diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index 2418429..566c468 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ config DRM_SAVAGE
 	  Choose this option if you have a Savage3D/4/SuperSavage/Pro/Twister
 	  chipset. If M is selected the module will be called savage.
 
+config DRM_VGEM
+	tristate "Virtual GEM provider"
+	depends on DRM
+	help
+	  Choose this option to get a virtual graphics memory manager,
+	  as used by Mesa's software renderer for enhanced performance.
+	  If M is selected the module will be called vgem.
+
 source "drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
index 0cde1b8..021bf8a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SIS)   += sis/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE)+= savage/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX)+= vmwgfx/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_VIA)	+=via/
+obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_VGEM)	+= vgem/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU) +=nouveau/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_EXYNOS) +=exynos/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_GMA500) += gma500/
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f4c7b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ccflags-y := -Iinclude/drm
+vgem-y := vgem_drv.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_VGEM)	+= vgem.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16f88ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software")
+ * to deal in the software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * on the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub
+ * license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
+ * them Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *	Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This is vgem, a (non-hardware-backed) GEM service.  This is used by Mesa's
+ * software renderer and the X server for efficient buffer sharing.
+ */
+
+#include "drmP.h"
+#include "drm.h"
+#include "vgem_drm.h"
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/ramfs.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
+
+#define DRIVER_NAME	"vgem"
+#define DRIVER_DESC	"Virtual GEM provider"
+#define DRIVER_DATE	"20120112"
+#define DRIVER_MAJOR	1
+#define DRIVER_MINOR	0
+
+#define to_vgem_bo(x) container_of(x, struct drm_vgem_gem_object, base)
+
+struct drm_vgem_gem_object {
+	struct drm_gem_object base;
+	struct page **pages;
+};
+
+static int vgem_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int vgem_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void vgem_preclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
+{
+}
+
+static void vgem_lastclose(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+}
+
+static int vgem_gem_init_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void vgem_gem_put_pages(struct drm_vgem_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	int num_pages = obj->base.size / PAGE_SIZE;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+		page_cache_release(obj->pages[i]);
+	}
+
+	drm_free_large(obj->pages);
+	obj->pages = NULL;
+}
+
+static void vgem_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	struct drm_vgem_gem_object *vgem_obj = to_vgem_bo(obj);
+
+	if (obj)
+		drm_gem_free_mmap_offset(obj);
+
+	drm_gem_object_release(obj);
+
+	if (vgem_obj->pages)
+		vgem_gem_put_pages(vgem_obj);
+
+	kfree(vgem_obj);
+}
+
+static int vgem_gem_get_pages(struct drm_vgem_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+	gfp_t gfpmask = __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
+	int num_pages, i, ret = 0;
+
+	num_pages = obj->base.size / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	if (!obj->pages) {
+		obj->pages = drm_malloc_ab(num_pages, sizeof(struct page *));
+		if (obj->pages == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	mapping = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	gfpmask |= mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
+
+	if (WARN_ON(mapping == NULL))
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+		struct page *page;
+		page = shmem_read_mapping_page_gfp(mapping, i, gfpmask);
+		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(page);
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+		obj->pages[i] = page;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+
+err_out:
+	while (i--)
+		page_cache_release(obj->pages[i]);
+	drm_free_large(obj->pages);
+	obj->pages = NULL;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int vgem_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	struct drm_vgem_gem_object *obj = to_vgem_bo(vma->vm_private_data);
+	loff_t num_pages;
+	pgoff_t page_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* We don't use vmf->pgoff since that has the fake offset */
+	page_offset = ((unsigned long)vmf->virtual_address - vma->vm_start) >>
+		PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	num_pages = obj->base.size / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(page_offset > num_pages))
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+	ret = vgem_gem_get_pages(obj);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = vm_insert_page(vma, (unsigned long)vmf->virtual_address,
+			     obj->pages[page_offset]);
+
+	/* Pretty dumb handler for now */
+	switch (ret) {
+	case 0:
+	case -ERESTARTSYS:
+	case -EINTR:
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+	default:
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+	}
+}
+
+static const struct vm_operations_struct vgem_gem_vm_ops = {
+	.fault = vgem_gem_fault,
+	.open = drm_gem_vm_open,
+	.close = drm_gem_vm_close,
+};
+
+/* ioctls */
+
+static struct drm_gem_object *vgem_gem_create(struct drm_device *dev,
+					      struct drm_file *file,
+					      unsigned int *handle,
+					      unsigned long size)
+{
+	struct drm_vgem_gem_object *obj;
+	struct drm_gem_object *gem_object;
+	int err;
+
+	size = roundup(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*obj), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!obj)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	gem_object = &obj->base;
