diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
index 53b872c..c3d0370 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ Connector Functions Reference
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
    :export:
 
+Writeback Connectors
+--------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
+  :doc: overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
+  :export:
+
 Encoder Abstraction
 ===================
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
index 25c7204..2dc4a48 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ drm-y       :=	drm_auth.o drm_bufs.o drm_cache.o \
 		drm_modeset_lock.o drm_atomic.o drm_bridge.o \
 		drm_framebuffer.o drm_connector.o drm_blend.o \
 		drm_encoder.o drm_mode_object.o drm_property.o \
-		drm_plane.o drm_color_mgmt.o
+		drm_plane.o drm_color_mgmt.o drm_writeback.o
 
 drm-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += drm_ioc32.o
 drm-$(CONFIG_DRM_GEM_CMA_HELPER) += drm_gem_cma_helper.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index fe37987..f434f34 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -612,6 +612,44 @@ static int drm_atomic_crtc_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 }
 
 /**
+ * drm_atomic_connector_check - check connector state
+ * @connector: connector to check
+ * @state: connector state to check
+ *
+ * Provides core sanity checks for connector state.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * Zero on success, error code on failure
+ */
+static int drm_atomic_connector_check(struct drm_connector *connector,
+		struct drm_connector_state *state)
+{
+	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
+
+	if (connector->connector_type != DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!state->fb != !state->crtc) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] framebuffer/CRTC mismatch\n",
+				 connector->base.id, connector->name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (state->crtc)
+		crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state(state->state,
+								state->crtc);
+
+	if (state->fb && !crtc_state->active) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] has framebuffer, but [CRTC:%d] is off\n",
+				 connector->base.id, connector->name,
+				 state->crtc->base.id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * drm_atomic_get_plane_state - get plane state
  * @state: global atomic state object
  * @plane: plane to get state object for
@@ -1004,12 +1042,19 @@ int drm_atomic_connector_set_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
 		 * now?) atomic writes to DPMS property:
 		 */
 		return -EINVAL;
+	} else if (property == config->writeback_fb_id_property) {
+		struct drm_framebuffer *fb = drm_framebuffer_lookup(dev, val);
+		drm_atomic_set_fb_for_connector(state, fb);
+		if (fb)
+			drm_framebuffer_unreference(fb);
 	} else if (connector->funcs->atomic_set_property) {
 		return connector->funcs->atomic_set_property(connector,
 				state, property, val);
 	} else {
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_connector_set_property);
 
@@ -1040,6 +1085,9 @@ drm_atomic_connector_get_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
 		*val = (state->crtc) ? state->crtc->base.id : 0;
 	} else if (property == config->dpms_property) {
 		*val = connector->dpms;
+	} else if (property == config->writeback_fb_id_property) {
+		/* Writeback framebuffer is one-shot, write and forget */
+		*val = 0;
 	} else if (connector->funcs->atomic_get_property) {
 		return connector->funcs->atomic_get_property(connector,
 				state, property, val);
@@ -1223,6 +1271,42 @@ drm_atomic_set_crtc_for_connector(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_set_crtc_for_connector);
 
 /**
+ * drm_atomic_set_fb_for_connector - set framebuffer for (writeback) connector
+ * @conn_state: atomic state object for the connector
+ * @fb: fb to use for the connector
+ *
+ * This is used to set the framebuffer for a writeback connector, which outputs
+ * to a buffer instead of an actual physical connector.
+ * Changing the assigned framebuffer requires us to grab a reference to the new
+ * fb and drop the reference to the old fb, if there is one. This function
+ * takes care of all these details besides updating the pointer in the
+ * state object itself.
+ *
+ * Note: The only way conn_state can already have an fb set is if the commit
+ * sets the property more than once.
+ *
+ * See also DOC: overview in drm_writeback.c
+ */
+void
+drm_atomic_set_fb_for_connector(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
+				struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
+{
+	if (conn_state->fb)
+		drm_framebuffer_unreference(conn_state->fb);
+	if (fb)
+		drm_framebuffer_reference(fb);
+	conn_state->fb = fb;
+
+	if (fb)
+		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Set [FB:%d] for connector state %p\n",
+				 fb->base.id, conn_state);
+	else
+		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Set [NOFB] for connector state %p\n",
+				 conn_state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_set_fb_for_connector);
+
+/**
  * drm_atomic_add_affected_connectors - add connectors for crtc
  * @state: atomic state
  * @crtc: DRM crtc
@@ -1376,6 +1460,8 @@ int drm_atomic_check_only(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	struct drm_plane_state *plane_state;
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
+	struct drm_connector *conn;
+	struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("checking %p\n", state);
@@ -1398,6 +1484,15 @@ int drm_atomic_check_only(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 		}
 	}
 
