diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h
index 853f9de5aa05a..8ada84e85447a 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio.h
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ struct iov_iter {
 	};
 };
 
+typedef __u16 uio_meta_flags_t;
+
+struct uio_meta {
+	uio_meta_flags_t	flags;
+	u16			app_tag;
+	u64			seed;
+	struct iov_iter		iter;
+};
+
 static inline const struct iovec *iter_iov(const struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	if (iter->iter_type == ITER_UBUF)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 7539717707337..9070ef19f0a3f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
 #define BLOCK_SIZE_BITS 10
 #define BLOCK_SIZE (1<<BLOCK_SIZE_BITS)
 
+/* flags for integrity meta */
+#define IO_INTEGRITY_CHK_GUARD		(1U << 0) /* enforce guard check */
+#define IO_INTEGRITY_CHK_REFTAG		(1U << 1) /* enforce ref check */
+#define IO_INTEGRITY_CHK_APPTAG		(1U << 2) /* enforce app check */
+
+#define IO_INTEGRITY_VALID_FLAGS (IO_INTEGRITY_CHK_GUARD | \
+				  IO_INTEGRITY_CHK_REFTAG | \
+				  IO_INTEGRITY_CHK_APPTAG)
+
 #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 */