diff --git a/fs/xfs/Kconfig b/fs/xfs/Kconfig
index 52e1823241fbc4eef3e27afb2f407503d0b29bc7..152348b4dece2283c78a9e69f5467a786a307ab2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/xfs/Kconfig
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ config XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB
 	bool "XFS online metadata check support"
 	default n
 	depends on XFS_FS
+	depends on TMPFS && SHMEM
 	select XFS_DRAIN_INTENTS
 	help
 	  If you say Y here you will be able to check metadata on a
diff --git a/fs/xfs/Makefile b/fs/xfs/Makefile
index 0a5cebb9802b154422a62577695450f908f6177c..f175f823fcd4768f1716f99ee08ea7918d3ac9cf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/xfs/Makefile
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ xfs-y				+= $(addprefix scrub/, \
 				   rmap.o \
 				   scrub.o \
 				   symlink.o \
+				   xfarray.o \
+				   xfile.o \
 				   )
 
 xfs-$(CONFIG_XFS_RT)		+= scrub/rtbitmap.o
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.c
index 0a975439d2b63675e8df5cea6ce973d2433a1e6c..46249e7b17e09f66b6266758b159a537ab5f66d5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.c
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
 #include "xfs_inode.h"
 #include "xfs_btree.h"
-#include "scrub/scrub.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
+#include "scrub/scrub.h"
+#include "scrub/xfile.h"
+#include "scrub/xfarray.h"
 
 /* Figure out which block the btree cursor was pointing to. */
 static inline xfs_fsblock_t
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h
index 73cf1002bd94aa8aa1192163d4d8348b9ccacd21..7165e2f7be9e7a46cc8a4234d710872316f8140c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 #include "xfs_bit.h"
 
+struct xfile;
+struct xfarray;
+
 /*
  * ftrace's __print_symbolic requires that all enum values be wrapped in the
  * TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM macro so that the enum value can be encoded in the ftrace
@@ -725,6 +728,124 @@ TRACE_EVENT(xchk_refcount_incorrect,
 		  __entry->seen)
 )
 
+TRACE_EVENT(xfile_create,
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfile *xf),
+	TP_ARGS(xf),
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(dev_t, dev)
+		__field(unsigned long, ino)
+		__array(char, pathname, 256)
+	),
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		char		pathname[257];
+		char		*path;
+
+		__entry->ino = file_inode(xf->file)->i_ino;
+		memset(pathname, 0, sizeof(pathname));
+		path = file_path(xf->file, pathname, sizeof(pathname) - 1);
+		if (IS_ERR(path))
+			path = "(unknown)";
+		strncpy(__entry->pathname, path, sizeof(__entry->pathname));
+	),
+	TP_printk("xfino 0x%lx path '%s'",
+		  __entry->ino,
+		  __entry->pathname)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(xfile_destroy,
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfile *xf),
+	TP_ARGS(xf),
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(unsigned long, ino)
+		__field(unsigned long long, bytes)
+		__field(loff_t, size)
+	),
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		struct xfile_stat	statbuf;
+		int			ret;
+
+		ret = xfile_stat(xf, &statbuf);
+		if (!ret) {
+			__entry->bytes = statbuf.bytes;
+			__entry->size = statbuf.size;
+		} else {
+			__entry->bytes = -1;
+			__entry->size = -1;
+		}
+		__entry->ino = file_inode(xf->file)->i_ino;
+	),
+	TP_printk("xfino 0x%lx mem_bytes 0x%llx isize 0x%llx",
+		  __entry->ino,
+		  __entry->bytes,
+		  __entry->size)
+);
+
+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfile_class,
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfile *xf, loff_t pos, unsigned long long bytecount),
+	TP_ARGS(xf, pos, bytecount),
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(unsigned long, ino)
+		__field(unsigned long long, bytes_used)
+		__field(loff_t, pos)
+		__field(loff_t, size)
+		__field(unsigned long long, bytecount)
+	),
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		struct xfile_stat	statbuf;
+		int			ret;
+
+		ret = xfile_stat(xf, &statbuf);
+		if (!ret) {
+			__entry->bytes_used = statbuf.bytes;
+			__entry->size = statbuf.size;
+		} else {
