@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ static struct hlist_bl_head fscache_volume_hash[1 << fscache_volume_hash_shift];
 static atomic_t fscache_volume_debug_id;
 static LIST_HEAD(fscache_volumes);
 
+static void fscache_create_volume_work(struct work_struct *work);
+
 struct fscache_volume *fscache_get_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 					  enum fscache_volume_trace where)
 {

@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ static struct fscache_volume *fscache_alloc_volume(const char *volume_key,
 	volume->cache = cache;
 	volume->coherency = coherency_data;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&volume->proc_link);
-	INIT_WORK(&volume->work, NULL /* PLACEHOLDER */);
+	INIT_WORK(&volume->work, fscache_create_volume_work);
 	refcount_set(&volume->ref, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&volume->lock);
 

@@ -216,6 +218,58 @@ static struct fscache_volume *fscache_alloc_volume(const char *volume_key,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Create a volume's representation on disk.  Have a volume ref and a cache
+ * access we have to release.
+ */
+static void fscache_create_volume_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	const struct fscache_cache_ops *ops;
+	struct fscache_volume *volume =
+		container_of(work, struct fscache_volume, work);
+
+	fscache_see_volume(volume, fscache_volume_see_create_work);
+
+	ops = volume->cache->ops;
+	if (ops->acquire_volume)
+		ops->acquire_volume(volume);
+	fscache_end_cache_access(volume->cache,
+				 fscache_access_acquire_volume_end);
+
+	clear_bit_unlock(FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING, &volume->flags);
+	wake_up_bit(&volume->flags, FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING);
+	fscache_put_volume(volume, fscache_volume_put_create_work);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dispatch a worker thread to create a volume's representation on disk.
+ */
+void fscache_create_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume, bool wait)
+{
+	if (test_and_set_bit(FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING, &volume->flags))
+		goto maybe_wait;
+	if (volume->cache_priv)
+		goto no_wait; /* We raced */
+	if (!fscache_begin_cache_access(volume->cache,
+					fscache_access_acquire_volume))
+		goto no_wait;
+
+	fscache_get_volume(volume, fscache_volume_get_create_work);
+	if (!schedule_work(&volume->work))
+		fscache_put_volume(volume, fscache_volume_put_create_work);
+
+maybe_wait:
+	if (wait) {
+		fscache_see_volume(volume, fscache_volume_wait_create_work);
+		wait_on_bit(&volume->flags, FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING,
+			    TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	}
+	return;
+no_wait:
+	clear_bit_unlock(FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING, &volume->flags);
+	wake_up_bit(&volume->flags, FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING);
+}
+
 /*
  * Acquire a volume representation cookie and link it to a (proposed) cache.
  */

@@ -234,7 +288,7 @@ struct fscache_volume *__fscache_acquire_volume(const char *volume_key,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	// PLACEHOLDER: Create the volume if we have a cache available
+	fscache_create_volume(volume, false);
 	return volume;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fscache_acquire_volume);

@@ -281,7 +335,13 @@ static void fscache_free_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume)
 	struct fscache_cache *cache = volume->cache;
 
 	if (volume->cache_priv) {
-		// PLACEHOLDER: Detach any attached cache
+		__fscache_begin_volume_access(volume, fscache_access_relinquish_volume);
+		if (volume->cache_priv) {
+			const struct fscache_cache_ops *ops = cache->ops;
+			if (ops->free_volume)
+				ops->free_volume(volume);
+		}
+		fscache_end_volume_access(volume, fscache_access_relinquish_volume_end);
 	}
 
 	down_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ struct fscache_cache {
 struct fscache_cache_ops {
 	/* name of cache provider */
 	const char *name;
+
+	/* Acquire a volume */
+	void (*acquire_volume)(struct fscache_volume *volume);
+
+	/* Free the cache's data attached to a volume */
+	void (*free_volume)(struct fscache_volume *volume);
 };
 
 static inline enum fscache_cache_state fscache_cache_state(const struct fscache_cache *cache)

@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ enum fscache_cookie_trace {
 };
 
 enum fscache_access_trace {
+	fscache_access_acquire_volume,
+	fscache_access_acquire_volume_end,
 	fscache_access_cache_pin,
 	fscache_access_cache_unpin,
+	fscache_access_relinquish_volume,
+	fscache_access_relinquish_volume_end,
 	fscache_access_unlive,
 };
 

@@ -94,7 +98,8 @@ enum fscache_access_trace {
 	EM(fscache_volume_put_hash_collision,	"PUT hcoll")		\
 	EM(fscache_volume_put_relinquish,	"PUT relnq")		\
 	EM(fscache_volume_see_create_work,	"SEE creat")		\
-	E_(fscache_volume_see_hash_wake,	"SEE hwake")
+	EM(fscache_volume_see_hash_wake,	"SEE hwake")		\
+	E_(fscache_volume_wait_create_work,	"WAIT crea")
 
 #define fscache_cookie_traces						\
 	EM(fscache_cookie_collision,		"*COLLIDE*")		\

@@ -113,8 +118,12 @@ enum fscache_access_trace {
 	E_(fscache_cookie_see_work,		"-   work ")
 
 #define fscache_access_traces		\
+	EM(fscache_access_acquire_volume,	"BEGIN acq_vol")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_acquire_volume_end,	"END   acq_vol")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_cache_pin,		"PIN   cache  ")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_cache_unpin,		"UNPIN cache  ")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_relinquish_volume,	"BEGIN rlq_vol")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_relinquish_volume_end,"END   rlq_vol")	\
 	E_(fscache_access_unlive,		"END   unlive ")
 
 /*