diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h
index 5ce9771..c91f61b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _BCACHE_WRITEBACK_H
 #define _BCACHE_WRITEBACK_H
 
+#define CUTOFF_WRITEBACK	40
+#define CUTOFF_WRITEBACK_SYNC	70
+
 static inline uint64_t bcache_dev_sectors_dirty(struct bcache_device *d)
 {
 	uint64_t i, ret = 0;
@@ -11,6 +14,46 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline bool bcache_dev_stripe_dirty(struct bcache_device *d,
+					   uint64_t offset,
+					   unsigned nr_sectors)
+{
+	uint64_t stripe = offset >> d->stripe_size_bits;
+
+	while (1) {
+		if (atomic_read(d->stripe_sectors_dirty + stripe))
+			return true;
+
+		if (nr_sectors <= 1 << d->stripe_size_bits)
+			return false;
+
+		nr_sectors -= 1 << d->stripe_size_bits;
+		stripe++;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline bool should_writeback(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio,
+				    unsigned cache_mode, bool would_skip)
+{
+	unsigned in_use = dc->disk.c->gc_stats.in_use;
+
+	if (cache_mode != CACHE_MODE_WRITEBACK ||
+	    atomic_read(&dc->disk.detaching) ||
+	    in_use > CUTOFF_WRITEBACK_SYNC)
+		return false;
+
+	if (dc->partial_stripes_expensive &&
+	    bcache_dev_stripe_dirty(&dc->disk, bio->bi_sector,
+				    bio_sectors(bio)))
+		return true;
+
+	if (would_skip)
+		return false;
+
+	return bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC ||
+		in_use <= CUTOFF_WRITEBACK;
+}
+
 void bcache_dev_sectors_dirty_add(struct cache_set *, unsigned, uint64_t, int);
 void bch_writeback_queue(struct cached_dev *);
 void bch_writeback_add(struct cached_dev *);