+			__entry->bytes_used = -1;
+			__entry->size = -1;
+		}
+		__entry->ino = file_inode(xf->file)->i_ino;
+		__entry->pos = pos;
+		__entry->bytecount = bytecount;
+	),
+	TP_printk("xfino 0x%lx mem_bytes 0x%llx pos 0x%llx bytecount 0x%llx isize 0x%llx",
+		  __entry->ino,
+		  __entry->bytes_used,
+		  __entry->pos,
+		  __entry->bytecount,
+		  __entry->size)
+);
+#define DEFINE_XFILE_EVENT(name) \
+DEFINE_EVENT(xfile_class, name, \
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfile *xf, loff_t pos, unsigned long long bytecount), \
+	TP_ARGS(xf, pos, bytecount))
+DEFINE_XFILE_EVENT(xfile_pread);
+DEFINE_XFILE_EVENT(xfile_pwrite);
+DEFINE_XFILE_EVENT(xfile_seek_data);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(xfarray_create,
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfarray *xfa, unsigned long long required_capacity),
+	TP_ARGS(xfa, required_capacity),
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(unsigned long, ino)
+		__field(uint64_t, max_nr)
+		__field(size_t, obj_size)
+		__field(int, obj_size_log)
+		__field(unsigned long long, required_capacity)
+	),
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->max_nr = xfa->max_nr;
+		__entry->obj_size = xfa->obj_size;
+		__entry->obj_size_log = xfa->obj_size_log;
+		__entry->ino = file_inode(xfa->xfile->file)->i_ino;
+		__entry->required_capacity = required_capacity;
+	),
+	TP_printk("xfino 0x%lx max_nr %llu reqd_nr %llu objsz %zu objszlog %d",
+		  __entry->ino,
+		  __entry->max_nr,
+		  __entry->required_capacity,
+		  __entry->obj_size,
+		  __entry->obj_size_log)
+);
+
 /* repair tracepoints */
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XFS_ONLINE_REPAIR)
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/xfarray.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfarray.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca4a4a307010f6a06d16eb36b187f7a714305c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfarray.c
@@ -0,0 +1,369 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
+ */
+#include "xfs.h"
+#include "xfs_fs.h"
+#include "xfs_shared.h"
+#include "xfs_format.h"
+#include "scrub/xfile.h"
+#include "scrub/xfarray.h"
+#include "scrub/scrub.h"
+#include "scrub/trace.h"
+
+/*
+ * Large Arrays of Fixed-Size Records
+ * ==================================
+ *
+ * This memory array uses an xfile (which itself is a memfd "file") to store
+ * large numbers of fixed-size records in memory that can be paged out.  This
+ * puts less stress on the memory reclaim algorithms during an online repair
+ * because we don't have to pin so much memory.  However, array access is less
+ * direct than would be in a regular memory array.  Access to the array is
+ * performed via indexed load and store methods, and an append method is
+ * provided for convenience.  Array elements can be unset, which sets them to
+ * all zeroes.  Unset entries are skipped during iteration, though direct loads
+ * will return a zeroed buffer.  Callers are responsible for concurrency
+ * control.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Pointer to scratch space.  Because we can't access the xfile data directly,
+ * we allocate a small amount of memory on the end of the xfarray structure to
+ * buffer array items when we need space to store values temporarily.
+ */
+static inline void *xfarray_scratch(struct xfarray *array)
+{
+	return (array + 1);
+}
+
+/* Compute array index given an xfile offset. */
+static xfarray_idx_t
+xfarray_idx(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	loff_t		pos)
+{
+	if (array->obj_size_log >= 0)
+		return (xfarray_idx_t)pos >> array->obj_size_log;
+
+	return div_u64((xfarray_idx_t)pos, array->obj_size);
+}
+
+/* Compute xfile offset of array element. */
+static inline loff_t xfarray_pos(struct xfarray *array, xfarray_idx_t idx)
+{
+	if (array->obj_size_log >= 0)
+		return idx << array->obj_size_log;
+
+	return idx * array->obj_size;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialize a big memory array.  Array records cannot be larger than a
+ * page, and the array cannot span more bytes than the page cache supports.
