diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8a7ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Queue spinlock
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2013-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+ *
+ * Authors: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_is_locked - is the spinlock locked?
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if it is locked, 0 otherwise
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_is_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&lock->val);
+}
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_value_unlocked - is the spinlock structure unlocked?
+ * @lock: queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if it is unlocked, 0 otherwise
+ *
+ * N.B. Whenever there are tasks waiting for the lock, it is considered
+ *      locked wrt the lockref code to avoid lock stealing by the lockref
+ *      code and change things underneath the lock. This also allows some
+ *      optimizations to be applied without conflict with lockref.
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_value_unlocked(struct qspinlock lock)
+{
+	return !atomic_read(&lock.val);
+}
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_is_contended - check if the lock is contended
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if lock contended, 0 otherwise
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_is_contended(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&lock->val) & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK;
+}
+/**
+ * queue_spin_trylock - try to acquire the queue spinlock
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if lock acquired, 0 if failed
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_trylock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+	if (!atomic_read(&lock->val) &&
+	   (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) == 0))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+extern void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val);
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_lock - acquire a queue spinlock
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ */
+static __always_inline void queue_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+	u32 val;
+
+	val = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL);
+	if (likely(val == 0))
+		return;
+	queue_spin_lock_slowpath(lock, val);
+}
+
+#ifndef queue_spin_unlock
+/**
+ * queue_spin_unlock - release a queue spinlock
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ */
+static __always_inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+	/*
+	 * smp_mb__before_atomic() in order to guarantee release semantics
+	 */
+	smp_mb__before_atomic_dec();
+	atomic_sub(_Q_LOCKED_VAL, &lock->val);
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Initializier
+ */
+#define	__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED	{ ATOMIC_INIT(0) }
+
+/*
+ * Remapping spinlock architecture specific functions to the corresponding
+ * queue spinlock functions.
+ */
+#define arch_spin_is_locked(l)		queue_spin_is_locked(l)
+#define arch_spin_is_contended(l)	queue_spin_is_contended(l)
+#define arch_spin_value_unlocked(l)	queue_spin_value_unlocked(l)
+#define arch_spin_lock(l)		queue_spin_lock(l)
+#define arch_spin_trylock(l)		queue_spin_trylock(l)
+#define arch_spin_unlock(l)		queue_spin_unlock(l)
+#define arch_spin_lock_flags(l, f)	queue_spin_lock(l)
+
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f66f845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Queue spinlock
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2013-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+ *
+ * Authors: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_TYPES_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_TYPES_H
+
+/*
+ * Including atomic.h with PARAVIRT on will cause compilation errors because
+ * of recursive header file incluson via paravirt_types.h. A workaround is
+ * to include paravirt_types.h here.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
+#include <asm/paravirt_types.h>
+#else
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#endif
+
+typedef struct qspinlock {
+	atomic_t	val;
+} arch_spinlock_t;
+
+/*
+ * Bitfields in the atomic value:
+ *
+ *  0- 7: locked byte
+ *  8- 9: tail index
+ * 10-31: tail cpu (+1)
+ */
+#define	_Q_SET_MASK(type)	(((1U << _Q_ ## type ## _BITS) - 1)\
+				      << _Q_ ## type ## _OFFSET)
+#define _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET	0
+#define _Q_LOCKED_BITS		8
+#define _Q_LOCKED_MASK		_Q_SET_MASK(LOCKED)
+
+#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET	(_Q_LOCKED_OFFSET + _Q_LOCKED_BITS)
+#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_BITS	2
+#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_MASK	_Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_IDX)
+
+#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET	(_Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET + _Q_TAIL_IDX_BITS)
+#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS	(32 - _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET)
+#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_MASK	_Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_CPU)
+
+#define _Q_LOCKED_VAL		(1U << _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET)
+
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.locks b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
index d2b32ac..f185584 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.locks
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
@@ -223,3 +223,10 @@ endif
 config MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER
 	def_bool y
 	depends on SMP && !DEBUG_MUTEXES
+
+config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+	bool
+
+config QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+	def_bool y if ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+	depends on SMP && !PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
diff --git a/kernel/locking/Makefile b/kernel/locking/Makefile
index 306a76b..877bdd0 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/locking/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LOCKDEP) += lockdep_proc.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += spinlock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) += spinlock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK) += qspinlock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES) += rtmutex.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES) += rtmutex-debug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER) += rtmutex-tester.o
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
index a2dbac4..a59b677 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 struct mcs_spinlock {
 	struct mcs_spinlock *next;
 	int locked; /* 1 if lock acquired */
+	int count;
 };
 
 #ifndef arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b97a1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/*
+ * Queue spinlock
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2013-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+ *
+ * Authors: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>
+ *          Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
+ */
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <asm/qspinlock.h>
+
+/*
+ * The basic principle of a queue-based spinlock can best be understood
+ * by studying a classic queue-based spinlock implementation called the
+ * MCS lock. The paper below provides a good description for this kind
+ * of lock.
