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diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index c0b6ec6bf65b..18dcca51829e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ static inline bool pipe_buf_try_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
return buf->ops->try_steal(pipe, buf);
}
+static inline void pipe_discard_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+ unsigned int old_head)
+{
+ unsigned int mask = pipe->ring_size - 1;
+
+ while (pipe->head > old_head)
+ pipe_buf_release(pipe, &pipe->bufs[--pipe->head & mask]);
+}
+
/* Differs from PIPE_BUF in that PIPE_SIZE is the length of the actual
memory allocation, whereas PIPE_BUF makes atomicity guarantees. */
#define PIPE_SIZE PAGE_SIZE