diff --git a/libxfs/Makefile b/libxfs/Makefile
index 9fb53d9cc32c..4e8f9a135818 100644
--- a/libxfs/Makefile
+++ b/libxfs/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ HFILES = \
 	linux-err.h \
 	topology.h \
 	buf_mem.h \
+	xfblob.h \
 	xfile.h \
 	xfs_ag_resv.h \
 	xfs_alloc.h \
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ CFILES = buf_mem.c \
 	topology.c \
 	trans.c \
 	util.c \
+	xfblob.c \
 	xfile.c \
 	xfs_ag.c \
 	xfs_ag_resv.c \
diff --git a/libxfs/xfblob.c b/libxfs/xfblob.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d8caaa4c164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxfs/xfblob.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
+ */
+#include "libxfs_priv.h"
+#include "libxfs.h"
+#include "libxfs/xfile.h"
+#include "libxfs/xfblob.h"
+
+/*
+ * XFS Blob Storage
+ * ================
+ * Stores and retrieves blobs using an xfile.  Objects are appended to the file
+ * and the offset is returned as a magic cookie for retrieval.
+ */
+
+#define XB_KEY_MAGIC	0xABAADDAD
+struct xb_key {
+	uint32_t		xb_magic;  /* XB_KEY_MAGIC */
+	uint32_t		xb_size;   /* size of the blob, in bytes */
+	loff_t			xb_offset; /* byte offset of this key */
+	/* blob comes after here */
+} __packed;
+
+/* Initialize a blob storage object. */
+int
+xfblob_create(
+	const char		*description,
+	struct xfblob		**blobp)
+{
+	struct xfblob		*blob;
+	struct xfile		*xfile;
+	int			error;
+
+	error = xfile_create(description, 0, &xfile);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	blob = malloc(sizeof(struct xfblob));
+	if (!blob) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_xfile;
+	}
+
+	blob->xfile = xfile;
+	blob->last_offset = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	*blobp = blob;
+	return 0;
+
+out_xfile:
+	xfile_destroy(xfile);
+	return error;
+}
+
+/* Destroy a blob storage object. */
+void
+xfblob_destroy(
+	struct xfblob	*blob)
+{
+	xfile_destroy(blob->xfile);
+	kfree(blob);
+}
+
+/* Retrieve a blob. */
+int
+xfblob_load(
+	struct xfblob	*blob,
+	xfblob_cookie	cookie,
+	void		*ptr,
+	uint32_t	size)
+{
+	struct xb_key	key;
+	int		error;
+
+	error = xfile_load(blob->xfile, &key, sizeof(key), cookie);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if (key.xb_magic != XB_KEY_MAGIC || key.xb_offset != cookie) {
+		ASSERT(0);
+		return -ENODATA;
+	}
+	if (size < key.xb_size) {
+		ASSERT(0);
+		return -EFBIG;
+	}
+
+	return xfile_load(blob->xfile, ptr, key.xb_size,
+			cookie + sizeof(key));
+}
+
+/* Store a blob. */
+int
+xfblob_store(
+	struct xfblob	*blob,
+	xfblob_cookie	*cookie,
+	const void	*ptr,
+	uint32_t	size)
+{
+	struct xb_key	key = {
+		.xb_offset = blob->last_offset,
+		.xb_magic = XB_KEY_MAGIC,
+		.xb_size = size,
+	};
+	loff_t		pos = blob->last_offset;
+	int		error;
+
+	error = xfile_store(blob->xfile, &key, sizeof(key), pos);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	pos += sizeof(key);
+	error = xfile_store(blob->xfile, ptr, size, pos);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	*cookie = blob->last_offset;
+	blob->last_offset += sizeof(key) + size;
+	return 0;
+out_err:
+	xfile_discard(blob->xfile, blob->last_offset, sizeof(key));
+	return error;
+}
+
+/* Free a blob. */
+int
+xfblob_free(
+	struct xfblob	*blob,
+	xfblob_cookie	cookie)
+{
+	struct xb_key	key;
+	int		error;
+
+	error = xfile_load(blob->xfile, &key, sizeof(key), cookie);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if (key.xb_magic != XB_KEY_MAGIC || key.xb_offset != cookie) {
+		ASSERT(0);
+		return -ENODATA;
+	}
+
+	xfile_discard(blob->xfile, cookie, sizeof(key) + key.xb_size);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libxfs/xfblob.h b/libxfs/xfblob.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28bf4ab2898f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxfs/xfblob.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
+ */
+#ifndef __XFS_SCRUB_XFBLOB_H__
+#define __XFS_SCRUB_XFBLOB_H__
+
+struct xfblob {
+	struct xfile	*xfile;
+	loff_t		last_offset;
+};
+
+typedef loff_t		xfblob_cookie;
+
+int xfblob_create(const char *descr, struct xfblob **blobp);
+void xfblob_destroy(struct xfblob *blob);
+int xfblob_load(struct xfblob *blob, xfblob_cookie cookie, void *ptr,
+		uint32_t size);
+int xfblob_store(struct xfblob *blob, xfblob_cookie *cookie, const void *ptr,
+		uint32_t size);
+int xfblob_free(struct xfblob *blob, xfblob_cookie cookie);
+
+#endif /* __XFS_SCRUB_XFBLOB_H__ */
diff --git a/libxfs/xfile.c b/libxfs/xfile.c
index 6e0fa809a296..b4908b49b6d5 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfile.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfile.c
@@ -391,3 +391,14 @@ xfile_bytes(
 
 	return (unsigned long long)statbuf.st_blocks << 9;
 }
+
+/* Discard pages backing a range of the xfile. */
+void
+xfile_discard(
+	struct xfile		*xf,
+	loff_t			pos,
+	unsigned long long	count)
+{
+	fallocate(xf->fcb->fd, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
+			pos, count);
+}
diff --git a/libxfs/xfile.h b/libxfs/xfile.h
index 180a42bbbaa2..7ee8b90cdf30 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfile.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfile.h
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ ssize_t xfile_load(struct xfile *xf, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t pos);
 ssize_t xfile_store(struct xfile *xf, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t pos);
 
 unsigned long long xfile_bytes(struct xfile *xf);
+void xfile_discard(struct xfile *xf, loff_t pos, unsigned long long count);
 
 #endif /* __LIBXFS_XFILE_H__ */