+ * If @required_capacity is nonzero, the maximum array size will be set to this
+ * quantity and the array creation will fail if the underlying storage cannot
+ * support that many records.
+ */
+int
+xfarray_create(
+	const char		*description,
+	unsigned long long	required_capacity,
+	size_t			obj_size,
+	struct xfarray		**arrayp)
+{
+	struct xfarray		*array;
+	struct xfile		*xfile;
+	int			error;
+
+	ASSERT(obj_size < PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	error = xfile_create(description, 0, &xfile);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	array = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xfarray) + obj_size, XCHK_GFP_FLAGS);
+	if (!array)
+		goto out_xfile;
+
+	array->xfile = xfile;
+	array->obj_size = obj_size;
+
+	if (is_power_of_2(obj_size))
+		array->obj_size_log = ilog2(obj_size);
+	else
+		array->obj_size_log = -1;
+
+	array->max_nr = xfarray_idx(array, MAX_LFS_FILESIZE);
+	trace_xfarray_create(array, required_capacity);
+
+	if (required_capacity > 0) {
+		if (array->max_nr < required_capacity) {
+			error = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_xfarray;
+		}
+		array->max_nr = required_capacity;
+	}
+
+	*arrayp = array;
+	return 0;
+
+out_xfarray:
+	kfree(array);
+out_xfile:
+	xfile_destroy(xfile);
+	return error;
+}
+
+/* Destroy the array. */
+void
+xfarray_destroy(
+	struct xfarray	*array)
+{
+	xfile_destroy(array->xfile);
+	kfree(array);
+}
+
+/* Load an element from the array. */
+int
+xfarray_load(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	xfarray_idx_t	idx,
+	void		*ptr)
+{
+	if (idx >= array->nr)
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	return xfile_obj_load(array->xfile, ptr, array->obj_size,
+			xfarray_pos(array, idx));
+}
+
+/* Is this array element potentially unset? */
+static inline bool
+xfarray_is_unset(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	loff_t		pos)
+{
+	void		*temp = xfarray_scratch(array);
+	int		error;
+
+	if (array->unset_slots == 0)
+		return false;
+
+	error = xfile_obj_load(array->xfile, temp, array->obj_size, pos);
+	if (!error && xfarray_element_is_null(array, temp))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Unset an array element.  If @idx is the last element in the array, the
+ * array will be truncated.  Otherwise, the entry will be zeroed.
+ */
+int
+xfarray_unset(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	xfarray_idx_t	idx)
+{
+	void		*temp = xfarray_scratch(array);
+	loff_t		pos = xfarray_pos(array, idx);
+	int		error;
+
+	if (idx >= array->nr)
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	if (idx == array->nr - 1) {
+		array->nr--;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (xfarray_is_unset(array, pos))
+		return 0;
+
+	memset(temp, 0, array->obj_size);
+	error = xfile_obj_store(array->xfile, temp, array->obj_size, pos);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	array->unset_slots++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Store an element in the array.  The element must not be completely zeroed,
+ * because those are considered unset sparse elements.
+ */
+int
+xfarray_store(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	xfarray_idx_t	idx,
+	const void	*ptr)
+{
+	int		ret;
+
+	if (idx >= array->max_nr)
+		return -EFBIG;
+
+	ASSERT(!xfarray_element_is_null(array, ptr));
+
+	ret = xfile_obj_store(array->xfile, ptr, array->obj_size,
+			xfarray_pos(array, idx));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	array->nr = max(array->nr, idx + 1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Is this array element NULL? */
+bool
+xfarray_element_is_null(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	const void	*ptr)
+{
+	return !memchr_inv(ptr, 0, array->obj_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Store an element anywhere in the array that is unset.  If there are no
+ * unset slots, append the element to the array.
