diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 5520f8a..9c3b453 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -64,6 +64,23 @@ generic_file_llseek_unlocked(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 			return file->f_pos;
 		offset += file->f_pos;
 		break;
+	case SEEK_DATA:
+		/*
+		 * In the generic case the entire file is data, so as long as
+		 * offset isn't at the end of the file then the offset is data.
+		 */
+		if (offset >= inode->i_size)
+			return -ENXIO;
+		break;
+	case SEEK_HOLE:
+		/*
+		 * There is a virtual hole at the end of the file, so as long as
+		 * offset isn't i_size or larger, return i_size.
+		 */
+		if (offset >= inode->i_size)
+			return -ENXIO;
+		offset = inode->i_size;
+		break;
 	}
 
 	if (offset < 0 && !unsigned_offsets(file))
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index cdf9495..fe1e250 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 #define SEEK_SET	0	/* seek relative to beginning of file */
 #define SEEK_CUR	1	/* seek relative to current file position */
 #define SEEK_END	2	/* seek relative to end of file */
-#define SEEK_MAX	SEEK_END
+#define SEEK_DATA	3	/* seek to the next data */
+#define SEEK_HOLE	4	/* seek to the next hole */
+#define SEEK_MAX	SEEK_HOLE
 
 struct fstrim_range {
 	__u64 start;