diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 48ce86501d93..7d4a11dcba90 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
  * @cdev: optional character interface for "device dax"
  * @host: optional name for lookups where the device path is not available
  * @private: dax driver private data
+ * @holder_data: holder of a dax_device: could be filesystem or mapped device
  * @flags: state and boolean properties
+ * @ops: operations for dax_device
+ * @holder_ops: operations for the inner holder
  */
 struct dax_device {
 	struct hlist_node list;
@@ -31,8 +34,10 @@ struct dax_device {
 	struct cdev cdev;
 	const char *host;
 	void *private;
+	void *holder_data;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	const struct dax_operations *ops;
+	const struct dax_holder_operations *holder_ops;
 };
 
 static dev_t dax_devt;
@@ -374,6 +379,29 @@ 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, loff_t offset,
+			      size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	dax_read_lock();
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev)) {
+		rc = -ENXIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!dax_dev->holder_data) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	rc = dax_dev->holder_ops->notify_failure(dax_dev, offset, size, flags);
+out:
+	dax_read_unlock();
+	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)
@@ -618,6 +646,37 @@ void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_dax);
 
+void dax_set_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops)
+{
+	dax_write_lock();
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev)) {
+		dax_write_unlock();
+		return;
+	}
+
+	dax_dev->holder_data = holder;
+	dax_dev->holder_ops = ops;
+	dax_write_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_set_holder);
+
+void *dax_get_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	void *holder;
+
+	dax_read_lock();
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev)) {
+		dax_read_unlock();
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	holder = dax_dev->holder_data;
+	dax_read_unlock();
+	return holder;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_get_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 097b3304f9b9..d273d59723cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -38,9 +38,24 @@ 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
+	 * @size: length of this memory failure event
+	 * @flags: action flags for memory failure handler
+	 */
+	int (*notify_failure)(struct dax_device *dax_dev, loff_t offset,
+			size_t size, int flags);
+};
+
 extern struct attribute_group dax_attribute_group;
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX)
+void dax_set_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops);
+void *dax_get_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const char *host,
 		const struct dax_operations *ops, unsigned long flags);
 void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
@@ -70,6 +85,18 @@ static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
 }
 #else
+static inline struct dax_device *dax_get_by_host(const char *host)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+static inline void dax_set_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops)
+{
+}
+static inline void *dax_get_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 static inline struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const char *host,
 		const struct dax_operations *ops, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -198,6 +225,8 @@ 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, loff_t offset,
+		size_t size, int 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,