+ */
+int
+xfarray_store_anywhere(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	const void	*ptr)
+{
+	void		*temp = xfarray_scratch(array);
+	loff_t		endpos = xfarray_pos(array, array->nr);
+	loff_t		pos;
+	int		error;
+
+	/* Find an unset slot to put it in. */
+	for (pos = 0;
+	     pos < endpos && array->unset_slots > 0;
+	     pos += array->obj_size) {
+		error = xfile_obj_load(array->xfile, temp, array->obj_size,
+				pos);
+		if (error || !xfarray_element_is_null(array, temp))
+			continue;
+
+		error = xfile_obj_store(array->xfile, ptr, array->obj_size,
+				pos);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+
+		array->unset_slots--;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* No unset slots found; attach it on the end. */
+	array->unset_slots = 0;
+	return xfarray_append(array, ptr);
+}
+
+/* Return length of array. */
+uint64_t
+xfarray_length(
+	struct xfarray	*array)
+{
+	return array->nr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Decide which array item we're going to read as part of an _iter_get.
+ * @cur is the array index, and @pos is the file offset of that array index in
+ * the backing xfile.  Returns ENODATA if we reach the end of the records.
+ *
+ * Reading from a hole in a sparse xfile causes page instantiation, so for
+ * iterating a (possibly sparse) array we need to figure out if the cursor is
+ * pointing at a totally uninitialized hole and move the cursor up if
+ * necessary.
+ */
+static inline int
+xfarray_find_data(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	xfarray_idx_t	*cur,
+	loff_t		*pos)
+{
+	unsigned int	pgoff = offset_in_page(*pos);
+	loff_t		end_pos = *pos + array->obj_size - 1;
+	loff_t		new_pos;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the current array record is not adjacent to a page boundary, we
+	 * are in the middle of the page.  We do not need to move the cursor.
+	 */
+	if (pgoff != 0 && pgoff + array->obj_size - 1 < PAGE_SIZE)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Call SEEK_DATA on the last byte in the record we're about to read.
+	 * If the record ends at (or crosses) the end of a page then we know
+	 * that the first byte of the record is backed by pages and don't need
+	 * to query it.  If instead the record begins at the start of the page
+	 * then we know that querying the last byte is just as good as querying
+	 * the first byte, since records cannot be larger than a page.
+	 *
+	 * If the call returns the same file offset, we know this record is
+	 * backed by real pages.  We do not need to move the cursor.
+	 */
+	new_pos = xfile_seek_data(array->xfile, end_pos);
+	if (new_pos == -ENXIO)
+		return -ENODATA;
+	if (new_pos < 0)
+		return new_pos;
+	if (new_pos == end_pos)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise, SEEK_DATA told us how far up to move the file pointer to
+	 * find more data.  Move the array index to the first record past the
+	 * byte offset we were given.
+	 */
+	new_pos = roundup_64(new_pos, array->obj_size);
+	*cur = xfarray_idx(array, new_pos);
+	*pos = xfarray_pos(array, *cur);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Starting at *idx, fetch the next non-null array entry and advance the index
+ * to set up the next _load_next call.  Returns ENODATA if we reach the end of
+ * the array.  Callers must set @*idx to XFARRAY_CURSOR_INIT before the first
+ * call to this function.
+ */
+int
+xfarray_load_next(
+	struct xfarray	*array,
+	xfarray_idx_t	*idx,
+	void		*rec)
+{
+	xfarray_idx_t	cur = *idx;
+	loff_t		pos = xfarray_pos(array, cur);
+	int		error;
+
+	do {
+		if (cur >= array->nr)
+			return -ENODATA;
+
+		/*
+		 * Ask the backing store for the location of next possible
+		 * written record, then retrieve that record.
