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diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 6cd48a61cda3..073ea3c45347 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1310,6 +1310,26 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(close, unsigned int, fd)
return retval;
}
+/**
+ * close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
+ *
+ * @fd: starting file descriptor to close
+ * @max_fd: last file descriptor to close
+ * @flags: reserved for future extensions
+ *
+ * This closes a range of file descriptors. All file descriptors
+ * from @fd up to and including @max_fd are closed.
+ * Currently, errors to close a given file descriptor are ignored.
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(close_range, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, max_fd,
+ unsigned int, flags)
+{
+ if (flags)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return __close_range(current->files, fd, max_fd);
+}
+
/*
* This routine simulates a hangup on the tty, to arrange that users
* are given clean terminals at login time.