diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 5294de1..f2b32d3 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -351,6 +351,26 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int simple_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	pgoff_t index;
+	unsigned from;
+
+	index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+
+	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	if (!page)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	*pagep = page;
+
+	return simple_prepare_write(file, page, from, from+len);
+}
+
 int simple_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 			unsigned from, unsigned to)
 {
@@ -369,6 +389,28 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int simple_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
+			struct page *page, void *fsdata)
+{
+	unsigned from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+
+	/* zero the stale part of the page if we did a short copy */
+	if (copied < len) {
+		void *kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+		memset(kaddr + from + copied, 0, len - copied);
+		flush_dcache_page(page);
+		kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+	}
+
+	simple_commit_write(file, page, from, from+copied);
+
+	unlock_page(page);
+	page_cache_release(page);
+
+	return copied;
+}
+
 /*
  * the inodes created here are not hashed. If you use iunique to generate
  * unique inode values later for this filesystem, then you must take care
@@ -642,6 +684,8 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_readdir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_read_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_sb_pseudo);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_write_begin);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_write_end);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_commit_write);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dir_inode_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dir_operations);