unsigned long flags;
        sector_t data_block_size;
 
+       /*
+        * Pre-commit callback.
+        *
+        * This allows the thin provisioning target to run a callback before
+        * the metadata are committed.
+        */
+       dm_pool_pre_commit_fn pre_commit_fn;
+       void *pre_commit_context;
+
        /*
         * We reserve a section of the metadata for commit overhead.
         * All reported space does *not* include this.
        if (unlikely(!pmd->in_service))
                return 0;
 
+       if (pmd->pre_commit_fn) {
+               r = pmd->pre_commit_fn(pmd->pre_commit_context);
+               if (r < 0) {
+                       DMERR("pre-commit callback failed");
+                       return r;
+               }
+       }
+
        r = __write_changed_details(pmd);
        if (r < 0)
                return r;
        pmd->in_service = false;
        pmd->bdev = bdev;
        pmd->data_block_size = data_block_size;
+       pmd->pre_commit_fn = NULL;
+       pmd->pre_commit_context = NULL;
 
        r = __create_persistent_data_objects(pmd, format_device);
        if (r) {
        return r;
 }
 
+void dm_pool_register_pre_commit_callback(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd,
+                                         dm_pool_pre_commit_fn fn,
+                                         void *context)
+{
+       pmd_write_lock_in_core(pmd);
+       pmd->pre_commit_fn = fn;
+       pmd->pre_commit_context = context;
+       pmd_write_unlock(pmd);
+}
+
 int dm_pool_metadata_set_needs_check(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 {
        int r = -EINVAL;
 
  */
 void dm_pool_issue_prefetches(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd);
 
+/* Pre-commit callback */
+typedef int (*dm_pool_pre_commit_fn)(void *context);
+
+void dm_pool_register_pre_commit_callback(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd,
+                                         dm_pool_pre_commit_fn fn,
+                                         void *context);
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #endif