diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index 197b081769b5..1f3e8b145fc0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ i915-y := i915_drv.o \
 	  i915_sw_fence.o \
 	  i915_syncmap.o \
 	  i915_sysfs.o \
+	  i915_user_extensions.o \
 	  intel_csr.o \
 	  intel_device_info.o \
 	  intel_pm.o \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_user_extensions.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_user_extensions.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c822d0aafd2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_user_extensions.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
+#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+#include <uapi/drm/i915_drm.h>
+
+#include "i915_user_extensions.h"
+#include "i915_utils.h"
+
+int i915_user_extensions(struct i915_user_extension __user *ext,
+			 const i915_user_extension_fn *tbl,
+			 unsigned int count,
+			 void *data)
+{
+	unsigned int stackdepth = 512;
+
+	while (ext) {
+		int i, err;
+		u32 name;
+		u64 next;
+
+		if (!stackdepth--) /* recursion vs useful flexibility */
+			return -E2BIG;
+
+		err = check_user_mbz(&ext->flags);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ext->rsvd); i++) {
+			err = check_user_mbz(&ext->rsvd[i]);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+
+		if (get_user(name, &ext->name))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		if (name < count) {
+			name = array_index_nospec(name, count);
+			if (tbl[name])
+				err = tbl[name](ext, data);
+		}
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		if (get_user(next, &ext->next_extension) ||
+		    overflows_type(next, ext))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		ext = u64_to_user_ptr(next);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_user_extensions.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_user_extensions.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a14bf6bba9a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_user_extensions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef I915_USER_EXTENSIONS_H
+#define I915_USER_EXTENSIONS_H
+
+struct i915_user_extension;
+
+typedef int (*i915_user_extension_fn)(struct i915_user_extension __user *ext,
+				      void *data);
+
+int i915_user_extensions(struct i915_user_extension __user *ext,
+			 const i915_user_extension_fn *tbl,
+			 unsigned int count,
+			 void *data);
+
+#endif /* I915_USER_EXTENSIONS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
index 540e20eb032c..2dbe8933b50a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h
@@ -105,6 +105,37 @@
 	__T;								\
 })
 
+/*
+ * container_of_user: Extract the superclass from a pointer to a member.
+ *
+ * Exactly like container_of() with the exception that it plays nicely
+ * with sparse for __user @ptr.
+ */
+#define container_of_user(ptr, type, member) ({				\
+	void __user *__mptr = (void __user *)(ptr);			\
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) &&	\
+			 !__same_type(*(ptr), void),			\
+			 "pointer type mismatch in container_of()");	\
+	((type __user *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member))); })
+
+/*
+ * check_user_mbz: Check that a user value exists and is zero
+ *
+ * Frequently in our uABI we reserve space for future extensions, and
+ * two ensure that userspace is prepared we enforce that space must
+ * be zero. (Then any future extension can safely assume a default value
+ * of 0.)
+ *
+ * check_user_mbz() combines checking that the user pointer is accessible
+ * and that the contained value is zero.
+ *
+ * Returns: -EFAULT if not accessible, -EINVAL if !zero, or 0 on success.
+ */
+#define check_user_mbz(U) ({						\
+	typeof(*(U)) mbz__;						\
+	get_user(mbz__, (U)) ? -EFAULT : mbz__ ? -EINVAL : 0;		\
+})
+
 static inline u64 ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
 {
 	return (uintptr_t)ptr;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index aa2d4c73a97d..1c69ed16a923 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -62,6 +62,28 @@ extern "C" {
 #define I915_ERROR_UEVENT		"ERROR"
 #define I915_RESET_UEVENT		"RESET"
 
+/*
+ * i915_user_extension: Base class for defining a chain of extensions
+ *
+ * Many interfaces need to grow over time. In most cases we can simply
+ * extend the struct and have userspace pass in more data. Another option,
+ * as demonstrated by Vulkan's approach to providing extensions for forward
+ * and backward compatibility, is to use a list of optional structs to
+ * provide those extra details.
+ *
+ * The key advantage to using an extension chain is that it allows us to
+ * redefine the interface more easily than an ever growing struct of
+ * increasing complexity, and for large parts of that interface to be
+ * entirely optional. The downside is more pointer chasing; chasing across
+ * the __user boundary with pointers encapsulated inside u64.
+ */
+struct i915_user_extension {
+	__u64 next_extension;
+	__u32 name;
+	__u32 flags; /* All undefined bits must be zero. */
+	__u32 rsvd[4]; /* Reserved for future use; must be zero. */
+};
+
 /*
  * MOCS indexes used for GPU surfaces, defining the cacheability of the
  * surface data and the coherency for this data wrt. CPU vs. GPU accesses.