+		 */
+		error = xfarray_find_data(array, &cur, &pos);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		error = xfarray_load(array, cur, rec);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+
+		cur++;
+		pos += array->obj_size;
+	} while (xfarray_element_is_null(array, rec));
+
+	*idx = cur;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/xfarray.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfarray.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ef7911b104b86380811c9da13c64faac6bb90ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfarray.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
+ */
+#ifndef __XFS_SCRUB_XFARRAY_H__
+#define __XFS_SCRUB_XFARRAY_H__
+
+/* xfile array index type, along with cursor initialization */
+typedef uint64_t		xfarray_idx_t;
+#define XFARRAY_CURSOR_INIT	((__force xfarray_idx_t)0)
+
+/* Iterate each index of an xfile array. */
+#define foreach_xfarray_idx(array, idx) \
+	for ((idx) = XFARRAY_CURSOR_INIT; \
+	     (idx) < xfarray_length(array); \
+	     (idx)++)
+
+struct xfarray {
+	/* Underlying file that backs the array. */
+	struct xfile	*xfile;
+
+	/* Number of array elements. */
+	xfarray_idx_t	nr;
+
+	/* Maximum possible array size. */
+	xfarray_idx_t	max_nr;
+
+	/* Number of unset slots in the array below @nr. */
+	uint64_t	unset_slots;
+
+	/* Size of an array element. */
+	size_t		obj_size;
+
+	/* log2 of array element size, if possible. */
+	int		obj_size_log;
+};
+
+int xfarray_create(const char *descr, unsigned long long required_capacity,
+		size_t obj_size, struct xfarray **arrayp);
+void xfarray_destroy(struct xfarray *array);
+int xfarray_load(struct xfarray *array, xfarray_idx_t idx, void *ptr);
+int xfarray_unset(struct xfarray *array, xfarray_idx_t idx);
+int xfarray_store(struct xfarray *array, xfarray_idx_t idx, const void *ptr);
+int xfarray_store_anywhere(struct xfarray *array, const void *ptr);
+bool xfarray_element_is_null(struct xfarray *array, const void *ptr);
+
+/* Append an element to the array. */
+static inline int xfarray_append(struct xfarray *array, const void *ptr)
+{
+	return xfarray_store(array, array->nr, ptr);
+}
+
+uint64_t xfarray_length(struct xfarray *array);
+int xfarray_load_next(struct xfarray *array, xfarray_idx_t *idx, void *rec);
+
+#endif /* __XFS_SCRUB_XFARRAY_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..19d512887980fc254234f10cc21ad917519e3e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
+ */
+#include "xfs.h"
+#include "xfs_fs.h"
+#include "xfs_shared.h"
+#include "xfs_format.h"
+#include "xfs_log_format.h"
+#include "xfs_trans_resv.h"
+#include "xfs_mount.h"
+#include "xfs_format.h"
+#include "scrub/xfile.h"
+#include "scrub/xfarray.h"
+#include "scrub/scrub.h"
+#include "scrub/trace.h"
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
+
+/*
+ * Swappable Temporary Memory
+ * ==========================
+ *
+ * Online checking sometimes needs to be able to stage a large amount of data
+ * in memory.  This information might not fit in the available memory and it
+ * doesn't all need to be accessible at all times.  In other words, we want an
+ * indexed data buffer to store data that can be paged out.
+ *
+ * When CONFIG_TMPFS=y, shmemfs is enough of a filesystem to meet those
+ * requirements.  Therefore, the xfile mechanism uses an unlinked shmem file to
+ * store our staging data.  This file is not installed in the file descriptor
+ * table so that user programs cannot access the data, which means that the
+ * xfile must be freed with xfile_destroy.
+ *
+ * xfiles assume that the caller will handle all required concurrency
+ * management; standard vfs locks (freezer and inode) are not taken.  Reads
+ * and writes are satisfied directly from the page cache.
+ *
+ * NOTE: The current shmemfs implementation has a quirk that in-kernel reads
+ * of a hole cause a page to be mapped into the file.  If you are going to
+ * create a sparse xfile, please be careful about reading from uninitialized
+ * parts of the file.  These pages are !Uptodate and will eventually be
+ * reclaimed if not written, but in the short term this boosts memory
+ * consumption.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * xfiles must not be exposed to userspace and require upper layers to
+ * coordinate access to the one handle returned by the constructor, so
+ * establish a separate lock class for xfiles to avoid confusing lockdep.
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key xfile_i_mutex_key;
+
+/*
+ * Create an xfile of the given size.  The description will be used in the
+ * trace output.
