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diff --git a/pkg/iovec/iovec.go b/pkg/iovec/iovec.go
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+// Copyright 2020 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build linux
+
+// Package iovec provides helpers to interact with vectorized I/O on host
+// system.
+package iovec
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+)
+
+// MaxIovs is the maximum number of iovecs host platform can accept.
+var MaxIovs = linux.UIO_MAXIOV
+
+// Builder is a builder for slice of syscall.Iovec.
+type Builder struct {
+	iovec   []syscall.Iovec
+	storage [8]syscall.Iovec
+
+	// overflow tracks the last buffer when iovec length is at MaxIovs.
+	overflow []byte
+}
+
+// Add adds buf to b preparing to be written. Zero-length buf won't be added.
+func (b *Builder) Add(buf []byte) {
+	if len(buf) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	if b.iovec == nil {
+		b.iovec = b.storage[:0]
+	}
+	if len(b.iovec) >= MaxIovs {
+		b.addByAppend(buf)
+		return
+	}
+	b.iovec = append(b.iovec, syscall.Iovec{
+		Base: &buf[0],
+		Len:  uint64(len(buf)),
+	})
+	// Keep the last buf if iovec is at max capacity. We will need to append to it
+	// for later bufs.
+	if len(b.iovec) == MaxIovs {
+		n := len(buf)
+		b.overflow = buf[:n:n]
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *Builder) addByAppend(buf []byte) {
+	b.overflow = append(b.overflow, buf...)
+	b.iovec[len(b.iovec)-1] = syscall.Iovec{
+		Base: &b.overflow[0],
+		Len:  uint64(len(b.overflow)),
+	}
+}
+
+// Build returns the final Iovec slice. The length of returned iovec will not
+// excceed MaxIovs.
+func (b *Builder) Build() []syscall.Iovec {
+	return b.iovec
+}
diff --git a/pkg/iovec/iovec_state_autogen.go b/pkg/iovec/iovec_state_autogen.go
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index 000000000..c2e428cbe
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+// automatically generated by stateify.
+
+// +build linux
+
+package iovec