1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index 4e32edc8f506..52e0097f61f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct seq_file {
         size_t size;
         size_t from;
         size_t count;
+        size_t pad_until;
         loff_t index;
         loff_t read_pos;
         u64 version;
@@ -79,6 +80,20 @@ static inline void seq_commit(struct seq_file *m, int num)
         }
 }
 
+/**
+ * seq_setwidth - set padding width
+ * @m: the seq_file handle
+ * @size: the max number of bytes to pad.
+ *
+ * Call seq_setwidth() for setting max width, then call seq_printf() etc. and
+ * finally call seq_pad() to pad the remaining bytes.
+ */
+static inline void seq_setwidth(struct seq_file *m, size_t size)
+{
+        m->pad_until = m->count + size;
+}
+void seq_pad(struct seq_file *m, char c);
+
 char *mangle_path(char *s, const char *p, const char *esc);
 int seq_open(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *);
 ssize_t seq_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);