diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index e93df6d386a063b93ff2c187fb8d045a8cc22ef6..fa36b4ff7d63146d3af4a48802f0f4070d286109 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -3312,6 +3312,47 @@ void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_finish_plug);
 
+bool blk_poll(struct request_queue *q, blk_qc_t cookie)
+{
+	struct blk_plug *plug;
+	long state;
+
+	if (!q->mq_ops || !q->mq_ops->poll || !blk_qc_t_valid(cookie) ||
+	    !test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL, &q->queue_flags))
+		return false;
+
+	plug = current->plug;
+	if (plug)
+		blk_flush_plug_list(plug, false);
+
+	state = current->state;
+	while (!need_resched()) {
+		unsigned int queue_num = blk_qc_t_to_queue_num(cookie);
+		struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = q->queue_hw_ctx[queue_num];
+		int ret;
+
+		hctx->poll_invoked++;
+
+		ret = q->mq_ops->poll(hctx, blk_qc_t_to_tag(cookie));
+		if (ret > 0) {
+			hctx->poll_success++;
+			set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (signal_pending_state(state, current))
+			set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+		if (current->state == TASK_RUNNING)
+			return true;
+		if (ret < 0)
+			break;
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 /**
  * blk_pm_runtime_init - Block layer runtime PM initialization routine
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
index 6f57a110289c54c8e293b00aad0b42acb55ed6fc..1cf18784c5cf3c44be94dbd003ca9d7088f883e0 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ static ssize_t blk_mq_sysfs_rq_list_show(struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx, char *page)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static ssize_t blk_mq_hw_sysfs_poll_show(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page, "invoked=%lu, success=%lu\n", hctx->poll_invoked, hctx->poll_success);
+}
+
 static ssize_t blk_mq_hw_sysfs_queued_show(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 					   char *page)
 {
@@ -295,6 +300,10 @@ static struct blk_mq_hw_ctx_sysfs_entry blk_mq_hw_sysfs_cpus = {
 	.attr = {.name = "cpu_list", .mode = S_IRUGO },
 	.show = blk_mq_hw_sysfs_cpus_show,
 };
+static struct blk_mq_hw_ctx_sysfs_entry blk_mq_hw_sysfs_poll = {
+	.attr = {.name = "io_poll", .mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show = blk_mq_hw_sysfs_poll_show,
+};
 
 static struct attribute *default_hw_ctx_attrs[] = {
 	&blk_mq_hw_sysfs_queued.attr,
@@ -304,6 +313,7 @@ static struct attribute *default_hw_ctx_attrs[] = {
 	&blk_mq_hw_sysfs_tags.attr,
 	&blk_mq_hw_sysfs_cpus.attr,
 	&blk_mq_hw_sysfs_active.attr,
+	&blk_mq_hw_sysfs_poll.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 31849e328b452a8fdd26d202a30edc86e6d451df..565b8dac578297edf327e7451dedfe80a75e5751 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -317,6 +317,34 @@ queue_rq_affinity_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static ssize_t queue_poll_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+	return queue_var_show(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL, &q->queue_flags), page);
+}
+
+static ssize_t queue_poll_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
+				size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long poll_on;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (!q->mq_ops || !q->mq_ops->poll)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = queue_var_store(&poll_on, page, count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	if (poll_on)
+		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL, q);
+	else
+		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL, q);
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_requests_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "nr_requests", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.show = queue_requests_show,
@@ -442,6 +470,12 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_random_entry = {
 	.store = queue_store_random,
 };
 
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_poll_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "io_poll", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+	.show = queue_poll_show,
+	.store = queue_poll_store,
+};
+
 static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_requests_entry.attr,
 	&queue_ra_entry.attr,
@@ -466,6 +500,7 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_rq_affinity_entry.attr,
 	&queue_iostats_entry.attr,
 	&queue_random_entry.attr,
+	&queue_poll_entry.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 83cc9d4e545518e3cff6ff7d38067102e9398cf8..daf17d70aeca92a40a8efc112fc3b48ffe6501cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ struct blk_mq_hw_ctx {
 
 	struct blk_mq_cpu_notifier	cpu_notifier;
 	struct kobject		kobj;
+
+	unsigned long		poll_invoked;
+	unsigned long		poll_success;
 };
 
 struct blk_mq_tag_set {
@@ -97,6 +100,8 @@ typedef void (exit_request_fn)(void *, struct request *, unsigned int,
 typedef void (busy_iter_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, struct request *, void *,
 		bool);
 typedef void (busy_tag_iter_fn)(struct request *, void *, bool);
+typedef int (poll_fn)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, unsigned int);
+
 
 struct blk_mq_ops {
 	/*
@@ -114,6 +119,11 @@ struct blk_mq_ops {
 	 */
 	timeout_fn		*timeout;
 
+	/*
+	 * Called to poll for completion of a specific tag.
+	 */
+	poll_fn			*poll;
+
 	softirq_done_fn		*complete;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5ee0f52430254e0820bd81855549546b152c84ca..3fe27f8d91f04f83751453f19f4e4bb6a4f9a2b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD        19	/* queue tear-down finished */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_INIT_DONE   20	/* queue is initialized */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE 21	/* don't attempt to merge SG segments*/
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_POLL	       22	/* IO polling enabled if set */
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT	((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) |		\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE)	|	\
@@ -814,6 +815,8 @@ extern int blk_execute_rq(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
 extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
 				  struct request *, int, rq_end_io_fn *);
 
+bool blk_poll(struct request_queue *q, blk_qc_t cookie);
+
 static inline struct request_queue *bdev_get_queue(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	return bdev->bd_disk->queue;	/* this is never NULL */