ci->sector_count = 0;
 }
 
-static int __clone_and_map_discard(struct clone_info *ci)
+typedef unsigned (*get_num_requests_fn)(struct dm_target *ti);
+
+static unsigned get_num_discard_requests(struct dm_target *ti)
+{
+       return ti->num_discard_requests;
+}
+
+static unsigned get_num_write_same_requests(struct dm_target *ti)
+{
+       return ti->num_write_same_requests;
+}
+
+typedef bool (*is_split_required_fn)(struct dm_target *ti);
+
+static bool is_split_required_for_discard(struct dm_target *ti)
+{
+       return ti->split_discard_requests;
+}
+
+static int __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(struct clone_info *ci,
+                                               get_num_requests_fn get_num_requests,
+                                               is_split_required_fn is_split_required)
 {
        struct dm_target *ti;
        sector_t len;
                        return -EIO;
 
                /*
-                * Even though the device advertised discard support,
-                * that does not mean every target supports it, and
+                * Even though the device advertised support for this type of
+                * request, that does not mean every target supports it, and
                 * reconfiguration might also have changed that since the
                 * check was performed.
                 */
-               if (!ti->num_discard_requests)
+               if (!get_num_requests || !get_num_requests(ti))
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-               if (!ti->split_discard_requests)
+               if (is_split_required && !is_split_required(ti))
                        len = min(ci->sector_count, max_io_len_target_boundary(ci->sector, ti));
                else
                        len = min(ci->sector_count, max_io_len(ci->sector, ti));
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int __clone_and_map_discard(struct clone_info *ci)
+{
+       return __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(ci, get_num_discard_requests,
+                                                   is_split_required_for_discard);
+}
+
+static int __clone_and_map_write_same(struct clone_info *ci)
+{
+       return __clone_and_map_changing_extent_only(ci, get_num_write_same_requests, NULL);
+}
+
 static int __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
 {
        struct bio *bio = ci->bio;
 
        if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
                return __clone_and_map_discard(ci);
+       else if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME))
+               return __clone_and_map_write_same(ci);
 
        ti = dm_table_find_target(ci->map, ci->sector);
        if (!dm_target_is_valid(ti))