--- a/Documentation/rbtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rbtree.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,39 @@ Example:
   for (node = rb_first(&mytree); node; node = rb_next(node))
 	printk("key=%s\n", rb_entry(node, struct mytype, node)->keystring);
 
+Cached rbtrees
+--------------
+
+Computing the leftmost (smallest) node is quite a common task for binary
+search trees, such as for traversals or users relying on a the particular
+order for their own logic. To this end, users can use 'struct rb_root_cached'
+to optimize O(logN) rb_first() calls to a simple pointer fetch avoiding
+potentially expensive tree iterations. This is done at negligible runtime
+overhead for maintanence; albeit larger memory footprint.
+
+Similar to the rb_root structure, cached rbtrees are initialized to be
+empty via:
+
+  struct rb_root_cached mytree = RB_ROOT_CACHED;
+
+Cached rbtree is simply a regular rb_root with an extra pointer to cache the
+leftmost node. This allows rb_root_cached to exist wherever rb_root does,
+which permits augmented trees to be supported as well as only a few extra
+interfaces:
+
+  struct rb_node *rb_first_cached(struct rb_root_cached *tree);
+  void rb_insert_color_cached(struct rb_node *, struct rb_root_cached *, bool);
+  void rb_erase_cached(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root_cached *);
+
+Both insert and erase calls have their respective counterpart of augmented
+trees:
+
+  void rb_insert_augmented_cached(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root_cached *,
+				  bool, struct rb_augment_callbacks *);
+  void rb_erase_augmented_cached(struct rb_node *, struct rb_root_cached *,
+				 struct rb_augment_callbacks *);
+
+
 Support for Augmented rbtrees
 -----------------------------
 
--- a/include/linux/rbtree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rbtree.h
@@ -44,10 +44,25 @@ struct rb_root {
 	struct rb_node *rb_node;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Leftmost-cached rbtrees.
+ *
+ * We do not cache the rightmost node based on footprint
+ * size vs number of potential users that could benefit
+ * from O(1) rb_last(). Just not worth it, users that want
+ * this feature can always implement the logic explicitly.
+ * Furthermore, users that want to cache both pointers may
+ * find it a bit asymmetric, but that's ok.
+ */
+struct rb_root_cached {
+	struct rb_root rb_root;
+	struct rb_node *rb_leftmost;
+};
 
 #define rb_parent(r)   ((struct rb_node *)((r)->__rb_parent_color & ~3))
 
 #define RB_ROOT	(struct rb_root) { NULL, }
+#define RB_ROOT_CACHED (struct rb_root_cached) { {NULL, }, NULL }
 #define	rb_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr, type, member)
 
 #define RB_EMPTY_ROOT(root)  (READ_ONCE((root)->rb_node) == NULL)
@@ -69,6 +84,12 @@ extern struct rb_node *rb_prev(const str
 extern struct rb_node *rb_first(const struct rb_root *);
 extern struct rb_node *rb_last(const struct rb_root *);
 
+extern void rb_insert_color_cached(struct rb_node *,
+				   struct rb_root_cached *, bool);
+extern void rb_erase_cached(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root_cached *);
+/* Same as rb_first(), but O(1) */
+#define rb_first_cached(root) (root)->rb_leftmost
+
 /* Postorder iteration - always visit the parent after its children */
 extern struct rb_node *rb_first_postorder(const struct rb_root *);
 extern struct rb_node *rb_next_postorder(const struct rb_node *);
--- a/include/linux/rbtree_augmented.h
+++ b/include/linux/rbtree_augmented.h
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ struct rb_augment_callbacks {
 	void (*rotate)(struct rb_node *old, struct rb_node *new);
 };
 
-extern void __rb_insert_augmented(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
+extern void __rb_insert_augmented(struct rb_node *node,
+				  struct rb_root *root,
+				  bool newleft, struct rb_node **leftmost,
 	void (*augment_rotate)(struct rb_node *old, struct rb_node *new));
 /*
  * Fixup the rbtree and update the augmented information when rebalancing.
@@ -57,7 +59,16 @@ static inline void
 rb_insert_augmented(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
 		    const struct rb_augment_callbacks *augment)
 {
-	__rb_insert_augmented(node, root, augment->rotate);
+	__rb_insert_augmented(node, root, false, NULL, augment->rotate);
+}
+
+static inline void
+rb_insert_augmented_cached(struct rb_node *node,
+			   struct rb_root_cached *root, bool newleft,
+			   const struct rb_augment_callbacks *augment)
+{
+	__rb_insert_augmented(node, &root->rb_root,
+			      newleft, &root->rb_leftmost, augment->rotate);
 }
 
