diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index e381c1c73902..7b47e00fa082 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ struct intel_engine_execlists {
 	 * @queue: queue of requests, in priority lists
 	 */
 	struct rb_root_cached queue;
+	struct rb_root_cached virtual;
 
 	/**
 	 * @csb_write: control register for Context Switch buffer
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 #define I915_ENGINE_HAS_PREEMPTION   BIT(2)
 #define I915_ENGINE_HAS_SEMAPHORES   BIT(3)
 #define I915_ENGINE_NEEDS_BREADCRUMB_TASKLET BIT(4)
+#define I915_ENGINE_IS_VIRTUAL       BIT(5)
 	unsigned int flags;
 
 	/*
@@ -534,6 +536,12 @@ intel_engine_needs_breadcrumb_tasklet(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	return engine->flags & I915_ENGINE_NEEDS_BREADCRUMB_TASKLET;
 }
 
+static inline bool
+intel_engine_is_virtual(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	return engine->flags & I915_ENGINE_IS_VIRTUAL;
+}
+
 #define instdone_slice_mask(dev_priv__) \
 	(IS_GEN(dev_priv__, 7) ? \
 	 1 : RUNTIME_INFO(dev_priv__)->sseu.slice_mask)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index f263a8374273..affa5e2dfce1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -164,6 +164,42 @@
 #define WA_TAIL_DWORDS 2
 #define WA_TAIL_BYTES (sizeof(u32) * WA_TAIL_DWORDS)
 
+struct virtual_engine {
+	struct intel_engine_cs base;
+	struct intel_context context;
+
+	/*
+	 * We allow only a single request through the virtual engine at a time
+	 * (each request in the timeline waits for the completion fence of
+	 * the previous before being submitted). By restricting ourselves to
+	 * only submitting a single request, each request is placed on to a
+	 * physical to maximise load spreading (by virtue of the late greedy
+	 * scheduling -- each real engine takes the next available request
+	 * upon idling).
+	 */
+	struct i915_request *request;
+
+	/*
+	 * We keep a rbtree of available virtual engines inside each physical
+	 * engine, sorted by priority. Here we preallocate the nodes we need
+	 * for the virtual engine, indexed by physical_engine->id.
+	 */
+	struct ve_node {
+		struct rb_node rb;
+		int prio;
+	} nodes[I915_NUM_ENGINES];
+
+	/* And finally, which physical engines this virtual engine maps onto. */
+	unsigned int num_siblings;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *siblings[0];
+};
+
+static struct virtual_engine *to_virtual_engine(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!intel_engine_is_virtual(engine));
+	return container_of(engine, struct virtual_engine, base);
+}
+
 static int execlists_context_deferred_alloc(struct intel_context *ce,
 					    struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 static void execlists_init_reg_state(u32 *reg_state,
@@ -216,7 +252,8 @@ static int queue_prio(const struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 }
 
 static inline bool need_preempt(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
-				const struct i915_request *rq)
+				const struct i915_request *rq,
+				struct rb_node *rb)
 {
 	int last_prio;
 
@@ -251,6 +288,25 @@ static inline bool need_preempt(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	    rq_prio(list_next_entry(rq, link)) > last_prio)
 		return true;
 
+	if (rb) {
+		struct virtual_engine *ve =
+			rb_entry(rb, typeof(*ve), nodes[engine->id].rb);
+		bool preempt = false;
+
+		if (engine == ve->siblings[0]) { /* only preempt one sibling */
+			struct i915_request *next;
+
+			rcu_read_lock();
+			next = READ_ONCE(ve->request);
+			if (next)
+				preempt = rq_prio(next) > last_prio;
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+		}
+
+		if (preempt)
+			return preempt;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If the inflight context did not trigger the preemption, then maybe
 	 * it was the set of queued requests? Pick the highest priority in
@@ -369,6 +425,8 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(rq, rn,
 					 &engine->timeline.requests,
 					 link) {
+		struct intel_engine_cs *owner;
+
 		if (i915_request_completed(rq))
 			break;
 
@@ -377,16 +435,29 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->hw_context->active);
 
-		GEM_BUG_ON(rq_prio(rq) == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID);
-		if (rq_prio(rq) != prio) {
-			prio = rq_prio(rq);
-			pl = i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, prio);
-		}
-		GEM_BUG_ON(RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&engine->execlists.queue.rb_root));
-
-		list_add(&rq->sched.link, pl);
+		/*
+		 * Push the request back into the queue for later resubmission.
+		 * If this request is not native to this physical engine (i.e.
+		 * it came from a virtual source), push it back onto the virtual
+		 * engine so that it can be moved across onto another physical
+		 * engine as load dictates.
+		 */
+		owner = rq->hw_context->engine;
+		if (likely(owner == engine)) {
+			GEM_BUG_ON(rq_prio(rq) == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID);
+			if (rq_prio(rq) != prio) {
+				prio = rq_prio(rq);
+				pl = i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, prio);
+			}
+			GEM_BUG_ON(RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&engine->execlists.queue.rb_root));
 
-		active = rq;
+			list_add(&rq->sched.link, pl);
+			active = rq;
+		} else {
+			rq->engine = owner;
+			owner->submit_request(rq);
+			active = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return active;
@@ -622,6 +693,90 @@ static void complete_preempt_context(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 						  execlists));
 }
 
