diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
index c36892c..f0648a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ X!Edrivers/base/interface.c
      </sect1>
      <sect1><title>Device Drivers DMA Management</title>
 !Edrivers/base/dma-buf.c
+!Edrivers/base/reservation.c
+!Iinclude/linux/reservation.h
 !Edrivers/base/dma-coherent.c
 !Edrivers/base/dma-mapping.c
      </sect1>
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 4e22ce3..48029aa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CMA) += dma-contiguous.o
 obj-y			+= power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DMA)	+= dma-mapping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER) += dma-buf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER) += dma-buf.o reservation.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISA)	+= isa.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA)	+= node.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/reservation.c b/drivers/base/reservation.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a73fbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/reservation.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Canonical Ltd
+ *
+ * Based on bo.c which bears the following copyright notice,
+ * but is dual licensed:
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2009 VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA., USA
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sub license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
+ * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions
+ * of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, AUTHORS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+ * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+ * USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ **************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * Authors: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom-at-vmware-dot-com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/reservation.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+
+DEFINE_WW_CLASS(reservation_ww_class);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(reservation_ww_class);
diff --git a/include/linux/reservation.h b/include/linux/reservation.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9ee806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/reservation.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Header file for reservations for dma-buf and ttm
+ *
+ * Copyright(C) 2011 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Canonical Ltd
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Texas Instruments
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Rob Clark <rob.clark@linaro.org>
+ * Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@canonical.com>
+ * Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom-at-vmware-dot-com>
+ *
+ * Based on bo.c which bears the following copyright notice,
+ * but is dual licensed:
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2009 VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA., USA
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sub license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
+ * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions
+ * of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, AUTHORS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+ * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+ * USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_RESERVATION_H
+#define _LINUX_RESERVATION_H
+
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+
+extern struct ww_class reservation_ww_class;
+
+struct reservation_object {
+	struct ww_mutex lock;
+};
+
+static inline void
+reservation_object_init(struct reservation_object *obj)
+{
+	ww_mutex_init(&obj->lock, &reservation_ww_class);
+}
+
+static inline void
+reservation_object_fini(struct reservation_object *obj)
+{
+	ww_mutex_destroy(&obj->lock);
+}
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_RESERVATION_H */