 #define RB_DECLARE_CALLBACKS(rbstatic, rbname, rbstruct, rbfield,	\
@@ -148,6 +159,7 @@ extern void __rb_erase_color(struct rb_n
 
 static __always_inline struct rb_node *
 __rb_erase_augmented(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
+		     struct rb_node **leftmost,
 		     const struct rb_augment_callbacks *augment)
 {
 	struct rb_node *child = node->rb_right;
@@ -155,6 +167,9 @@ __rb_erase_augmented(struct rb_node *nod
 	struct rb_node *parent, *rebalance;
 	unsigned long pc;
 
+	if (leftmost && node == *leftmost)
+		*leftmost = rb_next(node);
+
 	if (!tmp) {
 		/*
 		 * Case 1: node to erase has no more than 1 child (easy!)
@@ -254,9 +269,21 @@ static __always_inline void
 rb_erase_augmented(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
 		   const struct rb_augment_callbacks *augment)
 {
-	struct rb_node *rebalance = __rb_erase_augmented(node, root, augment);
+	struct rb_node *rebalance = __rb_erase_augmented(node, root,
+							 NULL, augment);
 	if (rebalance)
 		__rb_erase_color(rebalance, root, augment->rotate);
 }
 
+static __always_inline void
+rb_erase_augmented_cached(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root_cached *root,
+			  const struct rb_augment_callbacks *augment)
+{
+	struct rb_node *rebalance = __rb_erase_augmented(node, &root->rb_root,
+							 &root->rb_leftmost,
+							 augment);
+	if (rebalance)
+		__rb_erase_color(rebalance, &root->rb_root, augment->rotate);
+}
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_RBTREE_AUGMENTED_H */
--- a/lib/rbtree.c
+++ b/lib/rbtree.c
@@ -95,10 +95,14 @@ __rb_rotate_set_parents(struct rb_node *
 
 static __always_inline void
 __rb_insert(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
+	    bool newleft, struct rb_node **leftmost,
 	    void (*augment_rotate)(struct rb_node *old, struct rb_node *new))
 {
 	struct rb_node *parent = rb_red_parent(node), *gparent, *tmp;
 
+	if (newleft)
+		*leftmost = node;
+
 	while (true) {
 		/*
 		 * Loop invariant: node is red
@@ -417,19 +421,38 @@ static const struct rb_augment_callbacks
 
 void rb_insert_color(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root)
 {
-	__rb_insert(node, root, dummy_rotate);
+	__rb_insert(node, root, false, NULL, dummy_rotate);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_insert_color);
 
 void rb_erase(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root)
 {
 	struct rb_node *rebalance;
-	rebalance = __rb_erase_augmented(node, root, &dummy_callbacks);
+	rebalance = __rb_erase_augmented(node, root,
+					 NULL, &dummy_callbacks);
 	if (rebalance)
 		____rb_erase_color(rebalance, root, dummy_rotate);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_erase);
 
+void rb_insert_color_cached(struct rb_node *node,
+			    struct rb_root_cached *root, bool leftmost)
+{
+	__rb_insert(node, &root->rb_root, leftmost,
+		    &root->rb_leftmost, dummy_rotate);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_insert_color_cached);
+
+void rb_erase_cached(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root_cached *root)
+{
+	struct rb_node *rebalance;
+	rebalance = __rb_erase_augmented(node, &root->rb_root,
+					 &root->rb_leftmost, &dummy_callbacks);
+	if (rebalance)
+		____rb_erase_color(rebalance, &root->rb_root, dummy_rotate);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_erase_cached);
+
 /*
  * Augmented rbtree manipulation functions.
  *
@@ -438,9 +461,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_erase);
  */
 
 void __rb_insert_augmented(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
+			   bool newleft, struct rb_node **leftmost,
 	void (*augment_rotate)(struct rb_node *old, struct rb_node *new))
 {
-	__rb_insert(node, root, augment_rotate);
+	__rb_insert(node, root, newleft, leftmost, augment_rotate);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__rb_insert_augmented);
 
@@ -485,7 +509,7 @@ struct rb_node *rb_next(const struct rb_
 	 * as we can.
 	 */
 	if (node->rb_right) {
-		node = node->rb_right; 
+		node = node->rb_right;
 		while (node->rb_left)
 			node=node->rb_left;
 		return (struct rb_node *)node;
@@ -517,7 +541,7 @@ struct rb_node *rb_prev(const struct rb_
 	 * as we can.
 	 */
 	if (node->rb_left) {
-		node = node->rb_left; 
+		node = node->rb_left;
 		while (node->rb_right)
 			node=node->rb_right;
 		return (struct rb_node *)node;
