Index: sys/compat/linprocfs/linprocfs.c
===================================================================
--- sys/compat/linprocfs/linprocfs.c
+++ sys/compat/linprocfs/linprocfs.c
@@ -1252,10 +1252,6 @@
 		    *name ? "     " : " ",
 		    name
 		    );
-		if (error == -1) {
-			linux_msg(td, "cannot fill /proc/self/maps; "
-			    "consider bumping PFS_MAXBUFSIZ");
-		}
 		if (freename)
 			free(freename, M_TEMP);
 		vm_map_lock_read(map);
@@ -1890,7 +1886,7 @@
 	pfs_create_link(dir, "exe", &procfs_doprocfile,
 	    NULL, &procfs_notsystem, NULL, 0);
 	pfs_create_file(dir, "maps", &linprocfs_doprocmaps,
-	    NULL, NULL, NULL, PFS_RD);
+	    NULL, NULL, NULL, PFS_RD | PFS_AUTODRAIN);
 	pfs_create_file(dir, "mem", &linprocfs_doprocmem,
 	    procfs_attr_rw, &procfs_candebug, NULL, PFS_RDWR | PFS_RAW);
 	pfs_create_file(dir, "mounts", &linprocfs_domtab,
Index: sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h
===================================================================
--- sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h
+++ sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #define PFS_RAW		(PFS_RAWRD|PFS_RAWWR)
 #define PFS_PROCDEP	0x0010	/* process-dependent */
 #define PFS_NOWAIT	0x0020 /* allow malloc to fail */
+#define PFS_AUTODRAIN	0x0040	/* sbuf_print can sleep to drain */
 
 /*
  * Data structures
Index: sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs_vnops.c
===================================================================
--- sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs_vnops.c
+++ sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs_vnops.c
@@ -623,6 +623,37 @@
 	PFS_RETURN (0);
 }
 
+struct sbuf_seek_helper {
+	off_t		skip_bytes;
+	struct uio	*uio;
+};
+
+static int
+pfs_sbuf_uio_drain(void *arg, const char *data, int len)
+{
+	struct sbuf_seek_helper *ssh;
+	int error;
+
+	ssh = arg;
+
+	/* Need to discard first uio_offset bytes. */
+	if (ssh->skip_bytes > 0) {
+		if (ssh->skip_bytes >= len) {
+			ssh->skip_bytes -= len;
+			return (len);
+		}
+
+		data += ssh->skip_bytes;
+		len -= ssh->skip_bytes;
+		ssh->skip_bytes = 0;
+	}
+
+	error = uiomove(__DECONST(void *, data), len, ssh->uio);
+	if (error != 0)
+		return (-error);
+	return (len);
+}
+
 /*
  * Read from a file
  */
@@ -636,7 +667,8 @@
 	struct proc *proc;
 	struct sbuf *sb = NULL;
 	int error, locked;
-	off_t buflen;
+	off_t buflen, buflim;
+	struct sbuf_seek_helper ssh;
 
 	PFS_TRACE(("%s", pn->pn_name));
 	pfs_assert_not_owned(pn);
@@ -679,8 +711,16 @@
 		goto ret;
 	}
 	buflen = uio->uio_offset + uio->uio_resid;
-	if (buflen > PFS_MAXBUFSIZ)
-		buflen = PFS_MAXBUFSIZ;
+	if (pn->pn_flags & PFS_AUTODRAIN)
+		/*
+		 * We can use a smaller buffer if we can stream output to the
+		 * consumer.
+		 */
+		buflim = PAGE_SIZE;
+	else
+		buflim = PFS_MAXBUFSIZ;
+	if (buflen > buflim)
+		buflen = buflim;
 
 	sb = sbuf_new(sb, NULL, buflen + 1, 0);
 	if (sb == NULL) {
@@ -688,6 +728,14 @@
 		goto ret;
 	}
 
+	if (pn->pn_flags & PFS_AUTODRAIN) {
+		ssh = (struct sbuf_seek_helper) {
+			.skip_bytes = uio->uio_offset,
+			.uio = uio,
+		};
+		sbuf_set_drain(sb, pfs_sbuf_uio_drain, &ssh);
+	}
+
 	error = pn_fill(curthread, proc, pn, sb, uio);
 
 	if (error) {
@@ -700,9 +748,12 @@
 	 * the data length. Then just use the full length because an
 	 * overflowed sbuf must be full.
 	 */
-	if (sbuf_finish(sb) == 0)
-		buflen = sbuf_len(sb);
-	error = uiomove_frombuf(sbuf_data(sb), buflen, uio);
+	error = sbuf_finish(sb);
+	if (!(pn->pn_flags & PFS_AUTODRAIN)) {
+		if (error == 0)
+			buflen = sbuf_len(sb);
+		error = uiomove_frombuf(sbuf_data(sb), buflen, uio);
+	}
 	sbuf_delete(sb);
 ret:
 	vn_lock(vn, locked | LK_RETRY);