diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index e3299a77a0d8..e695634882a6 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 			(VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	q->backing_dev_info.state = 0;
 	q->backing_dev_info.capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY;
+	q->backing_dev_info.name = "block";
 
 	err = bdi_init(&q->backing_dev_info);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 1e15889c4b98..95d344971eda 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 	if (!d->blkq)
 		goto err_mempool;
 	blk_queue_make_request(d->blkq, aoeblk_make_request);
+	d->blkq->backing_dev_info.name = "aoe";
 	if (bdi_init(&d->blkq->backing_dev_info))
 		goto err_blkq;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index afa8813e737a..645237bda682 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ static const struct file_operations zero_fops = {
  * - permits private mappings, "copies" are taken of the source of zeros
  */
 static struct backing_dev_info zero_bdi = {
+	.name		= "char/mem",
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e83be2e4602c..15831d5c7367 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ static int setup_bdi(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	bdi->name = "btrfs";
 	bdi->capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY;
 	err = bdi_init(bdi);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index a173551e19d7..7c27a8ebef6a 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * - no readahead or I/O queue unplugging required
  */
 struct backing_dev_info directly_mappable_cdev_bdi = {
+	.name = "char",
 	.capabilities	= (
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 		/* permit private copies of the data to be taken */
diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 4921e7426d95..a2f746066c5d 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations configfs_aops = {
 };
 
 static struct backing_dev_info configfs_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "configfs",
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
 };
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index f91ccc4a189d..4567db6f9430 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ static int fuse_bdi_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	fc->bdi.name = "fuse";
 	fc->bdi.ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	fc->bdi.unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn;
 	/* fuse does it's own writeback accounting */
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index cb88dac8ccaa..a93b885311d8 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_dir_inode_operations;
 static const struct inode_operations hugetlbfs_inode_operations;
 
 static struct backing_dev_info hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "hugetlbfs",
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
 };
diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 8d25ccb2d51d..c6be84a161f6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ static void nfs_server_set_fsinfo(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fsinfo *
 		server->rsize = NFS_MAX_FILE_IO_SIZE;
 	server->rpages = (server->rsize + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
+	server->backing_dev_info.name = "nfs";
 	server->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = server->rpages * NFS_MAX_READAHEAD;
 
 	if (server->wsize > max_rpc_payload)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
index 1c9efb406a96..02bf17808bdc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ clear_fields:
 }
 
 static struct backing_dev_info dlmfs_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "ocfs2-dlmfs",
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 0ff7566c767c..a7f0110fca4c 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static const struct super_operations ramfs_ops;
 static const struct inode_operations ramfs_dir_inode_operations;
 
 static struct backing_dev_info ramfs_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "ramfs",
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK |
 			  BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT | BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY |
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 555f0ff988df..e57f98e54fce 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations sysfs_aops = {
 };
 
 static struct backing_dev_info sysfs_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "sysfs",
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 8d6050a5966c..51763aa8f4de 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1965,6 +1965,7 @@ static int ubifs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 *
 	 * Read-ahead will be disabled because @c->bdi.ra_pages is 0.
 	 */
+	c->bdi.name = "ubifs",
 	c->bdi.capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY;
 	c->bdi.unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn;
 	err  = bdi_init(&c->bdi);
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index d045f5f615c7..2f218b7cb063 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
 	void (*unplug_io_fn)(struct backing_dev_info *, struct page *);
 	void *unplug_io_data;
 
+	char *name;
+
 	struct percpu_counter bdi_stat[NR_BDI_STAT_ITEMS];
 
 	struct prop_local_percpu completions;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index b6eadfe30e7b..c7ece8f027f2 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ static struct inode_operations cgroup_dir_inode_operations;
 static struct file_operations proc_cgroupstats_operations;
 
 static struct backing_dev_info cgroup_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "cgroup",
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 22c45e932e3a..5cb32c5b93d8 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn);
 
 struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "default",
 	.ra_pages	= VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024 / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
 	.state		= 0,
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 42cd38eba79f..5ae6b8b78c80 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations swap_aops = {
 };
 
 static struct backing_dev_info swap_backing_dev_info = {
+	.name		= "swap",
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK | BDI_CAP_SWAP_BACKED,
 	.unplug_io_fn	= swap_unplug_io_fn,
 };