diff --git a/drivers/vfio/virqfd.c b/drivers/vfio/virqfd.c
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+++ b/drivers/vfio/virqfd.c
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+/*
+ * VFIO generic eventfd code for IRQFD support.
+ * Derived from drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ *     Author: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/vfio.h>
+#include <linux/eventfd.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+static struct workqueue_struct *vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq;
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(virqfd_lock);
+
+int __init vfio_virqfd_init(void)
+{
+	vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq =
+		create_singlethread_workqueue("vfio-irqfd-cleanup");
+	if (!vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void vfio_virqfd_exit(void)
+{
+	destroy_workqueue(vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq);
+}
+
+static void virqfd_deactivate(struct virqfd *virqfd)
+{
+	queue_work(vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq, &virqfd->shutdown);
+}
+
+static int virqfd_wakeup(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
+{
+	struct virqfd *virqfd = container_of(wait, struct virqfd, wait);
+	unsigned long flags = (unsigned long)key;
+
+	if (flags & POLLIN) {
+		/* An event has been signaled, call function */
+		if ((!virqfd->handler ||
+		     virqfd->handler(virqfd->opaque, virqfd->data)) &&
+		    virqfd->thread)
+			schedule_work(&virqfd->inject);
+	}
+
+	if (flags & POLLHUP) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&virqfd_lock, flags);
+
+		/*
+		 * The eventfd is closing, if the virqfd has not yet been
+		 * queued for release, as determined by testing whether the
+		 * virqfd pointer to it is still valid, queue it now.  As
+		 * with kvm irqfds, we know we won't race against the virqfd
+		 * going away because we hold the lock to get here.
+		 */
+		if (*(virqfd->pvirqfd) == virqfd) {
+			*(virqfd->pvirqfd) = NULL;
+			virqfd_deactivate(virqfd);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&virqfd_lock, flags);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void virqfd_ptable_queue_proc(struct file *file,
+				     wait_queue_head_t *wqh, poll_table *pt)
+{
+	struct virqfd *virqfd = container_of(pt, struct virqfd, pt);
+	add_wait_queue(wqh, &virqfd->wait);
+}
+
+static void virqfd_shutdown(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct virqfd *virqfd = container_of(work, struct virqfd, shutdown);
+	u64 cnt;
+
+	eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(virqfd->eventfd, &virqfd->wait, &cnt);
+	flush_work(&virqfd->inject);
+	eventfd_ctx_put(virqfd->eventfd);
+
+	kfree(virqfd);
+}
+
+static void virqfd_inject(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct virqfd *virqfd = container_of(work, struct virqfd, inject);
+	if (virqfd->thread)
+		virqfd->thread(virqfd->opaque, virqfd->data);
+}
+
+int vfio_virqfd_enable(void *opaque,
+		       int (*handler)(void *, void *),
+		       void (*thread)(void *, void *),
+		       void *data, struct virqfd **pvirqfd, int fd)
+{
+	struct fd irqfd;
+	struct eventfd_ctx *ctx;
+	struct virqfd *virqfd;
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned int events;
+
+	virqfd = kzalloc(sizeof(*virqfd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!virqfd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	virqfd->pvirqfd = pvirqfd;
+	virqfd->opaque = opaque;
+	virqfd->handler = handler;
+	virqfd->thread = thread;
+	virqfd->data = data;
+
+	INIT_WORK(&virqfd->shutdown, virqfd_shutdown);
+	INIT_WORK(&virqfd->inject, virqfd_inject);
+
+	irqfd = fdget(fd);
+	if (!irqfd.file) {
+		ret = -EBADF;
+		goto err_fd;
+	}
+
+	ctx = eventfd_ctx_fileget(irqfd.file);
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ctx);
+		goto err_ctx;
+	}
+
+	virqfd->eventfd = ctx;
+
+	/*
+	 * virqfds can be released by closing the eventfd or directly
+	 * through ioctl.  These are both done through a workqueue, so
+	 * we update the pointer to the virqfd under lock to avoid
+	 * pushing multiple jobs to release the same virqfd.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irq(&virqfd_lock);
+
+	if (*pvirqfd) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&virqfd_lock);
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto err_busy;
+	}
+	*pvirqfd = virqfd;
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&virqfd_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Install our own custom wake-up handling so we are notified via
+	 * a callback whenever someone signals the underlying eventfd.
+	 */
+	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&virqfd->wait, virqfd_wakeup);
+	init_poll_funcptr(&virqfd->pt, virqfd_ptable_queue_proc);
+
+	events = irqfd.file->f_op->poll(irqfd.file, &virqfd->pt);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if there was an event already pending on the eventfd
+	 * before we registered and trigger it as if we didn't miss it.
+	 */
+	if (events & POLLIN) {
+		if ((!handler || handler(opaque, data)) && thread)
+			schedule_work(&virqfd->inject);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Do not drop the file until the irqfd is fully initialized,
+	 * otherwise we might race against the POLLHUP.
+	 */
+	fdput(irqfd);
+
+	return 0;
+err_busy:
+	eventfd_ctx_put(ctx);
+err_ctx:
+	fdput(irqfd);
+err_fd:
+	kfree(virqfd);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_virqfd_enable);
+
+void vfio_virqfd_disable(struct virqfd **pvirqfd)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&virqfd_lock, flags);
+
+	if (*pvirqfd) {
+		virqfd_deactivate(*pvirqfd);
+		*pvirqfd = NULL;
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&virqfd_lock, flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * Block until we know all outstanding shutdown jobs have completed.
+	 * Even if we don't queue the job, flush the wq to be sure it's
+	 * been released.
+	 */
+	flush_workqueue(vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_virqfd_disable);