diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index b9642a41f286..c9223e9d31da 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ void bio_init(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev, struct bio_vec *table,
 	bio->bi_opf = opf;
 	bio->bi_flags = 0;
 	bio->bi_ioprio = 0;
+	bio->bi_write_hint = 0;
 	bio->bi_status = 0;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = 0;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
@@ -813,6 +814,7 @@ static int __bio_clone(struct bio *bio, struct bio *bio_src, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_CLONED);
 	bio->bi_ioprio = bio_src->bi_ioprio;
+	bio->bi_write_hint = bio_src->bi_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_iter = bio_src->bi_iter;
 
 	if (bio->bi_bdev) {
diff --git a/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c b/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
index e6468eab2681..b1e7415f8439 100644
--- a/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
+++ b/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static struct bio *blk_crypto_fallback_clone_bio(struct bio *bio_src)
 	if (bio_flagged(bio_src, BIO_REMAPPED))
 		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
 	bio->bi_ioprio		= bio_src->bi_ioprio;
+	bio->bi_write_hint	= bio_src->bi_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_size;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 2d470cf2173e..2a06fd33039d 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -810,6 +810,10 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next))
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* Don't merge requests with different write hints. */
+	if (req->write_hint != next->write_hint)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (req->ioprio != next->ioprio)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -937,6 +941,10 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	if (!bio_crypt_rq_ctx_compatible(rq, bio))
 		return false;
 
+	/* Don't merge requests with different write hints. */
+	if (rq->write_hint != bio->bi_write_hint)
+		return false;
+
 	if (rq->ioprio != bio_prio(bio))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index aa87fcfda1ec..34ceb15d2ea4 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2585,6 +2585,7 @@ static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 
 	rq->__sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
+	rq->write_hint = bio->bi_write_hint;
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(rq, bio, nr_segs);
 
 	/* This can't fail, since GFP_NOIO includes __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM. */
@@ -3185,6 +3186,7 @@ int blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request *rq, struct request *rq_src,
 	}
 	rq->nr_phys_segments = rq_src->nr_phys_segments;
 	rq->ioprio = rq_src->ioprio;
+	rq->write_hint = rq_src->write_hint;
 
 	if (rq->bio && blk_crypto_rq_bio_prep(rq, rq->bio, gfp_mask) < 0)
 		goto free_and_out;
diff --git a/block/bounce.c b/block/bounce.c
index 7cfcb242f9a1..d6a5219f29dd 100644
--- a/block/bounce.c
+++ b/block/bounce.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static struct bio *bounce_clone_bio(struct bio *bio_src)
 	if (bio_flagged(bio_src, BIO_REMAPPED))
 		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
 	bio->bi_ioprio		= bio_src->bi_ioprio;
+	bio->bi_write_hint	= bio_src->bi_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size	= bio_src->bi_iter.bi_size;
 
diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index 93bae17ce660..63566a3db186 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		bio_init(&bio, bdev, vecs, nr_pages, dio_bio_write_op(iocb));
 	}
 	bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	bio.bi_write_hint = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint;
 	bio.bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
 
 	ret = bio_iov_iter_get_pages(&bio, iter);
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 
 	for (;;) {
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+		bio->bi_write_hint = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint;
 		bio->bi_private = dio;
 		bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io;
 		bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_async(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	dio->flags = 0;
 	dio->iocb = iocb;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	bio->bi_write_hint = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint;
 	bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io_async;
 	bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
 
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index d3bcf601d3e5..eb7d3ded2c33 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list);
 static void submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			  struct writeback_control *wbc);
+			  enum rw_hint hint, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
 #define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers)
 
@@ -1889,7 +1889,8 @@ int __block_write_full_folio(struct inode *inode, struct folio *folio,
 	do {
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE | write_flags, bh, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE | write_flags, bh,
+				      inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -1944,7 +1945,8 @@ recover:
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
 			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE | write_flags, bh, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE | write_flags, bh,
+				      inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -2756,6 +2758,7 @@ static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio)
 }
 
 static void submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
+			  enum rw_hint write_hint,
 			  struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	const enum req_op op = opf & REQ_OP_MASK;
@@ -2783,6 +2786,7 @@ static void submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx_bh(bio, bh, GFP_NOIO);
 
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);
+	bio->bi_write_hint = write_hint;
 
 	__bio_add_page(bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
 
@@ -2802,7 +2806,7 @@ static void submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 void submit_bh(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	submit_bh_wbc(opf, bh, NULL);
+	submit_bh_wbc(opf, bh, WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 60456263a338..62c97ff9e852 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 		bio->bi_end_io = dio_bio_end_io;
 	if (dio->is_pinned)
 		bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_PAGE_PINNED);
+	bio->bi_write_hint = file_inode(dio->iocb->ki_filp)->i_write_hint;
+
 	sdio->bio = bio;
 	sdio->logical_offset_in_bio = sdio->cur_page_fs_offset;
 }
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 65294e3b0bef..01fde6d44bf6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/part_stat.h>
+#include <linux/rw_hint.h>
 #include <crypto/hash.h>
 
 #include <linux/fscrypt.h>
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index c80a6acad742..8eb6d64a985b 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/memfd.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/rw_hint.h>
 
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <asm/siginfo.h>
@@ -268,8 +269,15 @@ static int f_getowner_uids(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 }
 #endif
 
-static bool rw_hint_valid(enum rw_hint hint)
+static bool rw_hint_valid(u64 hint)
 {
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET != RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WRITE_LIFE_NONE != RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NONE);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WRITE_LIFE_SHORT != RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM != RWH_WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WRITE_LIFE_LONG != RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME != RWH_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME);
+
 	switch (hint) {
 	case RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET:
 	case RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NONE:
@@ -283,34 +291,40 @@ static bool rw_hint_valid(enum rw_hint hint)
 	}
 }
 