+	for_each_connector_in_state(state, conn, conn_state, i) {
+		ret = drm_atomic_connector_check(conn, conn_state);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] atomic core check failed\n",
+					 conn->base.id, conn->name);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (config->funcs->atomic_check)
 		ret = config->funcs->atomic_check(state->dev, state);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 2c44de3..bba8672 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -3233,6 +3233,9 @@ __drm_atomic_helper_connector_duplicate_state(struct drm_connector *connector,
 	memcpy(state, connector->state, sizeof(*state));
 	if (state->crtc)
 		drm_connector_reference(connector);
+
+	/* Don't copy over framebuffers, they are used only once */
+	state->fb = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_connector_duplicate_state);
 
@@ -3360,6 +3363,8 @@ __drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state(struct drm_connector_state *state)
 	 */
 	if (state->crtc)
 		drm_connector_unreference(state->connector);
+	if (state->fb)
+		drm_framebuffer_unreference(state->fb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
index 2db7fb5..e67084d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static struct drm_conn_prop_enum_list drm_connector_enum_list[] = {
 	{ DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VIRTUAL, "Virtual" },
 	{ DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DSI, "DSI" },
 	{ DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DPI, "DPI" },
+	{ DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK, "Writeback" },
 };
 
 void drm_connector_ida_init(void)
@@ -235,7 +236,8 @@ int drm_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	list_add_tail(&connector->head, &config->connector_list);
 	config->num_connector++;
 
-	if (connector_type != DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VIRTUAL)
+	if ((connector_type != DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VIRTUAL) &&
+	    (connector_type != DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK))
 		drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base,
 					      config->edid_property,
 					      0);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a6e0ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/*
+ * (C) COPYRIGHT 2016 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software and is provided to you under the terms of the
+ * GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, and any use by you of this program is subject to the terms
+ * of such GNU licence.
+ */
+
+#include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
+#include <drm/drm_property.h>
+#include <drm/drmP.h>
+
+/**
+ * DOC: overview
+ *
+ * Writeback connectors are used to expose hardware which can write the output
+ * from a CRTC to a memory buffer. They are used and act similarly to other
+ * types of connectors, with some important differences:
+ *  - Writeback connectors don't provide a way to output visually to the user.
+ *  - Writeback connectors should always report as "disconnected" (so that
+ *    clients which don't understand them will ignore them).
+ *  - Writeback connectors don't have EDID.
+ *
+ * Writeback connectors may only be attached to a CRTC when they have a
+ * framebuffer attached, and may only have a framebuffer attached when they are
+ * attached to a CRTC. The WRITEBACK_FB_ID property which sets the framebuffer
+ * applies only to a single commit (see below), which means that each and every
+ * commit which makes use of a writeback connector must set both its CRTC_ID and
+ * WRITEBACK_FB_ID. It also means that the connector's CRTC_ID must be
+ * explicitly cleared in order to make a subsequent commit which doesn't use
+ * writeback.
+ *
+ * Writeback connectors have several additional properties, which userspace
+ * can use to query and control them:
+ *
+ *  "WRITEBACK_FB_ID":
+ *	Write-only object property storing a DRM_MODE_OBJECT_FB: it stores the
+ *	framebuffer to be written by the writeback connector. This property is
+ *	similar to the FB_ID property on planes, but will always read as zero
+ *	and is not preserved across commits.
+ *	Userspace must set this property to an output buffer every time it
+ *	wishes the buffer to get filled.
+ *
+ *  "PIXEL_FORMATS":
+ *	Immutable blob property to store the supported pixel formats table. The
+ *	data is an array of u32 DRM_FORMAT_* fourcc values.
+ *	Userspace can use this blob to find out what pixel formats are supported
+ *	by the connector's writeback engine.
+ *
+ *  "PIXEL_FORMATS_SIZE":
+ *	Immutable unsigned range property storing the number of entries in the
+ *	PIXEL_FORMATS array.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * create_writeback_properties - Create writeback connector-specific properties
+ * @dev: DRM device
+ *
+ * Create the properties specific to writeback connectors. These will be
+ * attached to the connector and initialised by drm_writeback_connector_init.
+ *
+ * Returns: true on success, or false if any property creation fails.
+ */
+static bool create_writeback_properties(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct drm_property *prop;
+
+	if (!dev->mode_config.writeback_fb_id_property) {
+		prop = drm_property_create_object(dev, DRM_MODE_PROP_ATOMIC,
+						  "WRITEBACK_FB_ID",
+						  DRM_MODE_OBJECT_FB);
+		if (!prop)
+			return false;
+		dev->mode_config.writeback_fb_id_property = prop;
+	}
+
+	if (!dev->mode_config.pixel_formats_property) {
+		prop = drm_property_create(dev, DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB | DRM_MODE_PROP_IMMUTABLE,
+					   "PIXEL_FORMATS", 0);
+		if (!prop)
+			return false;
+		dev->mode_config.pixel_formats_property = prop;
+	}
+
+	if (!dev->mode_config.pixel_formats_size_property) {
+		prop = drm_property_create_range(dev, DRM_MODE_PROP_IMMUTABLE,
+						 "PIXEL_FORMATS_SIZE", 0,
+						 UINT_MAX);
+		if (!prop)
+			return false;
+		dev->mode_config.pixel_formats_size_property = prop;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * drm_writeback_connector_init - Initialize a writeback connector and its properties
+ * @dev: DRM device
+ * @connector: Connector to initialize
+ * @funcs: Connector funcs vtable
+ * @formats: Array of supported pixel formats for the writeback engine
+ * @n_formats: Length of the formats array
+ *
+ * This function creates the writeback-connector-specific properties if they
+ * have not been already created, initializes the connector as
+ * type DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK, and correctly initializes the property
+ * values.
+ *
+ * Drivers should always use this function instead of drm_connector_init() to
+ * set up writeback connectors.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, or a negative error code
+ */
+int drm_writeback_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+				 struct drm_connector *connector,
+				 const struct drm_connector_funcs *funcs,
+				 u32 *formats, int n_formats)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct drm_property_blob *blob;
+	struct drm_mode_config *config = &dev->mode_config;
+
+	if (!create_writeback_properties(dev))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	blob = drm_property_create_blob(dev, n_formats * sizeof(*formats),
+					formats);
+	if (IS_ERR(blob))
+		return PTR_ERR(blob);
+
+	ret = drm_connector_init(dev, connector, funcs,
+				 DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK);
+	if (ret)
+		goto fail;
+
+	drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base,
+				   config->writeback_fb_id_property, 0);
+
+	drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base,
+				   config->pixel_formats_property,
+				   blob->base.id);
+	connector->pixel_formats_blob_ptr = blob;
+
+	drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base,
+				   config->pixel_formats_size_property,
+				   n_formats);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	drm_property_unreference_blob(blob);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_writeback_connector_init);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index 9701f2d..d9aff06 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ void drm_atomic_set_fb_for_plane(struct drm_plane_state *plane_state,
 int __must_check
 drm_atomic_set_crtc_for_connector(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
 				  struct drm_crtc *crtc);
+void
+drm_atomic_set_fb_for_connector(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
+				struct drm_framebuffer *fb);
 int __must_check
 drm_atomic_add_affected_connectors(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 				   struct drm_crtc *crtc);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
index ac9d7d8..a5e3778 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ int drm_display_info_set_bus_formats(struct drm_display_info *info,
  * @connector: backpointer to the connector
  * @best_encoder: can be used by helpers and drivers to select the encoder
  * @state: backpointer to global drm_atomic_state
+ * @fb: Writeback framebuffer, for DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK
  */
 struct drm_connector_state {
 	struct drm_connector *connector;
@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ struct drm_connector_state {
 	struct drm_encoder *best_encoder;
 
