diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/Makefile b/drivers/dma-buf/Makefile
index 0913a6ccab5a..1f006e083eb9 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-obj-y := dma-buf.o dma-fence.o dma-fence-array.o reservation.o seqno-fence.o
+obj-y := dma-buf.o dma-fence.o dma-fence-array.o dma-fence-chain.o \
+	 reservation.o seqno-fence.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYNC_FILE)		+= sync_file.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SW_SYNC)		+= sw_sync.o sync_debug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UDMABUF)		+= udmabuf.o
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-chain.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-chain.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c5e3c902fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-chain.c
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/*
+ * fence-chain: chain fences together in a timeline
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+ * Authors:
+ *	Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/dma-fence-chain.h>
+
+static bool dma_fence_chain_enable_signaling(struct dma_fence *fence);
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_chain_get_prev - use RCU to get a reference to the previous fence
+ * @chain: chain node to get the previous node from
+ *
+ * Use dma_fence_get_rcu_safe to get a reference to the previous fence of the
+ * chain node.
+ */
+static struct dma_fence *dma_fence_chain_get_prev(struct dma_fence_chain *chain)
+{
+	struct dma_fence *prev;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	prev = dma_fence_get_rcu_safe(&chain->prev);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return prev;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_chain_walk - chain walking function
+ * @fence: current chain node
+ *
+ * Walk the chain to the next node. Returns the next fence or NULL if we are at
+ * the end of the chain. Garbage collects chain nodes which are already
+ * signaled.
+ */
+struct dma_fence *dma_fence_chain_walk(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_chain *chain, *prev_chain;
+	struct dma_fence *prev, *replacement, *tmp;
+
+	chain = to_dma_fence_chain(fence);
+	if (!chain) {
+		dma_fence_put(fence);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	while ((prev = dma_fence_chain_get_prev(chain))) {
+
+		prev_chain = to_dma_fence_chain(prev);
+		if (prev_chain) {
+			if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(prev_chain->fence))
+				break;
+
+			replacement = dma_fence_chain_get_prev(prev_chain);
+		} else {
+			if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(prev))
+				break;
+
+			replacement = NULL;
+		}
+
+		tmp = cmpxchg(&chain->prev, prev, replacement);
+		if (tmp == prev)
+			dma_fence_put(tmp);
+		else
+			dma_fence_put(replacement);
+		dma_fence_put(prev);
+	}
+
+	dma_fence_put(fence);
+	return prev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_chain_walk);
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_chain_find_seqno - find fence chain node by seqno
+ * @pfence: pointer to the chain node where to start
+ * @seqno: the sequence number to search for
+ *
+ * Advance the fence pointer to the chain node which will signal this sequence
+ * number. If no sequence number is provided then this is a no-op.
+ *
+ * Returns EINVAL if the fence is not a chain node or the sequence number has
+ * not yet advanced far enough.
+ */
+int dma_fence_chain_find_seqno(struct dma_fence **pfence, uint64_t seqno)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_chain *chain;
+
+	if (!seqno)
+		return 0;
+
+	chain = to_dma_fence_chain(*pfence);
+	if (!chain || chain->base.seqno < seqno)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dma_fence_chain_for_each(*pfence, &chain->base) {
+		if ((*pfence)->context != chain->base.context ||
+		    to_dma_fence_chain(*pfence)->prev_seqno < seqno)
+			break;
+	}
+	dma_fence_put(&chain->base);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_chain_find_seqno);
+
+static const char *dma_fence_chain_get_driver_name(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+        return "dma_fence_chain";
+}
+
+static const char *dma_fence_chain_get_timeline_name(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+        return "unbound";
+}
+
+static void dma_fence_chain_irq_work(struct irq_work *work)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_chain *chain;
+
+	chain = container_of(work, typeof(*chain), work);
+
+	/* Try to rearm the callback */
+	if (!dma_fence_chain_enable_signaling(&chain->base))
+		/* Ok, we are done. No more unsignaled fences left */
+		dma_fence_signal(&chain->base);
+	dma_fence_put(&chain->base);
+}
+
+static void dma_fence_chain_cb(struct dma_fence *f, struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_chain *chain;
+
+	chain = container_of(cb, typeof(*chain), cb);
+	irq_work_queue(&chain->work);
+	dma_fence_put(f);
+}
+
+static bool dma_fence_chain_enable_signaling(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_chain *head = to_dma_fence_chain(fence);
+
+	dma_fence_get(&head->base);
+	dma_fence_chain_for_each(fence, &head->base) {
+		struct dma_fence_chain *chain = to_dma_fence_chain(fence);
+		struct dma_fence *f = chain ? chain->fence : fence;
+
+		dma_fence_get(f);
+		if (!dma_fence_add_callback(f, &head->cb, dma_fence_chain_cb)) {
+			dma_fence_put(fence);
+			return true;
+		}
+		dma_fence_put(f);
+	}
+	dma_fence_put(&head->base);
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool dma_fence_chain_signaled(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	dma_fence_chain_for_each(fence, fence) {
+		struct dma_fence_chain *chain = to_dma_fence_chain(fence);
+		struct dma_fence *f = chain ? chain->fence : fence;
+
+		if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(f)) {
+			dma_fence_put(fence);
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void dma_fence_chain_release(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_chain *chain = to_dma_fence_chain(fence);
+
+	dma_fence_put(chain->prev);
+	dma_fence_put(chain->fence);
+	dma_fence_free(fence);
+}
+
+const struct dma_fence_ops dma_fence_chain_ops = {
+	.get_driver_name = dma_fence_chain_get_driver_name,
+	.get_timeline_name = dma_fence_chain_get_timeline_name,
+	.enable_signaling = dma_fence_chain_enable_signaling,
+	.signaled = dma_fence_chain_signaled,
+	.release = dma_fence_chain_release,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_chain_ops);
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_chain_init - initialize a fence chain
+ * @chain: the chain node to initialize
+ * @prev: the previous fence
+ * @fence: the current fence
+ *
+ * Initialize a new chain node and either start a new chain or add the node to
+ * the existing chain of the previous fence.
