diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index e2b4ce1dad66..487ea8b3baaa 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1079,9 +1079,9 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	unsigned int bytes_written;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
 	int done = 0;
-	pgoff_t end = -1;
+	pgoff_t end;
 	pgoff_t index;
-	int is_range = 0;
+ 	int range_whole = 0;
 	struct kvec iov[32];
 	int len;
 	int n_iov = 0;
@@ -1122,16 +1122,14 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	xid = GetXid();
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
+	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		index = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
-	else {
-		index = 0;
-		scanned = 1;
-	}
-	if (wbc->start || wbc->end) {
-		index = wbc->start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-		end = wbc->end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-		is_range = 1;
+		end = -1;
+	} else {
+		index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
+			range_whole = 1;
 		scanned = 1;
 	}
 retry:
@@ -1167,7 +1165,7 @@ retry:
 				break;
 			}
 
-			if (unlikely(is_range) && (page->index > end)) {
+			if (!wbc->range_cyclic && page->index > end) {
 				done = 1;
 				unlock_page(page);
 				break;
@@ -1271,7 +1269,7 @@ retry:
 		index = 0;
 		goto retry;
 	}
-	if (!is_range)
+	if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
 		mapping->writeback_index = index;
 
 	FreeXid(xid);
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index f3fbe2d030f4..6db95cf3aaa2 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.sync_mode	= wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_HOLD,
+		.range_start	= 0,
+		.range_end	= LLONG_MAX,
 	};
 	unsigned long nr_dirty = read_page_state(nr_dirty);
 	unsigned long nr_unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable);
@@ -559,6 +561,8 @@ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
 		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+		.range_start = 0,
+		.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
 	};
 
 	if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 9bf2eb30e6f4..1e4598247d0b 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct pagevec pvec;
 	int nr_pages;
 	pgoff_t index;
-	pgoff_t end = -1;		/* Inclusive */
+	pgoff_t end;		/* Inclusive */
 	int scanned = 0;
-	int is_range = 0;
+	int range_whole = 0;
 
 	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
 		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
@@ -721,16 +721,14 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		writepage = mapping->a_ops->writepage;
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		index = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
+		end = -1;
 	} else {
-		index = 0;			  /* whole-file sweep */
-		scanned = 1;
-	}
-	if (wbc->start || wbc->end) {
-		index = wbc->start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-		end = wbc->end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-		is_range = 1;
+		index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
+			range_whole = 1;
 		scanned = 1;
 	}
 retry:
@@ -759,7 +757,7 @@ retry:
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (unlikely(is_range) && page->index > end) {
+			if (!wbc->range_cyclic && page->index > end) {
 				done = 1;
 				unlock_page(page);
 				continue;
@@ -810,7 +808,7 @@ retry:
 		index = 0;
 		goto retry;
 	}
-	if (!is_range)
+	if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
 		mapping->writeback_index = index;
 	if (bio)
 		mpage_bio_submit(WRITE, bio);
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index aab5ffe77e9f..955aef04da28 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,
 	}
 
 	if (nbytes == 0)
-		endbyte = -1;
+		endbyte = LLONG_MAX;
 	else
 		endbyte--;		/* inclusive */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index f4fc576ed4c4..25fccd859fbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ extern const char linux_banner[];
 #define LONG_MAX	((long)(~0UL>>1))
 #define LONG_MIN	(-LONG_MAX - 1)
 #define ULONG_MAX	(~0UL)
+#define LLONG_MAX	((long long)(~0ULL>>1))
+#define LLONG_MIN	(-LLONG_MAX - 1)
+#define ULLONG_MAX	(~0ULL)
 
 #define STACK_MAGIC	0xdeadbeef
 
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 56f92fcbe94a..9e38b566d0e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
 	 * byterange.  The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
 	 */
-	loff_t start;
-	loff_t end;
+	loff_t range_start;
+	loff_t range_end;
 
 	unsigned nonblocking:1;		/* Don't get stuck on request queues */
 	unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
 	unsigned for_kupdate:1;		/* A kupdate writeback */
 	unsigned for_reclaim:1;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
 	unsigned for_writepages:1;	/* This is a writepages() call */
+	unsigned range_cyclic:1;	/* range_start is cyclic */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index fd57442186cb..3342067ca436 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.sync_mode = sync_mode,
 		.nr_to_write = mapping->nrpages * 2,
-		.start = start,
-		.end = end,
+		.range_start = start,
+		.range_end = end,
 	};
 
 	if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(mapping))
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
 static inline int __filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int sync_mode)
 {
-	return __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, 0, 0, sync_mode);
+	return __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, 0, LLONG_MAX, sync_mode);
 }
 
 int filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *mapping)
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 75d7f48b79bb..8ccf6f1b1473 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
 			.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
 			.older_than_this = NULL,
 			.nr_to_write	= write_chunk,
+			.range_cyclic	= 1,
 		};
 
 		get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh,
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@ static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages)
 		.older_than_this = NULL,
 		.nr_to_write	= 0,
 		.nonblocking	= 1,
+		.range_cyclic	= 1,
 	};
 
 	for ( ; ; ) {
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg)
 		.nr_to_write	= 0,
 		.nonblocking	= 1,
 		.for_kupdate	= 1,
+		.range_cyclic	= 1,
 	};
 
 	sync_supers();
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 46be8a02280e..bc5d4f43036c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
 		struct writeback_control wbc = {
 			.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
 			.nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
+			.range_start = 0,
+			.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
 			.nonblocking = 1,
 			.for_reclaim = 1,
 		};