 	struct drm_atomic_state *state;
+
+	struct drm_framebuffer *fb;  /* do not write directly, use drm_atomic_set_fb_for_connector() */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -612,6 +615,15 @@ struct drm_connector {
 	 */
 	struct drm_property_blob *tile_blob_ptr;
 
+	/**
+	 * @pixel_formats_blob_ptr:
+	 *
+	 * DRM blob property data for the pixel formats list on writeback
+	 * connectors
+	 * See also DOC: overview in drm_writeback.c
+	 */
+	struct drm_property_blob *pixel_formats_blob_ptr;
+
 /* should we poll this connector for connects and disconnects */
 /* hot plug detectable */
 #define DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD (1 << 0)
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index fe20d8f..378baee2 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -1345,6 +1345,26 @@ struct drm_mode_config {
 	 */
 	struct drm_property *suggested_y_property;
 
+	/**
+	 * @writeback_fb_id_property: Property for writeback connectors, storing
+	 * the ID of the output framebuffer.
+	 * See also DOC: overview in drm_writeback.c
+	 */
+	struct drm_property *writeback_fb_id_property;
+	/**
+	 * @pixel_formats_property: Property for writeback connectors, storing
+	 * an array of the supported pixel formats for the writeback engine
+	 * (read-only).
+	 * See also DOC: overview in drm_writeback.c
+	 */
+	struct drm_property *pixel_formats_property;
+	/**
+	 * @pixel_formats_size_property: Property for writeback connectors,
+	 * stating the size of the pixel formats array (read-only).
+	 * See also DOC: overview in drm_writeback.c
+	 */
+	struct drm_property *pixel_formats_size_property;
+
 	/* dumb ioctl parameters */
 	uint32_t preferred_depth, prefer_shadow;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_writeback.h b/include/drm/drm_writeback.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afdc2742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/drm/drm_writeback.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * (C) COPYRIGHT 2016 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Brian Starkey <brian.starkey@arm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software and is provided to you under the terms of the
+ * GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, and any use by you of this program is subject to the terms
+ * of such GNU licence.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DRM_WRITEBACK_H__
+#define __DRM_WRITEBACK_H__
+
+int drm_writeback_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+				 struct drm_connector *connector,
+				 const struct drm_connector_funcs *funcs,
+				 u32 *formats, int n_formats);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
index df0e350..e9cb4fe 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ struct drm_mode_get_encoder {
 #define DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VIRTUAL      15
 #define DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DSI		16
 #define DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DPI		17
+#define DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK	18
 
 struct drm_mode_get_connector {
 