+ */
+int
+xfile_create(
+	const char		*description,
+	loff_t			isize,
+	struct xfile		**xfilep)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode;
+	struct xfile		*xf;
+	int			error = -ENOMEM;
+
+	xf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct xfile), XCHK_GFP_FLAGS);
+	if (!xf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	xf->file = shmem_file_setup(description, isize, 0);
+	if (!xf->file)
+		goto out_xfile;
+	if (IS_ERR(xf->file)) {
+		error = PTR_ERR(xf->file);
+		goto out_xfile;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We want a large sparse file that we can pread, pwrite, and seek.
+	 * xfile users are responsible for keeping the xfile hidden away from
+	 * all other callers, so we skip timestamp updates and security checks.
+	 * Make the inode only accessible by root, just in case the xfile ever
+	 * escapes.
+	 */
+	xf->file->f_mode |= FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE | FMODE_NOCMTIME |
+			    FMODE_LSEEK;
+	xf->file->f_flags |= O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE | O_NOATIME;
+	inode = file_inode(xf->file);
+	inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE | S_NOCMTIME | S_NOATIME;
+	inode->i_mode &= ~0177;
+	inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+	inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
+
+	lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_rwsem, &xfile_i_mutex_key);
+
+	trace_xfile_create(xf);
+
+	*xfilep = xf;
+	return 0;
+out_xfile:
+	kfree(xf);
+	return error;
+}
+
+/* Close the file and release all resources. */
+void
+xfile_destroy(
+	struct xfile		*xf)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(xf->file);
+
+	trace_xfile_destroy(xf);
+
+	lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_rwsem, &inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_key);
+	fput(xf->file);
+	kfree(xf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read a memory object directly from the xfile's page cache.  Unlike regular
+ * pread, we return -E2BIG and -EFBIG for reads that are too large or at too
+ * high an offset, instead of truncating the read.  Otherwise, we return
+ * bytes read or an error code, like regular pread.
+ */
+ssize_t
+xfile_pread(
+	struct xfile		*xf,
+	void			*buf,
+	size_t			count,
+	loff_t			pos)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(xf->file);
+	struct address_space	*mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+	struct page		*page = NULL;
+	ssize_t			read = 0;
+	unsigned int		pflags;
+	int			error = 0;
+
+	if (count > MAX_RW_COUNT)
+		return -E2BIG;
+	if (inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes - pos < count)
+		return -EFBIG;
+
+	trace_xfile_pread(xf, pos, count);
+
+	pflags = memalloc_nofs_save();
+	while (count > 0) {
+		void		*p, *kaddr;
+		unsigned int	len;
+
+		len = min_t(ssize_t, count, PAGE_SIZE - offset_in_page(pos));
+
+		/*
+		 * In-kernel reads of a shmem file cause it to allocate a page
+		 * if the mapping shows a hole.  Therefore, if we hit ENOMEM
+		 * we can continue by zeroing the caller's buffer.
+		 */
+		page = shmem_read_mapping_page_gfp(mapping, pos >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+				__GFP_NOWARN);
+		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
+			error = PTR_ERR(page);
+			if (error != -ENOMEM)
+				break;
+
+			memset(buf, 0, len);
+			goto advance;
+		}
+
+		if (PageUptodate(page)) {
+			/*
+			 * xfile pages must never be mapped into userspace, so
+			 * we skip the dcache flush.
+			 */
+			kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
+			p = kaddr + offset_in_page(pos);
+			memcpy(buf, p, len);
+			kunmap_local(kaddr);
+		} else {
+			memset(buf, 0, len);
+		}
+		put_page(page);
+
+advance:
+		count -= len;
+		pos += len;
+		buf += len;
+		read += len;
+	}
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(pflags);
+
+	if (read > 0)
+		return read;
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Write a memory object directly to the xfile's page cache.  Unlike regular
+ * pwrite, we return -E2BIG and -EFBIG for writes that are too large or at too
+ * high an offset, instead of truncating the write.  Otherwise, we return
+ * bytes written or an error code, like regular pwrite.
