diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index e3029389d809..d7fb4c36bf16 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
  * @cdev: optional character interface for "device dax"
  * @private: dax driver private data
  * @flags: state and boolean properties
+ * @ops: operations for dax_device
+ * @holder_data: holder of a dax_device: could be filesystem or mapped device
+ * @holder_ops: operations for the inner holder
  */
 struct dax_device {
 	struct inode inode;
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ struct dax_device {
 	void *private;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	const struct dax_operations *ops;
+	void *holder_data;
+	struct percpu_rw_semaphore holder_rwsem;
+	const struct dax_holder_operations *holder_ops;
 };
 
 static dev_t dax_devt;
@@ -193,6 +199,29 @@ int dax_zero_page_range(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_zero_page_range);
 
+int dax_holder_notify_failure(struct dax_device *dax_dev, u64 off,
+			      u64 len, int mf_flags)
+{
+	int rc, id;
+
+	id = dax_read_lock();
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev)) {
+		rc = -ENXIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!dax_dev->holder_ops) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	rc = dax_dev->holder_ops->notify_failure(dax_dev, off, len, mf_flags);
+out:
+	dax_read_unlock(id);
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_holder_notify_failure);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
 void arch_wb_cache_pmem(void *addr, size_t size);
 void dax_flush(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *addr, size_t size)
@@ -268,6 +297,13 @@ void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 
 	clear_bit(DAXDEV_ALIVE, &dax_dev->flags);
 	synchronize_srcu(&dax_srcu);
+
+	/* Lock to prevent concurrent registrations. */
+	percpu_down_write(&dax_dev->holder_rwsem);
+	/* clear holder data */
+	dax_dev->holder_ops = NULL;
+	dax_dev->holder_data = NULL;
+	percpu_up_write(&dax_dev->holder_rwsem);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_dax);
 
@@ -393,6 +429,7 @@ struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops)
 
 	dax_dev->ops = ops;
 	dax_dev->private = private;
+	percpu_init_rwsem(&dax_dev->holder_rwsem);
 	return dax_dev;
 
  err_dev:
@@ -409,6 +446,64 @@ void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_dax);
 
+/**
+ * dax_holder() - obtain the holder of a dax device
+ * @dax_dev: a dax_device instance
+
+ * Return: the holder's data which represents the holder if registered,
+ * otherwize NULL.
+ */
+void *dax_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return dax_dev->holder_data;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_holder);
+
+/**
+ * dax_register_holder() - register a holder to a dax device
+ * @dax_dev: a dax_device instance
+ * @holder: a pointer to a holder's data which represents the holder
+ * @ops: operations of this holder
+
+ * Return: negative errno if an error occurs, otherwise 0.
+ */
+int dax_register_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops)
+{
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	/* Already registered */
+	if (dax_holder(dax_dev))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	/* Lock to prevent concurrent registrations. */
+	percpu_down_write(&dax_dev->holder_rwsem);
+	dax_dev->holder_data = holder;
+	dax_dev->holder_ops = ops;
+	percpu_up_write(&dax_dev->holder_rwsem);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_register_holder);
+
+/**
+ * dax_unregister_holder() - unregister the holder for a dax device
+ * @dax_dev: a dax_device instance
+ */
+void dax_unregister_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
+		return;
+
+	dax_dev->holder_data = NULL;
+	dax_dev->holder_ops = NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_unregister_holder);
+
 /**
  * inode_dax: convert a public inode into its dax_dev
  * @inode: An inode with i_cdev pointing to a dax_dev
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 9fc5f99a0ae2..9800d84e5b7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -32,8 +32,24 @@ struct dax_operations {
 	int (*zero_page_range)(struct dax_device *, pgoff_t, size_t);
 };
 
+struct dax_holder_operations {
+	/*
+	 * notify_failure - notify memory failure into inner holder device
+	 * @dax_dev: the dax device which contains the holder
+	 * @offset: offset on this dax device where memory failure occurs
+	 * @len: length of this memory failure event
+	 * @flags: action flags for memory failure handler
+	 */
+	int (*notify_failure)(struct dax_device *dax_dev, u64 offset,
+			u64 len, int mf_flags);
+};
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX)
 struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops);
+int dax_register_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops);
+void dax_unregister_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
+void *dax_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void dax_write_cache(struct dax_device *dax_dev, bool wc);
@@ -53,6 +69,18 @@ static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
 }
 #else
+static inline int dax_register_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void dax_unregister_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+}
+static inline void *dax_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 static inline struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private,
 		const struct dax_operations *ops)
 {
@@ -185,6 +213,8 @@ size_t dax_copy_to_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,
 		size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 int dax_zero_page_range(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 			size_t nr_pages);
+int dax_holder_notify_failure(struct dax_device *dax_dev, u64 off, u64 len,
+		int mf_flags);
 void dax_flush(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *addr, size_t size);
 
 ssize_t dax_iomap_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
