb, rw->flags);
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(kiocb, rw->flags, rw_type);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
 	kiocb->ki_flags |= IOCB_ALLOC_CACHE;