+ */
+ssize_t
+xfile_pwrite(
+	struct xfile		*xf,
+	const void		*buf,
+	size_t			count,
+	loff_t			pos)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(xf->file);
+	struct address_space	*mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+	const struct address_space_operations *aops = mapping->a_ops;
+	struct page		*page = NULL;
+	ssize_t			written = 0;
+	unsigned int		pflags;
+	int			error = 0;
+
+	if (count > MAX_RW_COUNT)
+		return -E2BIG;
+	if (inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes - pos < count)
+		return -EFBIG;
+
+	trace_xfile_pwrite(xf, pos, count);
+
+	pflags = memalloc_nofs_save();
+	while (count > 0) {
+		void		*fsdata = NULL;
+		void		*p, *kaddr;
+		unsigned int	len;
+		int		ret;
+
+		len = min_t(ssize_t, count, PAGE_SIZE - offset_in_page(pos));
+
+		/*
+		 * We call write_begin directly here to avoid all the freezer
+		 * protection lock-taking that happens in the normal path.
+		 * shmem doesn't support fs freeze, but lockdep doesn't know
+		 * that and will trip over that.
+		 */
+		error = aops->write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, len, &page,
+				&fsdata);
+		if (error)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * xfile pages must never be mapped into userspace, so we skip
+		 * the dcache flush.  If the page is not uptodate, zero it
+		 * before writing data.
+		 */
+		kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
+		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+			memset(kaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+			SetPageUptodate(page);
+		}
+		p = kaddr + offset_in_page(pos);
+		memcpy(p, buf, len);
+		kunmap_local(kaddr);
+
+		ret = aops->write_end(NULL, mapping, pos, len, len, page,
+				fsdata);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			error = ret;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		written += ret;
+		if (ret != len)
+			break;
+
+		count -= ret;
+		pos += ret;
+		buf += ret;
+	}
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(pflags);
+
+	if (written > 0)
+		return written;
+	return error;
+}
+
+/* Find the next written area in the xfile data for a given offset. */
+loff_t
+xfile_seek_data(
+	struct xfile		*xf,
+	loff_t			pos)
+{
+	loff_t			ret;
+
+	ret = vfs_llseek(xf->file, pos, SEEK_DATA);
+	trace_xfile_seek_data(xf, pos, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Query stat information for an xfile. */
+int
+xfile_stat(
+	struct xfile		*xf,
+	struct xfile_stat	*statbuf)
+{
+	struct kstat		ks;
+	int			error;
+
+	error = vfs_getattr_nosec(&xf->file->f_path, &ks,
+			STATX_SIZE | STATX_BLOCKS, AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	statbuf->size = ks.size;
+	statbuf->bytes = ks.blocks << SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9328a37fedaa397345bdc9a86b8060231b991b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
+ */
+#ifndef __XFS_SCRUB_XFILE_H__
+#define __XFS_SCRUB_XFILE_H__
+
+struct xfile {
+	struct file		*file;
+};
+
+int xfile_create(const char *description, loff_t isize, struct xfile **xfilep);
+void xfile_destroy(struct xfile *xf);
+
+ssize_t xfile_pread(struct xfile *xf, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t pos);
+ssize_t xfile_pwrite(struct xfile *xf, const void *buf, size_t count,
+		loff_t pos);
+
+/*
+ * Load an object.  Since we're treating this file as "memory", any error or
+ * short IO is treated as a failure to allocate memory.
+ */
+static inline int
+xfile_obj_load(struct xfile *xf, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t pos)
+{
+	ssize_t	ret = xfile_pread(xf, buf, count, pos);
+
+	if (ret < 0 || ret != count)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Store an object.  Since we're treating this file as "memory", any error or
+ * short IO is treated as a failure to allocate memory.
+ */
+static inline int
+xfile_obj_store(struct xfile *xf, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t pos)
+{
+	ssize_t	ret = xfile_pwrite(xf, buf, count, pos);
+
+	if (ret < 0 || ret != count)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+loff_t xfile_seek_data(struct xfile *xf, loff_t pos);
+
+struct xfile_stat {
+	loff_t			size;
+	unsigned long long	bytes;
+};
+
+int xfile_stat(struct xfile *xf, struct xfile_stat *statbuf);
+
+#endif /* __XFS_SCRUB_XFILE_H__ */