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diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h
index 5c4c3a04e38..c096779a729 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ void *dm_bufio_new(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block,
struct dm_buffer **bp);
/*
+ * Prefetch the specified blocks to the cache.
+ * The function starts to read the blocks and returns without waiting for
+ * I/O to finish.
+ */
+void dm_bufio_prefetch(struct dm_bufio_client *c,
+ sector_t block, unsigned n_blocks);
+
+/*
* Release a reference obtained with dm_bufio_{read,get,new}. The data
* pointer and dm_buffer pointer is no longer valid after this call.
*/
@@ -100,6 +108,18 @@ int dm_bufio_issue_flush(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
*/
void dm_bufio_release_move(struct dm_buffer *b, sector_t new_block);
+/*
+ * Free the given buffer.
+ * This is just a hint, if the buffer is in use or dirty, this function
+ * does nothing.
+ */
+void dm_bufio_forget(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block);
+
+/*
+ * Set the minimum number of buffers before cleanup happens.
+ */
+void dm_bufio_set_minimum_buffers(struct dm_bufio_client *c, unsigned n);
+
unsigned dm_bufio_get_block_size(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
sector_t dm_bufio_get_device_size(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
sector_t dm_bufio_get_block_number(struct dm_buffer *b);