diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 75dd16efc9b6..9a5f562abc77 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -695,6 +695,10 @@ struct fown_struct {
 
 /*
  * Track a single file's readahead state
+ *
+ *  ================#============|==================#==================|
+ *                  ^            ^                  ^                  ^
+ *  file_ra_state.la_index    .ra_index   .lookahead_index   .readahead_index
  */
 struct file_ra_state {
 	unsigned long start;		/* Current window */
@@ -704,6 +708,12 @@ struct file_ra_state {
 	unsigned long prev_index;	/* Cache last read() position */
 	unsigned long ahead_start;	/* Ahead window */
 	unsigned long ahead_size;
+
+	pgoff_t la_index;               /* enqueue time */
+	pgoff_t ra_index;               /* begin offset */
+	pgoff_t lookahead_index;        /* time to do next readahead */
+	pgoff_t readahead_index;        /* end offset */
+
 	unsigned long ra_pages;		/* Maximum readahead window */
 	unsigned long mmap_hit;		/* Cache hit stat for mmap accesses */
 	unsigned long mmap_miss;	/* Cache miss stat for mmap accesses */
@@ -712,6 +722,60 @@ struct file_ra_state {
 #define RA_FLAG_MISS 0x01	/* a cache miss occured against this file */
 #define RA_FLAG_INCACHE 0x02	/* file is already in cache */
 
+/*
+ * Measuring read-ahead sizes.
+ *
+ *                  |----------- readahead size ------------>|
+ *  ===#============|==================#=====================|
+ *     |------- invoke interval ------>|-- lookahead size -->|
+ */
+static inline unsigned long ra_readahead_size(struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+	return ra->readahead_index - ra->ra_index;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long ra_lookahead_size(struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+	return ra->readahead_index - ra->lookahead_index;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long ra_invoke_interval(struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+	return ra->lookahead_index - ra->la_index;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if @index falls in the readahead windows.
+ */
+static inline int ra_has_index(struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t index)
+{
+	return (index >= ra->la_index &&
+		index <  ra->readahead_index);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Where is the old read-ahead and look-ahead?
+ */
+static inline void ra_set_index(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+				pgoff_t la_index, pgoff_t ra_index)
+{
+	ra->la_index = la_index;
+	ra->ra_index = ra_index;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Where is the new read-ahead and look-ahead?
+ */
+static inline void ra_set_size(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+				unsigned long ra_size, unsigned long la_size)
+{
+	ra->readahead_index = ra->ra_index + ra_size;
+	ra->lookahead_index = ra->ra_index + ra_size - la_size;
+}
+
+unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+		       struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp);
+
 struct file {
 	/*
 	 * fu_list becomes invalid after file_free is called and queued via
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 7f9bf588c936..072ce8f8357d 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -592,3 +592,22 @@ unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
 	return min(nr, (node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_INACTIVE)
 		+ node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_FREE_PAGES)) / 2);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
+ */
+unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
+		       struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
+{
+	unsigned long ra_size;
+	unsigned long la_size;
+	int actual;
+
+	ra_size = ra_readahead_size(ra);
+	la_size = ra_lookahead_size(ra);
+	actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
+					ra->ra_index, ra_size, la_size);
+
+	return actual;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ra_submit);