+static void virtual_update_register_offsets(u32 *regs,
+					    struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	u32 base = engine->mmio_base;
+
+	/* Must match execlists_init_reg_state()! */
+
+	regs[CTX_CONTEXT_CONTROL] =
+		i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_CONTEXT_CONTROL(base));
+	regs[CTX_RING_HEAD] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_HEAD(base));
+	regs[CTX_RING_TAIL] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_TAIL(base));
+	regs[CTX_RING_BUFFER_START] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_START(base));
+	regs[CTX_RING_BUFFER_CONTROL] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_CTL(base));
+
+	regs[CTX_BB_HEAD_U] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_BBADDR_UDW(base));
+	regs[CTX_BB_HEAD_L] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_BBADDR(base));
+	regs[CTX_BB_STATE] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_BBSTATE(base));
+	regs[CTX_SECOND_BB_HEAD_U] =
+		i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_SBBADDR_UDW(base));
+	regs[CTX_SECOND_BB_HEAD_L] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_SBBADDR(base));
+	regs[CTX_SECOND_BB_STATE] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_SBBSTATE(base));
+
+	regs[CTX_CTX_TIMESTAMP] =
+		i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_CTX_TIMESTAMP(base));
+	regs[CTX_PDP3_UDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_UDW(base, 3));
+	regs[CTX_PDP3_LDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_LDW(base, 3));
+	regs[CTX_PDP2_UDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_UDW(base, 2));
+	regs[CTX_PDP2_LDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_LDW(base, 2));
+	regs[CTX_PDP1_UDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_UDW(base, 1));
+	regs[CTX_PDP1_LDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_LDW(base, 1));
+	regs[CTX_PDP0_UDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_UDW(base, 0));
+	regs[CTX_PDP0_LDW] = i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_RING_PDP_LDW(base, 0));
+
+	if (engine->class == RENDER_CLASS) {
+		regs[CTX_RCS_INDIRECT_CTX] =
+			i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_INDIRECT_CTX(base));
+		regs[CTX_RCS_INDIRECT_CTX_OFFSET] =
+			i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_INDIRECT_CTX_OFFSET(base));
+		regs[CTX_BB_PER_CTX_PTR] =
+			i915_mmio_reg_offset(RING_BB_PER_CTX_PTR(base));
+
+		regs[CTX_R_PWR_CLK_STATE] =
+			i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN8_R_PWR_CLK_STATE);
+	}
+}
+
+static bool virtual_matches(const struct virtual_engine *ve,
+			    const struct i915_request *rq,
+			    const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	const struct intel_engine_cs *active;
+
+	/*
+	 * We track when the HW has completed saving the context image
+	 * (i.e. when we have seen the final CS event switching out of
+	 * the context) and must not overwrite the context image before
+	 * then. This restricts us to only using the active engine
+	 * while the previous virtualized request is inflight (so
+	 * we reuse the register offsets). This is a very small
+	 * hystersis on the greedy seelction algorithm.
+	 */
+	active = READ_ONCE(ve->context.active);
+	if (active && active != engine)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void virtual_xfer_breadcrumbs(struct virtual_engine *ve,
+				     struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	struct intel_engine_cs *old = ve->siblings[0];
+
+	/* All unattached (rq->engine == old) must already be completed */
+
+	spin_lock(&old->breadcrumbs.irq_lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&ve->context.signal_link)) {
+		list_move_tail(&ve->context.signal_link,
+			       &engine->breadcrumbs.signalers);
+		intel_engine_queue_breadcrumbs(engine);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&old->breadcrumbs.irq_lock);
+}
+
 static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
@@ -654,6 +809,26 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	 * and context switches) submission.
 	 */
 
+	for (rb = rb_first_cached(&execlists->virtual); rb; ) {
+		struct virtual_engine *ve =
+			rb_entry(rb, typeof(*ve), nodes[engine->id].rb);
+		struct i915_request *rq = READ_ONCE(ve->request);
+
+		if (!rq) { /* lazily cleanup after another engine handled rq */
+			rb_erase_cached(rb, &execlists->virtual);
+			RB_CLEAR_NODE(rb);
+			rb = rb_first_cached(&execlists->virtual);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!virtual_matches(ve, rq, engine)) {
+			rb = rb_next(rb);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		break;
+	}
+
 	if (last) {
 		/*
 		 * Don't resubmit or switch until all outstanding
@@ -675,7 +850,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		if (!execlists_is_active(execlists, EXECLISTS_ACTIVE_HWACK))
 			return;
 
-		if (need_preempt(engine, last)) {
+		if (need_preempt(engine, last, rb)) {
 			inject_preempt_context(engine);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -715,6 +890,92 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		last->tail = last->wa_tail;
 	}
 