+ *
+ * http://www.cise.ufl.edu/tr/DOC/REP-1992-71.pdf
+ *
+ * This queue spinlock implementation is based on the MCS lock, however to make
+ * it fit the 4 bytes we assume spinlock_t to be, and preserve its existing
+ * API, we must modify it some.
+ *
+ * In particular; where the traditional MCS lock consists of a tail pointer
+ * (8 bytes) and needs the next pointer (another 8 bytes) of its own node to
+ * unlock the next pending (next->locked), we compress both these: {tail,
+ * next->locked} into a single u32 value.
+ *
+ * Since a spinlock disables recursion of its own context and there is a limit
+ * to the contexts that can nest; namely: task, softirq, hardirq, nmi, we can
+ * encode the tail as and index indicating this context and a cpu number.
+ *
+ * We can further change the first spinner to spin on a bit in the lock word
+ * instead of its node; whereby avoiding the need to carry a node from lock to
+ * unlock, and preserving API.
+ */
+
+#include "mcs_spinlock.h"
+
+/*
+ * Per-CPU queue node structures; we can never have more than 4 nested
+ * contexts: task, softirq, hardirq, nmi.
+ *
+ * Exactly fits one cacheline.
+ */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct mcs_spinlock, mcs_nodes[4]);
+
+/*
+ * We must be able to distinguish between no-tail and the tail at 0:0,
+ * therefore increment the cpu number by one.
+ */
+
+static inline u32 encode_tail(int cpu, int idx)
+{
+	u32 tail;
+
+	tail  = (cpu + 1) << _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET;
+	tail |= idx << _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET; /* assume < 4 */
+
+	return tail;
+}
+
+static inline struct mcs_spinlock *decode_tail(u32 tail)
+{
+	int cpu = (tail >> _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET) - 1;
+	int idx = (tail &  _Q_TAIL_IDX_MASK) >> _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET;
+
+	return per_cpu_ptr(&mcs_nodes[idx], cpu);
+}
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * @val: Current value of the queue spinlock 32-bit word
+ *
+ * (queue tail, lock bit)
+ *
+ *              fast      :    slow                                  :    unlock
+ *                        :                                          :
+ * uncontended  (0,0)   --:--> (0,1) --------------------------------:--> (*,0)
+ *                        :       | ^--------.                    /  :
+ *                        :       v           \                   |  :
+ * uncontended            :    (n,x) --+--> (n,0)                 |  :
+ *   queue                :       | ^--'                          |  :
+ *                        :       v                               |  :
+ * contended              :    (*,x) --+--> (*,0) -----> (*,1) ---'  :
+ *   queue                :         ^--'                             :
+ *
+ */
+void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
+{
+	struct mcs_spinlock *prev, *next, *node;
+	u32 new, old, tail;
+	int idx;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1U << _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS));
+
+	node = this_cpu_ptr(&mcs_nodes[0]);
+	idx = node->count++;
+	tail = encode_tail(smp_processor_id(), idx);
+
+	node += idx;
+	node->locked = 0;
+	node->next = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * trylock || xchg(lock, node)
+	 *
+	 * 0,0 -> 0,1 ; trylock
+	 * p,x -> n,x ; prev = xchg(lock, node)
+	 */
+	for (;;) {
+		new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+		if (val)
+			new = tail | (val & _Q_LOCKED_MASK);
+
+		old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+		if (old == val)
+			break;
+
+		val = old;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * we won the trylock; forget about queueing.
+	 */
+	if (new == _Q_LOCKED_VAL)
+		goto release;
+
+	/*
+	 * if there was a previous node; link it and wait.
+	 */
+	if (old & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK) {
+		prev = decode_tail(old);
+		ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;
+
+		arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(&node->locked);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * we're at the head of the waitqueue, wait for the owner to go away.
+	 *
+	 * *,x -> *,0
+	 */
+	while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
+		arch_mutex_cpu_relax();
+
+	/*
+	 * claim the lock:
+	 *
+	 * n,0 -> 0,1 : lock, uncontended
+	 * *,0 -> *,1 : lock, contended
+	 */
+	for (;;) {
+		new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+		if (val != tail)
+			new |= val;
+
+		old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+		if (old == val)
+			break;
+
+		val = old;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * contended path; wait for next, release.
+	 */
+	if (new != _Q_LOCKED_VAL) {
+		while (!(next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next)))
+			arch_mutex_cpu_relax();
+
+		arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(&next->locked);
+	}
+
+release:
+	/*
+	 * release the node
+	 */
+	this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(queue_spin_lock_slowpath);
