diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/cache.c b/fs/cachefiles/cache.c
index 73636f8..0462e7a 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/cache.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/cache.c
@@ -11,6 +11,166 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /*
+ * Bring a cache online.
+ */
+int cachefiles_add_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
+{
+	struct fscache_cache *cache_cookie;
+	struct path path;
+	struct kstatfs stats;
+	struct dentry *graveyard, *cachedir, *root;
+	const struct cred *saved_cred;
+	int ret;
+
+	_enter("");
+
+	cache_cookie = fscache_acquire_cache(cache->tag);
+	if (IS_ERR(cache_cookie))
+		return PTR_ERR(cache_cookie);
+
+	/* we want to work under the module's security ID */
+	ret = cachefiles_get_security_ID(cache);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_getsec;
+
+	cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred);
+
+	/* look up the directory at the root of the cache */
+	ret = kern_path(cache->rootdirname, LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_open_root;
+
+	cache->mnt = path.mnt;
+	root = path.dentry;
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (mnt_user_ns(path.mnt) != &init_user_ns) {
+		pr_warn("File cache on idmapped mounts not supported");
+		goto error_unsupported;
+	}
+
+	/* check parameters */
+	ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (d_is_negative(root) ||
+	    !d_backing_inode(root)->i_op->lookup ||
+	    !d_backing_inode(root)->i_op->mkdir ||
+	    !(d_backing_inode(root)->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR) ||
+	    !root->d_sb->s_op->statfs ||
+	    !root->d_sb->s_op->sync_fs ||
+	    root->d_sb->s_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE)
+		goto error_unsupported;
+
+	ret = -EROFS;
+	if (sb_rdonly(root->d_sb))
+		goto error_unsupported;
+
+	/* determine the security of the on-disk cache as this governs
+	 * security ID of files we create */
+	ret = cachefiles_determine_cache_security(cache, root, &saved_cred);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_unsupported;
+
+	/* get the cache size and blocksize */
+	ret = vfs_statfs(&path, &stats);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_unsupported;
+
+	ret = -ERANGE;
+	if (stats.f_bsize <= 0)
+		goto error_unsupported;
+
+	ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (stats.f_bsize > PAGE_SIZE)
+		goto error_unsupported;
+
+	cache->bsize = stats.f_bsize;
+	cache->bshift = 0;
+	if (stats.f_bsize < PAGE_SIZE)
+		cache->bshift = PAGE_SHIFT - ilog2(stats.f_bsize);
+
+	_debug("blksize %u (shift %u)",
+	       cache->bsize, cache->bshift);
+
+	_debug("size %llu, avail %llu",
+	       (unsigned long long) stats.f_blocks,
+	       (unsigned long long) stats.f_bavail);
+
+	/* set up caching limits */
+	do_div(stats.f_files, 100);
+	cache->fstop = stats.f_files * cache->fstop_percent;
+	cache->fcull = stats.f_files * cache->fcull_percent;
+	cache->frun  = stats.f_files * cache->frun_percent;
+
+	_debug("limits {%llu,%llu,%llu} files",
+	       (unsigned long long) cache->frun,
+	       (unsigned long long) cache->fcull,
+	       (unsigned long long) cache->fstop);
+
+	stats.f_blocks >>= cache->bshift;
+	do_div(stats.f_blocks, 100);
+	cache->bstop = stats.f_blocks * cache->bstop_percent;
+	cache->bcull = stats.f_blocks * cache->bcull_percent;
+	cache->brun  = stats.f_blocks * cache->brun_percent;
+
+	_debug("limits {%llu,%llu,%llu} blocks",
+	       (unsigned long long) cache->brun,
+	       (unsigned long long) cache->bcull,
+	       (unsigned long long) cache->bstop);
+
+	/* get the cache directory and check its type */
+	cachedir = cachefiles_get_directory(cache, root, "cache", NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(cachedir)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(cachedir);
+		goto error_unsupported;
+	}
+
+	cache->store = cachedir;
+
+	/* get the graveyard directory */
+	graveyard = cachefiles_get_directory(cache, root, "graveyard", NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(graveyard)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(graveyard);
+		goto error_unsupported;
+	}
+
+	cache->graveyard = graveyard;
+	cache->cache = cache_cookie;
+
+	ret = fscache_add_cache(cache_cookie, &cachefiles_cache_ops, cache);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_add_cache;
+
+	/* done */
+	set_bit(CACHEFILES_READY, &cache->flags);
+	dput(root);
+
+	pr_info("File cache on %s registered\n", cache_cookie->name);
+
+	/* check how much space the cache has */
+	cachefiles_has_space(cache, 0, 0);
+	cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred);
+	_leave(" = 0 [%px]", cache->cache);
+	return 0;
+
+error_add_cache:
+	cachefiles_put_directory(cache->graveyard);
+	cache->graveyard = NULL;
+error_unsupported:
+	cachefiles_put_directory(cache->store);
+	cache->store = NULL;
+	mntput(cache->mnt);
+	cache->mnt = NULL;
+	dput(root);
+error_open_root:
+	cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred);
+error_getsec:
+	fscache_relinquish_cache(cache_cookie);
+	cache->cache = NULL;
+	pr_err("Failed to register: %d\n", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
  * See if we have space for a number of pages and/or a number of files in the
  * cache
  */
@@ -101,3 +261,50 @@ int cachefiles_has_space(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 	_leave(" = %d", ret);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Sync a cache to backing disk.
+ */
+static void cachefiles_sync_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
+{
+	const struct cred *saved_cred;
+	int ret;
+
+	_enter("%s", cache->cache->name);
+
+	/* make sure all pages pinned by operations on behalf of the netfs are
+	 * written to disc */
+	cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred);
+	down_read(&cache->mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
+	ret = sync_filesystem(cache->mnt->mnt_sb);
+	up_read(&cache->mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
+	cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred);
+
+	if (ret == -EIO)
+		cachefiles_io_error(cache,
+				    "Attempt to sync backing fs superblock returned error %d",
+				    ret);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Withdraw cache objects.
+ */
+void cachefiles_withdraw_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
+{
+	struct fscache_cache *fscache = cache->cache;
+
+	pr_info("File cache on %s unregistering\n", fscache->name);
+
+	fscache_withdraw_cache(fscache);
+
+	/* we now have to destroy all the active objects pertaining to this
+	 * cache - which we do by passing them off to thread pool to be
+	 * disposed of */
+	// PLACEHOLDER: Withdraw objects
+	fscache_wait_for_objects(fscache);
+
+	// PLACEHOLDER: Withdraw volume
+	cachefiles_sync_cache(cache);
+	cache->cache = NULL;
+	fscache_relinquish_cache(fscache);
+}