-static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
-			  unsigned long arg)
+static long fcntl_get_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+			      unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	u64 __user *argp = (u64 __user *)arg;
-	enum rw_hint hint;
-	u64 h;
+	u64 hint = READ_ONCE(inode->i_write_hint);
 
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case F_GET_RW_HINT:
-		h = inode->i_write_hint;
-		if (copy_to_user(argp, &h, sizeof(*argp)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		return 0;
-	case F_SET_RW_HINT:
-		if (copy_from_user(&h, argp, sizeof(h)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		hint = (enum rw_hint) h;
-		if (!rw_hint_valid(hint))
-			return -EINVAL;
+	if (copy_to_user(argp, &hint, sizeof(*argp)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
+}
 
-		inode_lock(inode);
-		inode->i_write_hint = hint;
-		inode_unlock(inode);
-		return 0;
-	default:
+static long fcntl_set_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+			      unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	u64 __user *argp = (u64 __user *)arg;
+	u64 hint;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&hint, argp, sizeof(hint)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	if (!rw_hint_valid(hint))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(inode->i_write_hint, hint);
+
+	/*
+	 * file->f_mapping->host may differ from inode. As an example,
+	 * blkdev_open() modifies file->f_mapping.
+	 */
+	if (file->f_mapping->host != inode)
+		WRITE_ONCE(file->f_mapping->host->i_write_hint, hint);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
@@ -416,8 +430,10 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		err = memfd_fcntl(filp, cmd, argi);
 		break;
 	case F_GET_RW_HINT:
+		err = fcntl_get_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
+		break;
 	case F_SET_RW_HINT:
-		err = fcntl_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
+		err = fcntl_set_rw_hint(filp, cmd, arg);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 91048c4c9c9e..1aba6c0bf26a 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/list_lru.h>
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
+#include <linux/rw_hint.h>
 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index ae4e2026e59e..4e8e41c8b3c0 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -1690,6 +1690,7 @@ static struct iomap_ioend *iomap_alloc_ioend(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = iomap_sector(&wpc->iomap, pos);
 	bio->bi_end_io = iomap_writepage_end_bio;
 	wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
+	bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
 
 	ioend = iomap_ioend_from_bio(bio);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ioend->io_list);
diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index bcd3f8cf5ea4..f3b43d223a46 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ static loff_t iomap_dio_bio_iter(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
 		fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx(bio, inode, pos >> inode->i_blkbits,
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = iomap_sector(iomap, pos);
+		bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
 		bio->bi_ioprio = dio->iocb->ki_ioprio;
 		bio->bi_private = dio;
 		bio->bi_end_io = iomap_dio_bio_end_io;
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 738882e0766d..fa8b99a199fa 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ alloc_new:
 				GFP_NOFS);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = first_block << (blkbits - 9);
 		wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
+		bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 7a8150a5f051..492b0128b5d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/srcu.h>
+#include <linux/rw_hint.h>
 
 struct blk_mq_tags;
 struct blk_flush_queue;
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ struct request {
 	struct blk_crypto_keyslot *crypt_keyslot;
 #endif
 
+	enum rw_hint write_hint;
 	unsigned short ioprio;
 
 	enum mq_rq_state state;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index f288c94374b3..12d87cef2c03 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/bvec.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
+#include <linux/rw_hint.h>
 
 struct bio_set;
 struct bio;
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ struct bio {
 						 */
 	unsigned short		bi_flags;	/* BIO_* below */
 	unsigned short		bi_ioprio;
+	enum rw_hint		bi_write_hint;
 	blk_status_t		bi_status;
 	atomic_t		__bi_remaining;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ed5966a70495..bdabda5dc364 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/rw_hint.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fs.h>
@@ -309,19 +310,6 @@ struct address_space;
 struct writeback_control;
 struct readahead_control;
 
-/*
- * Write life time hint values.
- * Stored in struct inode as u8.
- */
-enum rw_hint {
-	WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET	= 0,
-	WRITE_LIFE_NONE		= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NONE,
-	WRITE_LIFE_SHORT	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT,
-	WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM,
-	WRITE_LIFE_LONG		= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG,
-	WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME,
-};
-
 /* Match RWF_* bits to IOCB bits */
 #define IOCB_HIPRI		(__force int) RWF_HIPRI
 #define IOCB_DSYNC		(__force int) RWF_DSYNC
@@ -677,7 +665,7 @@ struct inode {
 	spinlock_t		i_lock;	/* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */
 	unsigned short          i_bytes;
 	u8			i_blkbits;
-	u8			i_write_hint;
+	enum rw_hint		i_write_hint;
 	blkcnt_t		i_blocks;
 
 #ifdef __NEED_I_SIZE_ORDERED
diff --git a/include/linux/rw_hint.h b/include/linux/rw_hint.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..309ca72f2dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/rw_hint.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_RW_HINT_H
+#define _LINUX_RW_HINT_H
+
+#include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/fcntl.h>
+
+/* Block storage write lifetime hint values. */
+enum rw_hint {
+	WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET,
+	WRITE_LIFE_NONE		= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NONE,
+	WRITE_LIFE_SHORT	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT,
+	WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM,
+	WRITE_LIFE_LONG		= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG,
+	WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME	= RWH_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME,
+} __packed;
+
+/* Sparse ignores __packed annotations on enums, hence the #ifndef below. */
+#ifndef __CHECKER__
+static_assert(sizeof(enum rw_hint) == 1);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_RW_HINT_H */