2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.c
index edf5907845f0..59e08cfaf9bf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.c
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@ xfs_group_grab(
 }
 
 /*
+ * Iterate to the next group.  To start the iteration at @start_index, a %NULL
+ * @xg is passed, else the previous group returned from this function.  The
+ * caller should break out of the loop when this returns %NULL.  If the caller
+ * wants to break out of a loop that did not finish it needs to release the
+ * active reference to @xg using xfs_group_rele() itself.
+ */
+struct xfs_group *
+xfs_group_next_range(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_group	*xg,
+	uint32_t		start_index,
+	uint32_t		end_index,
+	enum xfs_group_type	type)
+{
+	uint32_t		index = start_index;
+
+	if (xg) {
+		index = xg->xg_gno + 1;
+		xfs_group_rele(xg);
+	}
+	if (index > end_index)
+		return NULL;
+	return xfs_group_grab(mp, index, type);
+}
+
+/*
  * Find the next group after @xg, or the first group if @xg is NULL.
  */
 struct xfs_group *
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.h
index e3b6be7ff9e8..dd7da9044305 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_group.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ void xfs_group_put(struct xfs_group *xg);
 
 struct xfs_group *xfs_group_grab(struct xfs_mount *mp, uint32_t index,
 		enum xfs_group_type type);
+struct xfs_group *xfs_group_next_range(struct xfs_mount *mp,
+		struct xfs_group *xg, uint32_t start_index, uint32_t end_index,
+		enum xfs_group_type type);
 struct xfs_group *xfs_group_grab_next_mark(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 		struct xfs_group *xg, xa_mark_t mark, enum xfs_group_type type);
 void xfs_group_rele(struct xfs_group *xg);