diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 74c99edb7976..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-                    DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
-                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-                            Sumit Semwal
-                <sumit dot semwal at linaro dot org>
-                 <sumit dot semwal at ti dot com>
-
-
-Other Interfaces Exposed to Userspace on the dma-buf FD
-------------------------------------------------------
-
-- Since kernel 3.12 the dma-buf FD supports the llseek system call, but only
-  with offset=0 and whence=SEEK_END|SEEK_SET. SEEK_SET is supported to allow
-  the usual size discover pattern size = SEEK_END(0); SEEK_SET(0). Every other
-  llseek operation will report -EINVAL.
-
-  If llseek on dma-buf FDs isn't support the kernel will report -ESPIPE for all
-  cases. Userspace can use this to detect support for discovering the dma-buf
-  size using llseek.
-
-Miscellaneous notes
--------------------
-
-- Any exporters or users of the dma-buf buffer sharing framework must have
-  a 'select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER' in their respective Kconfigs.
-
-- In order to avoid fd leaks on exec, the FD_CLOEXEC flag must be set
-  on the file descriptor.  This is not just a resource leak, but a
-  potential security hole.  It could give the newly exec'd application
-  access to buffers, via the leaked fd, to which it should otherwise
-  not be permitted access.
-
-  The problem with doing this via a separate fcntl() call, versus doing it
-  atomically when the fd is created, is that this is inherently racy in a
-  multi-threaded app[3].  The issue is made worse when it is library code
-  opening/creating the file descriptor, as the application may not even be
-  aware of the fd's.
-
-  To avoid this problem, userspace must have a way to request O_CLOEXEC
-  flag be set when the dma-buf fd is created.  So any API provided by
-  the exporting driver to create a dmabuf fd must provide a way to let
-  userspace control setting of O_CLOEXEC flag passed in to dma_buf_fd().
-
-References:
-[1] struct dma_buf_ops in include/linux/dma-buf.h
-[2] All interfaces mentioned above defined in include/linux/dma-buf.h
-[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/236486/
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
index 92e417035e16..31671b469627 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,48 @@ The buffer-user
    same area of memory. This interface is provided by :c:type:`struct
    dma_buf_attachment <dma_buf_attachment>`.
 
+Any exporters or users of the dma-buf buffer sharing framework must have a
+'select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER' in their respective Kconfigs.
+
+Userspace Interface Notes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Mostly a DMA buffer file descriptor is simply an opaque object for userspace,
+and hence the generic interface exposed is very minimal. There's a few things to
+consider though:
+
+- Since kernel 3.12 the dma-buf FD supports the llseek system call, but only
+  with offset=0 and whence=SEEK_END|SEEK_SET. SEEK_SET is supported to allow
+  the usual size discover pattern size = SEEK_END(0); SEEK_SET(0). Every other
+  llseek operation will report -EINVAL.
+
+  If llseek on dma-buf FDs isn't support the kernel will report -ESPIPE for all
+  cases. Userspace can use this to detect support for discovering the dma-buf
+  size using llseek.
+
+- In order to avoid fd leaks on exec, the FD_CLOEXEC flag must be set
+  on the file descriptor.  This is not just a resource leak, but a
+  potential security hole.  It could give the newly exec'd application
+  access to buffers, via the leaked fd, to which it should otherwise
+  not be permitted access.
+
+  The problem with doing this via a separate fcntl() call, versus doing it
+  atomically when the fd is created, is that this is inherently racy in a
+  multi-threaded app[3].  The issue is made worse when it is library code
+  opening/creating the file descriptor, as the application may not even be
+  aware of the fd's.
+
+  To avoid this problem, userspace must have a way to request O_CLOEXEC
+  flag be set when the dma-buf fd is created.  So any API provided by
+  the exporting driver to create a dmabuf fd must provide a way to let
+  userspace control setting of O_CLOEXEC flag passed in to dma_buf_fd().
+
+- Memory mapping the contents of the DMA buffer is also supported. See the
+  discussion below on `CPU Access to DMA Buffer Objects`_ for the full details.
+
+- The DMA buffer FD is also pollable, see `Fence Poll Support`_ below for
+  details.
+
 Basic Operation and Device DMA Access
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -58,6 +100,12 @@ CPU Access to DMA Buffer Objects
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
    :doc: cpu access
 
+Fence Poll Support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+   :doc: fence polling
+
 Kernel Functions and Structures Reference
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index 0933c01e6d8c..0775fc947d73 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -124,6 +124,28 @@ static loff_t dma_buf_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	return base + offset;
 }
 
+/**
+ * DOC: fence polling
+ *
+ * To support cross-device and cross-driver synchronization of buffer access
+ * implicit fences (represented internally in the kernel with struct &fence) can
+ * be attached to a &dma_buf. The glue for that and a few related things are
+ * provided in the &reservation_object structure.
+ *
+ * Userspace can query the state of these implicitly tracked fences using poll()
+ * and related system calls:
+ *
+ * - Checking for POLLIN, i.e. read access, can be use to query the state of the
+ *   most recent write or exclusive fence.
+ *
+ * - Checking for POLLOUT, i.e. write access, can be used to query the state of
+ *   all attached fences, shared and exclusive ones.
+ *
+ * Note that this only signals the completion of the respective fences, i.e. the
+ * DMA transfers are complete. Cache flushing and any other necessary
+ * preparations before CPU access can begin still need to happen.
+ */
+
 static void dma_buf_poll_cb(struct dma_fence *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
 {
 	struct dma_buf_poll_cb_t *dcb = (struct dma_buf_poll_cb_t *)cb;