+	while (rb) { /* XXX virtual is always taking precedence */
+		struct virtual_engine *ve =
+			rb_entry(rb, typeof(*ve), nodes[engine->id].rb);
+		struct i915_request *rq;
+
+		spin_lock(&ve->base.timeline.lock);
+
+		rq = ve->request;
+		if (unlikely(!rq)) { /* lost the race to a sibling */
+			spin_unlock(&ve->base.timeline.lock);
+			rb_erase_cached(rb, &execlists->virtual);
+			RB_CLEAR_NODE(rb);
+			rb = rb_first_cached(&execlists->virtual);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		GEM_BUG_ON(rq != ve->request);
+		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != &ve->base);
+		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->hw_context != &ve->context);
+
+		if (rq_prio(rq) >= queue_prio(execlists)) {
+			if (!virtual_matches(ve, rq, engine)) {
+				spin_unlock(&ve->base.timeline.lock);
+				rb = rb_next(rb);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (last && !can_merge_rq(last, rq)) {
+				spin_unlock(&ve->base.timeline.lock);
+				return; /* leave this rq for another engine */
+			}
+
+			GEM_TRACE("%s: virtual rq=%llx:%lld%s, new engine? %s\n",
+				  engine->name,
+				  rq->fence.context,
+				  rq->fence.seqno,
+				  i915_request_completed(rq) ? "!" :
+				  i915_request_started(rq) ? "*" :
+				  "",
+				  yesno(engine != ve->siblings[0]));
+
+			ve->request = NULL;
+			ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
+			rb_erase_cached(rb, &execlists->virtual);
+			RB_CLEAR_NODE(rb);
+
+			rq->engine = engine;
+
+			if (engine != ve->siblings[0]) {
+				u32 *regs = ve->context.lrc_reg_state;
+				unsigned int n;
+
+				GEM_BUG_ON(READ_ONCE(ve->context.active));
+				virtual_update_register_offsets(regs, engine);
+
+				if (!list_empty(&ve->context.signals))
+					virtual_xfer_breadcrumbs(ve, engine);
+
+				/*
+				 * Move the bound engine to the top of the list
+				 * for future execution. We then kick this
+				 * tasklet first before checking others, so that
+				 * we preferentially reuse this set of bound
+				 * registers.
+				 */
+				for (n = 1; n < ve->num_siblings; n++) {
+					if (ve->siblings[n] == engine) {
+						swap(ve->siblings[n],
+						     ve->siblings[0]);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+
+				GEM_BUG_ON(ve->siblings[0] != engine);
+			}
+
+			__i915_request_submit(rq);
+			trace_i915_request_in(rq, port_index(port, execlists));
+			submit = true;
+			last = rq;
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock(&ve->base.timeline.lock);
+		break;
+	}
+
 	while ((rb = rb_first_cached(&execlists->queue))) {
 		struct i915_priolist *p = to_priolist(rb);
 		struct i915_request *rq, *rn;
@@ -1838,6 +2099,25 @@ static void reset_csb_pointers(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 			       &execlists->csb_status[reset_value]);
 }
 
+static struct i915_request *active_request(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	const struct list_head * const list = &rq->engine->timeline.requests;
+	const struct intel_context * const context = rq->hw_context;
+	struct i915_request *active = NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_from_reverse(rq, list, link) {
+		if (i915_request_completed(rq))
+			break;
+
+		if (rq->hw_context != context)
+			break;
+
+		active = rq;
+	}
+
+	return active;
+}
+
 static void __execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
@@ -1858,7 +2138,8 @@ static void __execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
 	if (!port_isset(execlists->port))
 		goto out_clear;
 
-	ce = port_request(execlists->port)->hw_context;
+	rq = port_request(execlists->port);
+	ce = rq->hw_context;
 
 	/*
 	 * Catch up with any missed context-switch interrupts.
@@ -1871,16 +2152,10 @@ static void __execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
 	 */
 	execlists_cancel_port_requests(execlists);
 
-	/* Push back any incomplete requests for replay after the reset. */
-	rq = __unwind_incomplete_requests(engine);
+	rq = active_request(rq);
 	if (!rq)
 		goto out_replay;
 
-	if (rq->hw_context != ce) { /* caught just before a CS event */
-		rq = NULL;
-		goto out_replay;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If this request hasn't started yet, e.g. it is waiting on a
 	 * semaphore, we need to avoid skipping the request or else we
@@ -1927,13 +2202,16 @@ static void __execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
 	}
 	execlists_init_reg_state(regs, ce, engine, ce->ring);
 
-	/* Rerun the request; its payload has been neutered (if guilty). */
 out_replay:
+	/* Rerun the request; its payload has been neutered (if guilty). */
 	ce->ring->head =
 		rq ? intel_ring_wrap(ce->ring, rq->head) : ce->ring->tail;
 	intel_ring_update_space(ce->ring);
 	__execlists_update_reg_state(ce, engine);
 
+	/* Push back any incomplete requests for replay after the reset. */
+	__unwind_incomplete_requests(engine);
+
 out_clear:
 	execlists_clear_all_active(execlists);
 }
@@ -2007,6 +2285,26 @@ static void execlists_cancel_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		i915_priolist_free(p);
 	}
 
+	/* Cancel all attached virtual engines */
+	while ((rb = rb_first_cached(&execlists->virtual))) {
+		struct virtual_engine *ve =
+			rb_entry(rb, typeof(*ve), nodes[engine->id].rb);
+
+		rb_erase_cached(rb, &execlists->virtual);
+		RB_CLEAR_NODE(rb);
+
+		spin_lock(&ve->base.timeline.lock);
+		if (ve->request) {
+			ve->request->engine = engine;
+			__i915_request_submit(ve->request);
+			dma_fence_set_error(&ve->request->fence, -EIO);
+			i915_request_mark_complete(ve->request);
+			ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
+			ve->request = NULL;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&ve->base.timeline.lock);
+	}
+
 	/* Remaining _unready_ requests will be nop'ed when submitted */
 
 	execlists->queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
@@ -2491,12 +2789,15 @@ static void execlists_init_reg_state(u32 *regs,
 	bool rcs = engine->class == RENDER_CLASS;
 	u32 base = engine->mmio_base;
 