+ */
+void dma_fence_chain_init(struct dma_fence_chain *chain,
+			  struct dma_fence *prev,
+			  struct dma_fence *fence,
+			  uint64_t seqno)
+{
+	struct dma_fence_chain *prev_chain = to_dma_fence_chain(prev);
+	uint64_t context;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&chain->lock);
+	chain->prev = prev;
+	chain->fence = fence;
+	chain->prev_seqno = 0;
+	init_irq_work(&chain->work, dma_fence_chain_irq_work);
+
+	/* Try to reuse the context of the previous chain node. */
+	if (prev_chain && __dma_fence_is_later(seqno, prev->seqno)) {
+		context = prev->context;
+		chain->prev_seqno = prev->seqno;
+	} else {
+		context = dma_fence_context_alloc(1);
+		/* Make sure that we always have a valid sequence number. */
+		if (prev_chain)
+			seqno = max(prev->seqno, seqno);
+	}
+
+	dma_fence_init(&chain->base, &dma_fence_chain_ops,
+		       &chain->lock, context, seqno);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_chain_init);
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h b/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09b038d3f5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * fence-chain: chain fences together in a timeline
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+ * Authors:
+ *	Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_DMA_FENCE_CHAIN_H
+#define __LINUX_DMA_FENCE_CHAIN_H
+
+#include <linux/dma-fence.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct dma_fence_chain - fence to represent an node of a fence chain
+ * @base: fence base class
+ * @lock: spinlock for fence handling
+ * @prev: previous fence of the chain
+ * @prev_seqno: original previous seqno before garbage collection
+ * @fence: encapsulated fence
+ * @cb: callback structure for signaling
+ * @work: irq work item for signaling
+ */
+struct dma_fence_chain {
+	struct dma_fence base;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct dma_fence *prev;
+	u64 prev_seqno;
+	struct dma_fence *fence;
+	struct dma_fence_cb cb;
+	struct irq_work work;
+};
+
+extern const struct dma_fence_ops dma_fence_chain_ops;
+
+/**
+ * to_dma_fence_chain - cast a fence to a dma_fence_chain
+ * @fence: fence to cast to a dma_fence_array
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if the fence is not a dma_fence_chain,
+ * or the dma_fence_chain otherwise.
+ */
+static inline struct dma_fence_chain *
+to_dma_fence_chain(struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	if (!fence || fence->ops != &dma_fence_chain_ops)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return container_of(fence, struct dma_fence_chain, base);
+}
+
+/**
+ * dma_fence_chain_for_each - iterate over all fences in chain
+ * @iter: current fence
+ * @head: starting point
+ *
+ * Iterate over all fences in the chain. We keep a reference to the current
+ * fence while inside the loop which must be dropped when breaking out.
+ */
+#define dma_fence_chain_for_each(iter, head)	\
+	for (iter = dma_fence_get(head); iter; \
+	     iter = dma_fence_chain_walk(iter))
+
+struct dma_fence *dma_fence_chain_walk(struct dma_fence *fence);
+int dma_fence_chain_find_seqno(struct dma_fence **pfence, uint64_t seqno);
+void dma_fence_chain_init(struct dma_fence_chain *chain,
+			  struct dma_fence *prev,
+			  struct dma_fence *fence,
+			  uint64_t seqno);
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_DMA_FENCE_CHAIN_H */
