diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 3c8f104a143f..7e1322660b10 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Dynamic debug has even more useful features:
    - line number (including ranges of line numbers)
    - module name
    - format string
+   - class number:1-15
 
  * Provides a debugfs control file: ``<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control``
    which can be read to display the complete list of known debug
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ against.  Possible keywords are:::
 		 'module' string |
 		 'format' string |
 		 'line' line-range
+		 'class' integer:[1-15]
 
   line-range ::= lineno |
 		 '-'lineno |
@@ -217,6 +219,15 @@ line
 	line -1605          // the 1605 lines from line 1 to line 1605
 	line 1600-          // all lines from line 1600 to the end of the file
 
+class
+    This expects a single integer, in range: 1-15.
+    Using this specification constrains to exact class_id matches.
+    This is intended for DRM.debug enumerated categories, plus 1.
+    class_id = 0 is reserved, returns an error currently.
+
+    This differs from the others primarily in that it is not displayed
+    in the control file currently, add later as an extra column.
+
 The flags specification comprises a change operation followed
 by one or more flag characters.  The change operation is one
 of the characters::
diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index e0c2d7c0938b..e9483cd9ac1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct _ddebug {
 	const char *function;
 	const char *filename;
 	const char *format;
+	unsigned int class_id:4;
 	unsigned int lineno:18;
 	/*
 	 * The flags field controls the behaviour at the callsite.
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
 			 const struct ib_device *ibdev,
 			 const char *fmt, ...);
 
-#define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt)		\
+#define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA_CLS(name, cls, fmt)	\
 	static struct _ddebug  __aligned(8)			\
 	__section("__dyndbg") name = {				\
 		.modname = KBUILD_MODNAME,			\
@@ -100,9 +101,13 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
 		.format = (fmt),				\
 		.lineno = __LINE__,				\
 		.flags = _DPRINTK_FLAGS_DEFAULT,		\
+		.class_id = cls,				\
 		_DPRINTK_KEY_INIT				\
 	}
 
+#define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt)	\
+	DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA_CLS(name, 0, fmt)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -132,17 +137,21 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL */
 
-#define __dynamic_func_call(id, fmt, func, ...) do {	\
-	DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(id, fmt);		\
-	if (DYNAMIC_DEBUG_BRANCH(id))			\
-		func(&id, ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
+#define __dynamic_func_call_cls(id, cls, fmt, func, ...) do {	\
+	DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA_CLS(id, cls, fmt);	\
+	if (DYNAMIC_DEBUG_BRANCH(id))				\
+		func(&id, ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
 } while (0)
+#define __dynamic_func_call(id, fmt, func, ...)				\
+	__dynamic_func_call_cls(id, 0, fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#define __dynamic_func_call_no_desc(id, fmt, func, ...) do {	\
-	DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(id, fmt);			\
-	if (DYNAMIC_DEBUG_BRANCH(id))				\
-		func(__VA_ARGS__);				\
+#define __dynamic_func_call_no_desc_cls(id, cls, fmt, func, ...) do {	\
+	DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA_CLS(id, cls, fmt);		\
+	if (DYNAMIC_DEBUG_BRANCH(id))					\
+		func(__VA_ARGS__);					\
 } while (0)
+#define __dynamic_func_call_no_desc(id, fmt, func, ...)			\
+	__dynamic_func_call_no_desc_cls(id, 0, fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /*
  * "Factory macro" for generating a call to func, guarded by a
@@ -152,15 +161,23 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
  * the varargs. Note that fmt is repeated in invocations of this
  * macro.
  */
+#define _dynamic_func_call_cls(cls, fmt, func, ...)			\
+	__dynamic_func_call_cls(__UNIQUE_ID(ddebug), cls, fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define _dynamic_func_call(fmt, func, ...)				\
-	__dynamic_func_call(__UNIQUE_ID(ddebug), fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	__dynamic_func_call_cls(__UNIQUE_ID(ddebug), 0, fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 /*
  * A variant that does the same, except that the descriptor is not
  * passed as the first argument to the function; it is only called
  * with precisely the macro's varargs.
  */
-#define _dynamic_func_call_no_desc(fmt, func, ...)	\
-	__dynamic_func_call_no_desc(__UNIQUE_ID(ddebug), fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define _dynamic_func_call_no_desc_cls(fmt, eCat, func, ...)		\
+	__dynamic_func_call_no_desc_cls(__UNIQUE_ID(ddebug), eCat,	\
+					fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define _dynamic_func_call_no_desc(fmt, func, ...)		\
+	__dynamic_func_call_no_desc_cls(__UNIQUE_ID(ddebug), 0,	\
+					fmt, func, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define dynamic_pr_debug(fmt, ...)				\
 	_dynamic_func_call(fmt,	__dynamic_pr_debug,		\
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 2efdc4f1553f..419d4664e724 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct ddebug_query {
 	const char *function;
 	const char *format;
 	unsigned int first_lineno, last_lineno;
+	unsigned int class_id;
 };
 
 struct ddebug_iter {
@@ -138,13 +139,13 @@ static void vpr_info_dq(const struct ddebug_query *query, const char *msg)
 			fmtlen--;
 	}
 
-	v3pr_info("%s: func=\"%s\" file=\"%s\" module=\"%s\" format=\"%.*s\" lineno=%u-%u\n",
+	v3pr_info("%s: func=\"%s\" file=\"%s\" module=\"%s\" format=\"%.*s\" lineno=%u-%u class=%u\n",
 		 msg,
 		 query->function ?: "",
 		 query->filename ?: "",
 		 query->module ?: "",
 		 fmtlen, query->format ?: "",
-		 query->first_lineno, query->last_lineno);
+		 query->first_lineno, query->last_lineno, query->class_id);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -174,6 +175,10 @@ static int ddebug_change(const struct ddebug_query *query,
 		for (i = 0; i < dt->num_ddebugs; i++) {
 			struct _ddebug *dp = &dt->ddebugs[i];
 
+			/* match against the class_id, if > 0 */
+			if (query->class_id && query->class_id != dp->class_id)
+				continue;
+
 			/* match against the source filename */
 			if (query->filename &&
 			    !match_wildcard(query->filename, dp->filename) &&
@@ -310,6 +315,22 @@ static inline int parse_lineno(const char *str, unsigned int *val)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+/*
+ * class_id is 0-15. 0 is default, is nonsense in active search
+ */
+static inline int parse_class(struct ddebug_query *query, const char *str)
+{
+	int rc;
+	unsigned int val;
+
+	rc = kstrtouint(str, 10, &val);
+	if (rc < 0 || !val || val > 15) {
+		pr_err("expecting class:[1-15], not %s\n", str);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	query->class_id = val;
+	return 0;
+}
 
 static int parse_linerange(struct ddebug_query *query, const char *first)
 {
@@ -424,6 +445,9 @@ static int ddebug_parse_query(char *words[], int nwords,
 		} else if (!strcmp(keyword, "line")) {
 			if (parse_linerange(query, arg))
 				return -EINVAL;
+		} else if (!strcmp(keyword, "class")) {
+			if (parse_class(query, arg))
+				return -EINVAL;
 		} else {
 			pr_err("unknown keyword \"%s\"\n", keyword);
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -1007,7 +1031,7 @@ static int ddebug_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 		   iter->table->mod_name, dp->function,
 		   ddebug_describe_flags(dp->flags, &flags));
 	seq_escape(m, dp->format, "\t\r\n\"");
-	seq_puts(m, "\"\n");
+	seq_printf(m, "\" cls:%u\n", dp->class_id);
 
 	return 0;
 }
