diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index 49eed50ef0a4..eca62c272ca2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ subdir-ccflags-y += -I$(srctree)/$(src)
 # Please keep these build lists sorted!
 
 # core driver code
-i915-y += i915_drv.o \
+i915-y += i915_drm_client.o \
+	  i915_drv.o \
 	  i915_irq.o \
 	  i915_getparam.o \
 	  i915_params.o \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f97989329df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.c
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2020 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "i915_drm_client.h"
+#include "i915_gem.h"
+#include "i915_utils.h"
+
+static ssize_t
+show_client_name(struct device *kdev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct i915_drm_client *client =
+		container_of(attr, typeof(*client), attr.name);
+
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
+			client->closed ? "<%s>" : "%s",
+			client->name);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+show_client_pid(struct device *kdev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct i915_drm_client *client =
+		container_of(attr, typeof(*client), attr.pid);
+
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
+			client->closed ? "<%u>" : "%u",
+			pid_nr(client->pid));
+}
+
+static int
+__i915_drm_client_register(struct i915_drm_client *client,
+			   struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct i915_drm_clients *clients = client->clients;
+	struct device_attribute *attr;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	char idstr[32];
+
+	client->pid = get_task_pid(task, PIDTYPE_PID);
+
+	client->name = kstrdup(task->comm, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!client->name)
+		goto err_name;
+
+	if (!clients->root)
+		return 0; /* intel_fbdev_init registers a client before sysfs */
+
+	snprintf(idstr, sizeof(idstr), "%u", client->id);
+	client->root = kobject_create_and_add(idstr, clients->root);
+	if (!client->root)
+		goto err_client;
+
+	attr = &client->attr.name;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&attr->attr);
+	attr->attr.name = "name";
+	attr->attr.mode = 0444;
+	attr->show = show_client_name;
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_file(client->root, (struct attribute *)attr);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_attr;
+
+	attr = &client->attr.pid;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&attr->attr);
+	attr->attr.name = "pid";
+	attr->attr.mode = 0444;
+	attr->show = show_client_pid;
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_file(client->root, (struct attribute *)attr);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_attr;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_attr:
+	kobject_put(client->root);
+err_client:
+	kfree(client->name);
+err_name:
+	put_pid(client->pid);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+__i915_drm_client_unregister(struct i915_drm_client *client)
+{
+	put_pid(fetch_and_zero(&client->pid));
+	kfree(fetch_and_zero(&client->name));
+
+	if (!client->root)
+		return; /* fbdev client or error during drm open */
+
+	kobject_put(fetch_and_zero(&client->root));
+}
+
+struct i915_drm_client *
+i915_drm_client_add(struct i915_drm_clients *clients, struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct i915_drm_client *client;
+	u32 next = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	client = kzalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!client)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	kref_init(&client->kref);
+	client->clients = clients;
+
+	ret = xa_alloc_cyclic(&clients->xarray, &client->id, client,
+			      xa_limit_32b, &next, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_id;
+
+	ret = __i915_drm_client_register(client, task);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_register;
+
+	return client;
+
+err_register:
+	xa_erase(&clients->xarray, client->id);
+err_id:
+	kfree(client);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+void __i915_drm_client_free(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct i915_drm_client *client =
+		container_of(kref, typeof(*client), kref);
+
+	__i915_drm_client_unregister(client);
+	xa_erase(&client->clients->xarray, client->id);
+	kfree_rcu(client, rcu);
+}
+
+void i915_drm_client_close(struct i915_drm_client *client)
+{
+	GEM_BUG_ON(client->closed);
+	client->closed = true;
+	i915_drm_client_put(client);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b261dc4a1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drm_client.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2020 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef __I915_DRM_CLIENT_H__
+#define __I915_DRM_CLIENT_H__
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/pid.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/xarray.h>
+
+struct i915_drm_clients {
+	struct xarray xarray;
+	struct kobject *root;
+};
+
+struct i915_drm_client {
+	struct kref kref;
+
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+
+	unsigned int id;
+	struct pid *pid;
+	char *name;
+	bool closed;
+
+	struct i915_drm_clients *clients;
+
+	struct kobject *root;
+	struct {
+		struct device_attribute pid;
+		struct device_attribute name;
+	} attr;
+};
+
+static inline struct i915_drm_client *
+i915_drm_client_get(struct i915_drm_client *client)
+{
+	kref_get(&client->kref);
+	return client;
+}
+
+void __i915_drm_client_free(struct kref *kref);
+
+static inline void i915_drm_client_put(struct i915_drm_client *client)
+{
+	kref_put(&client->kref, __i915_drm_client_free);
+}
+
+void i915_drm_client_close(struct i915_drm_client *client);
+
+struct i915_drm_client *i915_drm_client_add(struct i915_drm_clients *clients,
+					    struct task_struct *task);
+
+#endif /* !__I915_DRM_CLIENT_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 3452926d7b77..6e7685323ccd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 #include "intel_wakeref.h"
 #include "intel_wopcm.h"
 