-	/* A context is actually a big batch buffer with several
+	/*
+	 * A context is actually a big batch buffer with several
 	 * MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM commands followed by (reg, value) pairs. The
 	 * values we are setting here are only for the first context restore:
 	 * on a subsequent save, the GPU will recreate this batchbuffer with new
 	 * values (including all the missing MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM commands that
 	 * we are not initializing here).
+	 *
+	 * Must keep consistent with virtual_update_register_offsets().
 	 */
 	regs[CTX_LRI_HEADER_0] = MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM(rcs ? 14 : 11) |
 				 MI_LRI_FORCE_POSTED;
@@ -2715,6 +3016,320 @@ static int execlists_context_deferred_alloc(struct intel_context *ce,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void virtual_context_destroy(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine *ve =
+		container_of(kref, typeof(*ve), context.ref);
+	unsigned int n;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(ve->request);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(ve->context.active);
+
+	for (n = 0; n < ve->num_siblings; n++) {
+		struct intel_engine_cs *sibling = ve->siblings[n];
+		struct rb_node *node = &ve->nodes[sibling->id].rb;
+
+		if (RB_EMPTY_NODE(node))
+			continue;
+
+		spin_lock_irq(&sibling->timeline.lock);
+
+		/* Detachment is lazily performed in the execlists tasklet */
+		if (!RB_EMPTY_NODE(node))
+			rb_erase_cached(node, &sibling->execlists.virtual);
+
+		spin_unlock_irq(&sibling->timeline.lock);
+	}
+	GEM_BUG_ON(__tasklet_is_scheduled(&ve->base.execlists.tasklet));
+
+	if (ve->context.state)
+		__execlists_context_fini(&ve->context);
+
+	i915_timeline_fini(&ve->base.timeline);
+	kfree(ve);
+}
+
+static void virtual_engine_initial_hint(struct virtual_engine *ve)
+{
+	int swp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Pick a random sibling on starting to help spread the load around.
+	 *
+	 * New contexts are typically created with exactly the same order
+	 * of siblings, and often started in batches. Due to the way we iterate
+	 * the array of sibling when submitting requests, sibling[0] is
+	 * prioritised for dequeuing. If we make sure that sibling[0] is fairly
+	 * randomised across the system, we also help spread the load by the
+	 * first engine we inspect being different each time.
+	 *
+	 * NB This does not force us to execute on this engine, it will just
+	 * typically be the first we inspect for submission.
+	 */
+	swp = prandom_u32_max(ve->num_siblings);
+	if (!swp)
+		return;
+
+	swap(ve->siblings[swp], ve->siblings[0]);
+	virtual_update_register_offsets(ve->context.lrc_reg_state,
+					ve->siblings[0]);
+}
+
+static int virtual_context_pin(struct intel_context *ce)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine *ve = container_of(ce, typeof(*ve), context);
+	int err;
+
+	/* Note: we must use a real engine class for setting up reg state */
+	err = __execlists_context_pin(ce, ve->siblings[0]);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	virtual_engine_initial_hint(ve);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void virtual_context_enter(struct intel_context *ce)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine *ve = container_of(ce, typeof(*ve), context);
+	unsigned int n;
+
+	for (n = 0; n < ve->num_siblings; n++)
+		intel_engine_pm_get(ve->siblings[n]);
+}
+
+static void virtual_context_exit(struct intel_context *ce)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine *ve = container_of(ce, typeof(*ve), context);
+	unsigned int n;
+
+	ce->saturated = 0;
+	for (n = 0; n < ve->num_siblings; n++)
+		intel_engine_pm_put(ve->siblings[n]);
+}
+
+static const struct intel_context_ops virtual_context_ops = {
+	.pin = virtual_context_pin,
+	.unpin = execlists_context_unpin,
+
+	.enter = virtual_context_enter,
+	.exit = virtual_context_exit,
+
+	.destroy = virtual_context_destroy,
+};
+
+static void virtual_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine * const ve = (struct virtual_engine *)data;
+	const int prio = ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint;
+	unsigned int n;
+
+	local_irq_disable();
+	for (n = 0; READ_ONCE(ve->request) && n < ve->num_siblings; n++) {
+		struct intel_engine_cs *sibling = ve->siblings[n];
+		struct ve_node * const node = &ve->nodes[sibling->id];
+		struct rb_node **parent, *rb;
+		bool first;
+
+		spin_lock(&sibling->timeline.lock);
+
+		if (!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&node->rb)) {
+			/*
+			 * Cheat and avoid rebalancing the tree if we can
+			 * reuse this node in situ.
+			 */
+			first = rb_first_cached(&sibling->execlists.virtual) ==
+				&node->rb;
+			if (prio == node->prio || (prio > node->prio && first))
+				goto submit_engine;
+
+			rb_erase_cached(&node->rb, &sibling->execlists.virtual);
+		}
+
+		rb = NULL;
+		first = true;
+		parent = &sibling->execlists.virtual.rb_root.rb_node;
+		while (*parent) {
+			struct ve_node *other;
+
+			rb = *parent;
+			other = rb_entry(rb, typeof(*other), rb);
+			if (prio > other->prio) {
+				parent = &rb->rb_left;
+			} else {
+				parent = &rb->rb_right;
+				first = false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		rb_link_node(&node->rb, rb, parent);
+		rb_insert_color_cached(&node->rb,
+				       &sibling->execlists.virtual,
+				       first);
+
+submit_engine:
+		GEM_BUG_ON(RB_EMPTY_NODE(&node->rb));
+		node->prio = prio;
+		if (first && prio > sibling->execlists.queue_priority_hint) {
+			sibling->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
+			tasklet_hi_schedule(&sibling->execlists.tasklet);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock(&sibling->timeline.lock);
+	}
+	local_irq_enable();
+}
+
+static void virtual_submit_request(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine *ve = to_virtual_engine(rq->engine);
+
+	GEM_TRACE("%s: rq=%llx:%lld\n",
+		  ve->base.name,
+		  rq->fence.context,
+		  rq->fence.seqno);
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(ve->base.submit_request != virtual_submit_request);
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(ve->request);
+	ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = rq_prio(rq);
+	WRITE_ONCE(ve->request, rq);
+
+	tasklet_schedule(&ve->base.execlists.tasklet);
+}
+
+struct intel_context *
+intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+			       struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
+			       unsigned int count)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine *ve;
+	unsigned int n;
+	int err;
+
+	if (count == 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (count == 1)
+		return intel_context_create(ctx, siblings[0]);
+
+	ve = kzalloc(struct_size(ve, siblings, count), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ve)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	ve->base.i915 = ctx->i915;
+	ve->base.id = -1;
+	ve->base.class = OTHER_CLASS;
+	ve->base.uabi_class = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID;
+	ve->base.instance = I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_VIRTUAL;
+	ve->base.flags = I915_ENGINE_IS_VIRTUAL;
+
+	snprintf(ve->base.name, sizeof(ve->base.name), "virtual");
+
+	err = i915_timeline_init(ctx->i915, &ve->base.timeline, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_put;
+	i915_timeline_set_subclass(&ve->base.timeline, TIMELINE_VIRTUAL);
+
+	intel_engine_init_execlists(&ve->base);
+
+	ve->base.cops = &virtual_context_ops;
+	ve->base.request_alloc = execlists_request_alloc;
+
+	ve->base.schedule = i915_schedule;
+	ve->base.submit_request = virtual_submit_request;
+
+	ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
+	tasklet_init(&ve->base.execlists.tasklet,
+		     virtual_submission_tasklet,
+		     (unsigned long)ve);
+
+	intel_context_init(&ve->context, ctx, &ve->base);
+
+	for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
+		struct intel_engine_cs *sibling = siblings[n];
+
+		GEM_BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(sibling->mask));
+		if (sibling->mask & ve->base.mask) {
+			DRM_DEBUG("duplicate %s entry in load balancer\n",
+				  sibling->name);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_put;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * The virtual engine implementation is tightly coupled to
+		 * the execlists backend -- we push out request directly
+		 * into a tree inside each physical engine. We could support
+		 * layering if we handle cloning of the requests and
+		 * submitting a copy into each backend.
+		 */
+		if (sibling->execlists.tasklet.func !=
+		    execlists_submission_tasklet) {
+			err = -ENODEV;
+			goto err_put;
+		}
+
+		GEM_BUG_ON(RB_EMPTY_NODE(&ve->nodes[sibling->id].rb));
+		RB_CLEAR_NODE(&ve->nodes[sibling->id].rb);
+
+		ve->siblings[ve->num_siblings++] = sibling;
+		ve->base.mask |= sibling->mask;
+
+		/*
+		 * All physical engines must be compatible for their emission
+		 * functions (as we build the instructions during request
+		 * construction and do not alter them before submission
+		 * on the physical engine). We use the engine class as a guide
+		 * here, although that could be refined.
+		 */
+		if (ve->base.class != OTHER_CLASS) {
+			if (ve->base.class != sibling->class) {
+				DRM_DEBUG("invalid mixing of engine class, sibling %d, already %d\n",
+					  sibling->class, ve->base.class);
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto err_put;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		ve->base.class = sibling->class;
+		ve->base.uabi_class = sibling->uabi_class;
+		snprintf(ve->base.name, sizeof(ve->base.name),
+			 "v%dx%d", ve->base.class, count);
+		ve->base.context_size = sibling->context_size;
+
+		ve->base.emit_bb_start = sibling->emit_bb_start;
+		ve->base.emit_flush = sibling->emit_flush;
+		ve->base.emit_init_breadcrumb = sibling->emit_init_breadcrumb;
+		ve->base.emit_fini_breadcrumb = sibling->emit_fini_breadcrumb;
+		ve->base.emit_fini_breadcrumb_dw =
+			sibling->emit_fini_breadcrumb_dw;
+	}
+
+	return &ve->context;
+
+err_put:
+	intel_context_put(&ve->context);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+struct intel_context *
+intel_execlists_clone_virtual(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+			      struct intel_engine_cs *src)
+{
+	struct virtual_engine *se = to_virtual_engine(src);
+	struct intel_context *dst;
+
+	dst = intel_execlists_create_virtual(ctx,
+					     se->siblings,
+					     se->num_siblings);
+	if (IS_ERR(dst))
+		return dst;
+
+	return dst;
+}
+
 void intel_execlists_show_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 				   struct drm_printer *m,
 				   void (*show_request)(struct drm_printer *m,
@@ -2772,6 +3387,29 @@ void intel_execlists_show_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		show_request(m, last, "\t\tQ ");
 	}
 