+
+	if ((err = drm_gem_object_init(dev, gem_object, size)))
+		goto out;
+
+	if ((err = drm_gem_create_mmap_offset(gem_object)))
+		goto mmap_out;
+
+	if ((err = drm_gem_handle_create(file, gem_object, handle)))
+		goto handle_out;
+
+	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(gem_object);
+
+	return gem_object;
+
+handle_out:
+	drm_gem_free_mmap_offset(gem_object);
+
+mmap_out:
+	drm_gem_object_release(gem_object);
+
+out:
+	kfree(gem_object);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+static int vgem_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
+				 struct drm_file *file)
+{
+	struct vgem_gem_create *args = data;
+	struct drm_gem_object *gem_object;
+
+	gem_object = vgem_gem_create(dev, file, &args->handle, args->size);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(gem_object))
+		return PTR_ERR(gem_object);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int vgem_gem_mmap_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
+			       struct drm_file *file)
+{
+	struct vgem_gem_mmap *args = data;
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
+
+	obj = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file, args->handle);
+	if (!obj)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	obj->filp->private_data = obj;
+
+	BUG_ON(!obj->map_list.map);
+
+	args->mapped = (uint64_t)obj->map_list.hash.key << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int vgem_gem_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
+				 struct drm_file *file)
+{
+	struct vgem_gem_getparam *args = data;
+	int value=0, ret;
+
+	switch (args->param) {
+	case VGEM_PARAM_IS_VGEM:
+		value = 1;
+	}
+
+	ret = copy_to_user(args->value, &value, sizeof(int));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+static struct drm_ioctl_desc vgem_ioctls[] = {
+	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(VGEM_GEM_CREATE, vgem_gem_create_ioctl,
+			  DRM_UNLOCKED | DRM_AUTH),
+	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(VGEM_GEM_MMAP, vgem_gem_mmap_ioctl,
+			  DRM_UNLOCKED | DRM_AUTH),
+	DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(VGEM_GEM_GETPARAM, vgem_gem_getparam_ioctl,
+			  DRM_UNLOCKED),
+};
+
+static const struct file_operations vgem_driver_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.open		= drm_open,
+	.mmap		= drm_gem_mmap,
+	.poll		= drm_poll,
+	.read		= drm_read,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = drm_ioctl,
+	.release	= drm_release,
+};
+
+static struct drm_driver vgem_driver = {
+	.driver_features	= DRIVER_BUS_PLATFORM | DRIVER_GEM,
+	.load			= vgem_load,
+	.unload			= vgem_unload,
+	.preclose		= vgem_preclose,
+	.lastclose		= vgem_lastclose,
+	.gem_init_object	= vgem_gem_init_object,
+	.gem_free_object	= vgem_gem_free_object,
+	.gem_vm_ops		= &vgem_gem_vm_ops,
+	.ioctls			= vgem_ioctls,
+	.fops			= &vgem_driver_fops,
+	.name	= DRIVER_NAME,
+	.desc	= DRIVER_DESC,
+	.date	= DRIVER_DATE,
+	.major	= DRIVER_MAJOR,
+	.minor	= DRIVER_MINOR,
+};
+
+static int vgem_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	vgem_driver.num_ioctls = DRM_ARRAY_SIZE(vgem_ioctls);
+
+	return drm_platform_init(&vgem_driver, pdev);
+}
+
+static int vgem_platform_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	drm_platform_exit(&vgem_driver, pdev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct platform_driver vgem_platform_driver = {
+	.probe		= vgem_platform_probe,
+	.remove		= __devexit_p(vgem_platform_remove),
+	.driver		= {
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+		.name	= DRIVER_NAME,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct platform_device *vgem_device;
+
+static int __init vgem_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if ((ret = platform_driver_register(&vgem_platform_driver)))
+		return ret;
+
+	vgem_device = platform_device_alloc("vgem", -1);
+	if (!vgem_device) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = platform_device_add(vgem_device);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
+
+out:
+	platform_device_put(vgem_device);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&vgem_platform_driver);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit vgem_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_device_unregister(vgem_device);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&vgem_platform_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(vgem_init);
+module_exit(vgem_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Red Hat, Inc.");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights");
diff --git a/include/drm/vgem_drm.h b/include/drm/vgem_drm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df83503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/drm/vgem_drm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software")
+ * to deal in the software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * on the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub
+ * license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
+ * them Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef VGEM_DRM_H
+#define VGEM_DRM_H
+
+/* Bare API largely ripped off from exynos driver */
+
+struct vgem_gem_create {
+	unsigned int size;
+	unsigned int flags;
+	unsigned int handle;
+};
+
+struct vgem_gem_mmap {
+	unsigned int handle;
+	unsigned int size;
+	uint64_t mapped;
+};
+
+struct vgem_gem_getparam {
+#define VGEM_PARAM_IS_VGEM 1
+	unsigned int param;
+	unsigned int *value;
+};
+
+#define DRM_VGEM_GEM_CREATE	0x00
+#define DRM_VGEM_GEM_MMAP	0x01
+#define DRM_VGEM_GEM_GETPARAM	0x02
+
+#define DRM_IOCTL_VGEM_GEM_CREATE \
+		DRM_IOWR(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_VGEM_GEM_CREATE, \
+			 struct vgem_gem_create)
+
+#define DRM_IOCTL_VGEM_GEM_MMAP \
+		DRM_IOWR(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_VGEM_GEM_MMAP, \
+			 struct vgem_gem_mmap)
+
+#define DRM_IOCTL_VGEM_GEM_GETPARAM \
+		DRM_IOWR(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_VGEM_GEM_GETPARAM, \
+			 struct vgem_gem_getparam)
+
+#endif