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diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 30faf797c2c3..d4e01b358341 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ struct kernfs_open_file {
struct mutex mutex;
int event;
struct list_head list;
+ char *prealloc_buf;
size_t atomic_write_len;
bool mmapped;
@@ -214,6 +215,13 @@ struct kernfs_ops {
* larger ones are rejected with -E2BIG.
*/
size_t atomic_write_len;
+ /*
+ * "prealloc" causes a buffer to be allocated at open for
+ * all read/write requests. As ->seq_show uses seq_read()
+ * which does its own allocation, it is incompatible with
+ * ->prealloc. Provide ->read and ->write with ->prealloc.
+ */
+ bool prealloc;
ssize_t (*write)(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf, size_t bytes,
loff_t off);