+	last = NULL;
+	count = 0;
+	for (rb = rb_first_cached(&execlists->virtual); rb; rb = rb_next(rb)) {
+		struct virtual_engine *ve =
+			rb_entry(rb, typeof(*ve), nodes[engine->id].rb);
+		struct i915_request *rq = READ_ONCE(ve->request);
+
+		if (rq) {
+			if (count++ < max - 1)
+				show_request(m, rq, "\t\tV ");
+			else
+				last = rq;
+		}
+	}
+	if (last) {
+		if (count > max) {
+			drm_printf(m,
+				   "\t\t...skipping %d virtual requests...\n",
+				   count - max);
+		}
+		show_request(m, last, "\t\tV ");
+	}
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.h
index a0dc907a7249..5530606052e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.h
@@ -114,4 +114,13 @@ void intel_execlists_show_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 							const char *prefix),
 				   unsigned int max);
 
+struct intel_context *
+intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+			       struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
+			       unsigned int count);
+
+struct intel_context *
+intel_execlists_clone_virtual(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
+			      struct intel_engine_cs *src);
+
 #endif /* _INTEL_LRC_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 5b3d8e33f1cf..f880271fb9ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -1310,6 +1310,185 @@ static int live_preempt_smoke(void *arg)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int nop_virtual_engine(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+			      struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
+			      unsigned int nsibling,
+			      unsigned int nctx,
+			      unsigned int flags)
+#define CHAIN BIT(0)
+{
+	IGT_TIMEOUT(end_time);
+	struct i915_request *request[16];
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx[16];
+	struct intel_context *ve[16];
+	unsigned long n, prime, nc;
+	struct igt_live_test t;
+	ktime_t times[2] = {};
+	int err;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!nctx || nctx > ARRAY_SIZE(ctx));
+
+	for (n = 0; n < nctx; n++) {
+		ctx[n] = kernel_context(i915);
+		if (!ctx[n]) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			nctx = n;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ve[n] = intel_execlists_create_virtual(ctx[n],
+						       siblings, nsibling);
+		if (IS_ERR(ve[n])) {
+			kernel_context_close(ctx[n]);
+			err = PTR_ERR(ve[n]);
+			nctx = n;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = intel_context_pin(ve[n]);
+		if (err) {
+			intel_context_put(ve[n]);
+			kernel_context_close(ctx[n]);
+			nctx = n;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = igt_live_test_begin(&t, i915, __func__, ve[0]->engine->name);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	for_each_prime_number_from(prime, 1, 8192) {
+		times[1] = ktime_get_raw();
+
+		if (flags & CHAIN) {
+			for (nc = 0; nc < nctx; nc++) {
+				for (n = 0; n < prime; n++) {
+					request[nc] =
+						i915_request_create(ve[nc]);
+					if (IS_ERR(request[nc])) {
+						err = PTR_ERR(request[nc]);
+						goto out;
+					}
+
+					i915_request_add(request[nc]);
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			for (n = 0; n < prime; n++) {
+				for (nc = 0; nc < nctx; nc++) {
+					request[nc] =
+						i915_request_create(ve[nc]);
+					if (IS_ERR(request[nc])) {
+						err = PTR_ERR(request[nc]);
+						goto out;
+					}
+
+					i915_request_add(request[nc]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (nc = 0; nc < nctx; nc++) {
+			if (i915_request_wait(request[nc],
+					      I915_WAIT_LOCKED,
+					      HZ / 10) < 0) {
+				pr_err("%s(%s): wait for %llx:%lld timed out\n",
+				       __func__, ve[0]->engine->name,
+				       request[nc]->fence.context,
+				       request[nc]->fence.seqno);
+
+				GEM_TRACE("%s(%s) failed at request %llx:%lld\n",
+					  __func__, ve[0]->engine->name,
+					  request[nc]->fence.context,
+					  request[nc]->fence.seqno);
+				GEM_TRACE_DUMP();
+				i915_gem_set_wedged(i915);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		times[1] = ktime_sub(ktime_get_raw(), times[1]);
+		if (prime == 1)
+			times[0] = times[1];
+
+		if (__igt_timeout(end_time, NULL))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	err = igt_live_test_end(&t);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	pr_info("Requestx%d latencies on %s: 1 = %lluns, %lu = %lluns\n",
+		nctx, ve[0]->engine->name, ktime_to_ns(times[0]),
+		prime, div64_u64(ktime_to_ns(times[1]), prime));
+
+out:
+	if (igt_flush_test(i915, I915_WAIT_LOCKED))
+		err = -EIO;
+
+	for (nc = 0; nc < nctx; nc++) {
+		intel_context_unpin(ve[nc]);
+		intel_context_put(ve[nc]);
+		kernel_context_close(ctx[nc]);
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int live_virtual_engine(void *arg)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = arg;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *siblings[MAX_ENGINE_INSTANCE + 1];
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
+	enum intel_engine_id id;
+	unsigned int class, inst;
+	int err = -ENODEV;
+
+	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(i915))
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	for_each_engine(engine, i915, id) {
+		err = nop_virtual_engine(i915, &engine, 1, 1, 0);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("Failed to wrap engine %s: err=%d\n",
+			       engine->name, err);
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (class = 0; class <= MAX_ENGINE_CLASS; class++) {
+		int nsibling, n;
+
+		nsibling = 0;
+		for (inst = 0; inst <= MAX_ENGINE_INSTANCE; inst++) {
+			if (!i915->engine_class[class][inst])
+				continue;
+
+			siblings[nsibling++] = i915->engine_class[class][inst];
+		}
+		if (nsibling < 2)
+			continue;
+
+		for (n = 1; n <= nsibling + 1; n++) {
+			err = nop_virtual_engine(i915, siblings, nsibling,
+						 n, 0);
+			if (err)
+				goto out_unlock;
+		}
+
+		err = nop_virtual_engine(i915, siblings, nsibling, n, CHAIN);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&i915->drm.struct_mutex);
+	return err;
+}
+
 int intel_execlists_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	static const struct i915_subtest tests[] = {
@@ -1322,6 +1501,7 @@ int intel_execlists_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		SUBTEST(live_chain_preempt),
 		SUBTEST(live_preempt_hang),
 		SUBTEST(live_preempt_smoke),
+		SUBTEST(live_virtual_engine),
 	};
 
