@@ -327,6 +327,24 @@ static int lo_fallocate(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq, loff_t pos,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int lo_req_provision(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq, loff_t pos)
+{
+	struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+	struct request_queue *q = lo->lo_queue;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!q->limits.max_provision_sectors) {
+		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = file->f_op->fallocate(file, 0, pos, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+	if (unlikely(ret && ret != -EINVAL && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP))
+		ret = -EIO;
+ out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int lo_req_flush(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq)
 {
 	int ret = vfs_fsync(lo->lo_backing_file, 0);

@@ -488,6 +506,8 @@ static int do_req_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq)
 				FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE);
 	case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
 		return lo_fallocate(lo, rq, pos, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE);
+	case REQ_OP_PROVISION:
+		return lo_req_provision(lo, rq, pos);
 	case REQ_OP_WRITE:
 		if (cmd->use_aio)
 			return lo_rw_aio(lo, cmd, pos, ITER_SOURCE);

@@ -754,6 +774,25 @@ static void loop_sysfs_exit(struct loop_device *lo)
 				   &loop_attribute_group);
 }
 
+static void loop_config_provision(struct loop_device *lo)
+{
+	struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the backing device is a block device, mirror its provisioning
+	 * capability.
+	 */
+	if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
+		blk_queue_max_provision_sectors(lo->lo_queue,
+			bdev_max_provision_sectors(I_BDEV(inode)));
+	} else if (file->f_op->fallocate) {
+		blk_queue_max_provision_sectors(lo->lo_queue, UINT_MAX >> 9);
+	} else {
+		blk_queue_max_provision_sectors(lo->lo_queue, 0);
+	}
+}
+
 static void loop_config_discard(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
 	struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;

@@ -1092,6 +1131,7 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	blk_queue_io_min(lo->lo_queue, bsize);
 
 	loop_config_discard(lo);
+	loop_config_provision(lo);
 	loop_update_rotational(lo);
 	loop_update_dio(lo);
 	loop_sysfs_init(lo);

@@ -1304,6 +1344,7 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
 	}
 
 	loop_config_discard(lo);
+	loop_config_provision(lo);
 
 	/* update dio if lo_offset or transfer is changed */
 	__loop_update_dio(lo, lo->use_dio);

@@ -1830,6 +1871,7 @@ static blk_status_t loop_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	case REQ_OP_FLUSH:
 	case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
 	case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
+	case REQ_OP_PROVISION:
 		cmd->use_aio = false;
 		break;
 	default: