1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index a290157265ef..1cd2388ca5bd 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -766,6 +766,21 @@ int seq_write(struct seq_file *seq, const void *data, size_t len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_write);
 
+/**
+ * seq_pad - write padding spaces to buffer
+ * @m: seq_file identifying the buffer to which data should be written
+ * @c: the byte to append after padding if non-zero
+ */
+void seq_pad(struct seq_file *m, char c)
+{
+	int size = m->pad_until - m->count;
+	if (size > 0)
+		seq_printf(m, "%*s", size, "");
+	if (c)
+		seq_putc(m, c);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_pad);
+
 struct list_head *seq_list_start(struct list_head *head, loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct list_head *lh;