 	if (!HAS_EXECLISTS(i915))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h
index 67f8a4a807a0..fe82d3571072 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h
@@ -91,4 +91,9 @@ static inline bool __tasklet_enable(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 	return atomic_dec_and_test(&t->count);
 }
 
+static inline bool __tasklet_is_scheduled(struct tasklet_struct *t)
+{
+	return test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_SCHED, &t->state);
+}
+
 #endif /* __I915_GEM_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 040c0b770c21..3ae1d27130a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/log2.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 
 #include <drm/i915_drm.h>
 
@@ -1218,7 +1219,6 @@ __intel_context_reconfigure_sseu(struct intel_context *ce,
 	int ret;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(INTEL_GEN(ce->gem_context->i915) < 8);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(ce->engine->id != RCS0);
 
 	ret = intel_context_lock_pinned(ce);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1412,7 +1412,100 @@ struct set_engines {
 	struct i915_gem_engines *engines;
 };
 
+static int
+set_engines__load_balance(struct i915_user_extension __user *base, void *data)
+{
+	struct i915_context_engines_load_balance __user *ext =
+		container_of_user(base, typeof(*ext), base);
+	const struct set_engines *set = data;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *stack[16];
+	struct intel_engine_cs **siblings;
+	struct intel_context *ce;
+	u16 num_siblings, idx;
+	unsigned int n;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!HAS_EXECLISTS(set->ctx->i915))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(set->ctx->i915))
+		return -ENODEV; /* not implement yet */
+
+	if (get_user(idx, &ext->engine_index))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (idx >= set->engines->num_engines) {
+		DRM_DEBUG("Invalid placement value, %d >= %d\n",
+			  idx, set->engines->num_engines);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	idx = array_index_nospec(idx, set->engines->num_engines);
+	if (set->engines->engines[idx]) {
+		DRM_DEBUG("Invalid placement[%d], already occupied\n", idx);
+		return -EEXIST;
+	}
+
+	if (get_user(num_siblings, &ext->num_siblings))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	err = check_user_mbz(&ext->flags);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = check_user_mbz(&ext->mbz64);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	siblings = stack;
+	if (num_siblings > ARRAY_SIZE(stack)) {
+		siblings = kmalloc_array(num_siblings,
+					 sizeof(*siblings),
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!siblings)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	for (n = 0; n < num_siblings; n++) {
+		struct i915_engine_class_instance ci;
+
+		if (copy_from_user(&ci, &ext->engines[n], sizeof(ci))) {
+			err = -EFAULT;
+			goto out_siblings;
+		}
+
+		siblings[n] = intel_engine_lookup_user(set->ctx->i915,
+						       ci.engine_class,
+						       ci.engine_instance);
+		if (!siblings[n]) {
+			DRM_DEBUG("Invalid sibling[%d]: { class:%d, inst:%d }\n",
+				  n, ci.engine_class, ci.engine_instance);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_siblings;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ce = intel_execlists_create_virtual(set->ctx, siblings, n);
+	if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ce);
+		goto out_siblings;
+	}
+
+	if (cmpxchg(&set->engines->engines[idx], NULL, ce)) {
+		intel_context_put(ce);
+		err = -EEXIST;
+		goto out_siblings;
+	}
+
+out_siblings:
+	if (siblings != stack)
+		kfree(siblings);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static const i915_user_extension_fn set_engines__extensions[] = {
+	[I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_LOAD_BALANCE] = set_engines__load_balance,
 };
 
 static int
@@ -1711,14 +1804,29 @@ static int clone_engines(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
 
 	clone->i915 = dst->i915;
 	for (n = 0; n < e->num_engines; n++) {
+		struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
+
 		if (!e->engines[n]) {
 			clone->engines[n] = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
+		engine = e->engines[n]->engine;
 
