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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
index 990c4ccf8b61..d1197ae3723c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
@@ -5,5 +5,40 @@
 #define FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE    0x02 /* de-allocates range */
 #define FALLOC_FL_NO_HIDE_STALE 0x04 /* reserved codepoint */
 
+/*
+ * FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE is used to remove a range of a file
+ * without leaving a hole in the file. The contents of the file beyond
+ * the range being removed is appended to the start offset of the range
+ * being removed (i.e. the hole that was punched is "collapsed"),
+ * resulting in a file layout that looks like the range that was
+ * removed never existed. As such collapsing a range of a file changes
+ * the size of the file, reducing it by the same length of the range
+ * that has been removed by the operation.
+ *
+ * Different filesystems may implement different limitations on the
+ * granularity of the operation. Most will limit operations to
+ * filesystem block size boundaries, but this boundary may be larger or
+ * smaller depending on the filesystem and/or the configuration of the
+ * filesystem or file.
+ *
+ * Attempting to collapse a range that crosses the end of the file is
+ * considered an illegal operation - just use ftruncate(2) if you need
+ * to collapse a range that crosses EOF.
+ */
+#define FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE        0x08
+
+/*
+ * FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE is used to convert a range of file to zeros preferably
+ * without issuing data IO. Blocks should be preallocated for the regions that
+ * span holes in the file, and the entire range is preferable converted to
+ * unwritten extents - even though file system may choose to zero out the
+ * extent or do whatever which will result in reading zeros from the range
+ * while the range remains allocated for the file.
+ *
+ * This can be also used to preallocate blocks past EOF in the same way as
+ * with fallocate. Flag FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE should cause the inode
+ * size to remain the same.
+ */
+#define FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE            0x10
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_FALLOC_H_ */