+#include "i915_drm_client.h"
 #include "i915_gem.h"
 #include "i915_gem_fence_reg.h"
 #include "i915_gem_gtt.h"
@@ -223,6 +224,8 @@ struct drm_i915_file_private {
 	/** ban_score: Accumulated score of all ctx bans and fast hangs. */
 	atomic_t ban_score;
 	unsigned long hang_timestamp;
+
+	struct i915_drm_client *client;
 };
 
 /* Interface history:
@@ -1261,6 +1264,8 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 
 	struct i915_pmu pmu;
 
+	struct i915_drm_clients clients;
+
 	struct i915_hdcp_comp_master *hdcp_master;
 	bool hdcp_comp_added;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index a712e60b016a..2571ffb9e567 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1222,12 +1222,14 @@ static void i915_gem_init__mm(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	i915_gem_init__objects(i915);
 }
 
-void i915_gem_init_early(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+void i915_gem_init_early(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
-	i915_gem_init__mm(dev_priv);
-	i915_gem_init__contexts(dev_priv);
+	i915_gem_init__mm(i915);
+	i915_gem_init__contexts(i915);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->fb_tracking.lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&i915->fb_tracking.lock);
+
+	xa_init_flags(&i915->clients.xarray, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
 }
 
 void i915_gem_cleanup_early(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
@@ -1236,6 +1238,8 @@ void i915_gem_cleanup_early(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!llist_empty(&dev_priv->mm.free_list));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&dev_priv->mm.free_count));
 	drm_WARN_ON(&dev_priv->drm, dev_priv->mm.shrink_count);
+	drm_WARN_ON(&dev_priv->drm, !xa_empty(&dev_priv->clients.xarray));
+	xa_destroy(&dev_priv->clients.xarray);
 }
 
 int i915_gem_freeze(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
@@ -1290,6 +1294,8 @@ void i915_gem_release(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv = file->driver_priv;
 	struct i915_request *request;
 
+	i915_drm_client_close(file_priv->client);
+
 	/* Clean up our request list when the client is going away, so that
 	 * later retire_requests won't dereference our soon-to-be-gone
 	 * file_priv.
@@ -1303,17 +1309,25 @@ void i915_gem_release(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 int i915_gem_open(struct drm_i915_private *i915, struct drm_file *file)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv;
-	int ret;
+	struct i915_drm_client *client;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
 	file_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*file_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!file_priv)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_alloc;
+
+	client = i915_drm_client_add(&i915->clients, current);
+	if (IS_ERR(client)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(client);
+		goto err_client;
+	}
 
 	file->driver_priv = file_priv;
 	file_priv->dev_priv = i915;
 	file_priv->file = file;
+	file_priv->client = client;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&file_priv->mm.lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file_priv->mm.request_list);
@@ -1323,8 +1337,15 @@ int i915_gem_open(struct drm_i915_private *i915, struct drm_file *file)
 
 	ret = i915_gem_context_open(i915, file);
 	if (ret)
-		kfree(file_priv);
+		goto err_context;
+
+	return 0;
 
+err_context:
+	i915_drm_client_close(client);
+err_client:
+	kfree(file_priv);
+err_alloc:
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
index c14d762bd652..476ef6561769 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sysfs.c
@@ -559,6 +559,11 @@ void i915_setup_sysfs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	struct device *kdev = dev_priv->drm.primary->kdev;
 	int ret;
 
+	dev_priv->clients.root =
+		kobject_create_and_add("clients", &kdev->kobj);
+	if (!dev_priv->clients.root)
+		DRM_ERROR("Per-client sysfs setup failed\n");
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	if (HAS_RC6(dev_priv)) {
 		ret = sysfs_merge_group(&kdev->kobj,
@@ -624,4 +629,7 @@ void i915_teardown_sysfs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	sysfs_unmerge_group(&kdev->kobj, &rc6_attr_group);
 	sysfs_unmerge_group(&kdev->kobj, &rc6p_attr_group);
 #endif
+
+	if (dev_priv->clients.root)
+		kobject_put(dev_priv->clients.root);
 }