-		clone->engines[n] =
-			intel_context_create(dst, e->engines[n]->engine);
-		if (!clone->engines[n]) {
+		/*
+		 * Virtual engines are singletons; they can only exist
+		 * inside a single context, because they embed their
+		 * HW context... As each virtual context implies a single
+		 * timeline (each engine can only dequeue a single request
+		 * at any time), it would be surprising for two contexts
+		 * to use the same engine. So let's create a copy of
+		 * the virtual engine instead.
+		 */
+		if (intel_engine_is_virtual(engine))
+			clone->engines[n] =
+				intel_execlists_clone_virtual(dst, engine);
+		else
+			clone->engines[n] = intel_context_create(dst, engine);
+		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clone->engines[n])) {
 			__free_engines(clone, n);
 			goto err_unlock;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
index d215dcdf0b1e..78ceb56d7801 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
@@ -150,17 +150,26 @@ sched_lock_engine(const struct i915_sched_node *node,
 		  struct intel_engine_cs *locked,
 		  struct sched_cache *cache)
 {
-	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = node_to_request(node)->engine;
+	const struct i915_request *rq = node_to_request(node);
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!locked);
 
-	if (engine != locked) {
+	/*
+	 * Virtual engines complicate acquiring the engine timeline lock,
+	 * as their rq->engine pointer is not stable until under that
+	 * engine lock. The simple ploy we use is to take the lock then
+	 * check that the rq still belongs to the newly locked engine.
+	 */
+	while (locked != (engine = READ_ONCE(rq->engine))) {
 		spin_unlock(&locked->timeline.lock);
 		memset(cache, 0, sizeof(*cache));
 		spin_lock(&engine->timeline.lock);
+		locked = engine;
 	}
 
-	return engine;
+	GEM_BUG_ON(locked != engine);
+	return locked;
 }
 
 static inline int rq_prio(const struct i915_request *rq)
@@ -272,6 +281,7 @@ static void __i915_schedule(struct i915_sched_node *node,
 	spin_lock(&engine->timeline.lock);
 
 	/* Fifo and depth-first replacement ensure our deps execute before us */
+	engine = sched_lock_engine(node, engine, &cache);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(dep, p, &dfs, dfs_link) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dep->dfs_link);
 
@@ -283,8 +293,11 @@ static void __i915_schedule(struct i915_sched_node *node,
 		if (prio <= node->attr.priority || node_signaled(node))
 			continue;
 
+		GEM_BUG_ON(node_to_request(node)->engine != engine);
+
 		node->attr.priority = prio;
 		if (!list_empty(&node->link)) {
+			GEM_BUG_ON(intel_engine_is_virtual(engine));
 			if (!cache.priolist)
 				cache.priolist =
 					i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline_types.h
index 5256a0b5c5f7..1688705f4a2b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_timeline_types.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct i915_timeline {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 #define TIMELINE_CLIENT 0 /* default subclass */
 #define TIMELINE_ENGINE 1
+#define TIMELINE_VIRTUAL 2
 	struct mutex mutex; /* protects the flow of requests */
 
 	unsigned int pin_count;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 62396d575e28..f9770948161c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct i915_engine_class_instance {
 	__u16 engine_class; /* see enum drm_i915_gem_engine_class */
 	__u16 engine_instance;
 #define I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE -1
+#define I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_VIRTUAL -2
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1608,8 +1609,46 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_context_param_sseu {
 	__u32 rsvd;
 };
 
+/*
+ * i915_context_engines_load_balance:
+ *
+ * Enable load balancing across this set of engines.
+ *
+ * Into the I915_EXEC_DEFAULT slot [0], a virtual engine is created that when
+ * used will proxy the execbuffer request onto one of the set of engines
+ * in such a way as to distribute the load evenly across the set.
+ *
+ * The set of engines must be compatible (e.g. the same HW class) as they
+ * will share the same logical GPU context and ring.
+ *
+ * To intermix rendering with the virtual engine and direct rendering onto
+ * the backing engines (bypassing the load balancing proxy), the context must
+ * be defined to use a single timeline for all engines.
+ */
+struct i915_context_engines_load_balance {
+	struct i915_user_extension base;
+
+	__u16 engine_index;
+	__u16 num_siblings;
+	__u32 flags; /* all undefined flags must be zero */
+
+	__u64 mbz64; /* reserved for future use; must be zero */
+
+	struct i915_engine_class_instance engines[0];
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+#define I915_DEFINE_CONTEXT_ENGINES_LOAD_BALANCE(name__, N__) struct { \
+	struct i915_user_extension base; \
+	__u16 engine_index; \
+	__u16 num_siblings; \
+	__u32 flags; \
+	__u64 mbz64; \
+	struct i915_engine_class_instance engines[N__]; \
+} __attribute__((packed)) name__
+
 struct i915_context_param_engines {
 	__u64 extensions; /* linked chain of extension blocks, 0 terminates */
+#define I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_LOAD_BALANCE 0 /* see i915_context_engines_load_balance */
 	struct i915_engine_class_instance engines[0];
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
