diff --git a/drivers/iio/iio_core.h b/drivers/iio/iio_core.h
index 8f4a9b264962..61e318431de9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/iio_core.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/iio_core.h
@@ -68,12 +68,15 @@ __poll_t iio_buffer_poll_wrapper(struct file *filp,
 				 struct poll_table_struct *wait);
 ssize_t iio_buffer_read_wrapper(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 				size_t n, loff_t *f_ps);
+ssize_t iio_buffer_write_wrapper(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
+				 size_t n, loff_t *f_ps);
 
 int iio_buffers_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 void iio_buffers_free_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 
 #define iio_buffer_poll_addr (&iio_buffer_poll_wrapper)
 #define iio_buffer_read_outer_addr (&iio_buffer_read_wrapper)
+#define iio_buffer_write_outer_addr (&iio_buffer_write_wrapper)
 
 void iio_disable_all_buffers(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 void iio_buffer_wakeup_poll(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ void iio_device_detach_buffers(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 
 #define iio_buffer_poll_addr NULL
 #define iio_buffer_read_outer_addr NULL
+#define iio_buffer_write_outer_addr NULL
 
 static inline int iio_buffers_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index a95cc2da56be..73d4451a0572 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -161,6 +161,69 @@ static ssize_t iio_buffer_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static size_t iio_buffer_space_available(struct iio_buffer *buf)
+{
+	if (buf->access->space_available)
+		return buf->access->space_available(buf);
+
+	return SIZE_MAX;
+}
+
+static ssize_t iio_buffer_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
+				size_t n, loff_t *f_ps)
+{
+	struct iio_dev_buffer_pair *ib = filp->private_data;
+	struct iio_buffer *rb = ib->buffer;
+	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = ib->indio_dev;
+	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
+	size_t datum_size;
+	size_t to_wait;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!rb || !rb->access->write)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	datum_size = rb->bytes_per_datum;
+
+	/*
+	 * If datum_size is 0 there will never be anything to read from the
+	 * buffer, so signal end of file now.
+	 */
+	if (!datum_size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
+		to_wait = 0;
+	else
+		to_wait = min_t(size_t, n / datum_size, rb->watermark);
+
+	add_wait_queue(&rb->pollq, &wait);
+	do {
+		if (!indio_dev->info) {
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (iio_buffer_space_available(rb) < to_wait) {
+			if (signal_pending(current)) {
+				ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
+				   MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		ret = rb->access->write(rb, n, buf);
+		if (ret == 0 && (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+	} while (ret == 0);
+	remove_wait_queue(&rb->pollq, &wait);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * iio_buffer_poll() - poll the buffer to find out if it has data
  * @filp:	File structure pointer for device access
@@ -181,8 +244,18 @@ static __poll_t iio_buffer_poll(struct file *filp,
 		return 0;
 
 	poll_wait(filp, &rb->pollq, wait);
-	if (iio_buffer_ready(indio_dev, rb, rb->watermark, 0))
-		return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+
+	switch (rb->direction) {
+	case IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_IN:
+		if (iio_buffer_ready(indio_dev, rb, rb->watermark, 0))
+			return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+		break;
+	case IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_OUT:
+		if (iio_buffer_space_available(rb) >= rb->watermark)
+			return EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
+		break;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -199,6 +272,19 @@ ssize_t iio_buffer_read_wrapper(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 	return iio_buffer_read(filp, buf, n, f_ps);
 }
 
+ssize_t iio_buffer_write_wrapper(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
+				 size_t n, loff_t *f_ps)
+{
+	struct iio_dev_buffer_pair *ib = filp->private_data;
+	struct iio_buffer *rb = ib->buffer;
+
+	/* check if buffer was opened through new API */
+	if (test_bit(IIO_BUSY_BIT_POS, &rb->flags))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	return iio_buffer_write(filp, buf, n, f_ps);
+}
+
 __poll_t iio_buffer_poll_wrapper(struct file *filp,
 				 struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
@@ -231,6 +317,15 @@ void iio_buffer_wakeup_poll(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	}
 }
 
+int iio_buffer_remove_sample(struct iio_buffer *buffer, u8 *data)
+{
+	if (!buffer || !buffer->access || buffer->access->remove_from)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return buffer->access->remove_from(buffer, data);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_buffer_remove_sample);
+
 void iio_buffer_init(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->demux_list);
@@ -807,6 +902,8 @@ static int iio_verify_update(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	}
 
 	if (insert_buffer) {
+		if (insert_buffer->direction == IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_OUT)
+			strict_scanmask = true;
 		bitmap_or(compound_mask, compound_mask,
 			  insert_buffer->scan_mask, indio_dev->masklength);
 		scan_timestamp |= insert_buffer->scan_timestamp;
@@ -948,6 +1045,8 @@ static int iio_update_demux(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(buffer, &iio_dev_opaque->buffer_list, buffer_list) {
+		if (buffer->direction == IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_OUT)
+			continue;
 		ret = iio_buffer_update_demux(indio_dev, buffer);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error_clear_mux_table;
@@ -1159,6 +1258,11 @@ int iio_update_buffers(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	mutex_lock(&iio_dev_opaque->info_exist_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
 
+	if (insert_buffer->direction == IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_OUT) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	if (insert_buffer && iio_buffer_is_active(insert_buffer))
 		insert_buffer = NULL;
 
@@ -1277,6 +1381,22 @@ static ssize_t iio_dma_show_data_available(struct device *dev,
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%zu\n", iio_buffer_data_available(buffer));
 }
 
+static ssize_t direction_show(struct device *dev,
+			      struct device_attribute *attr,
+			      char *buf)
+{
+	struct iio_buffer *buffer = to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->buffer;
+
+	switch (buffer->direction) {
+	case IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_IN:
+		return sprintf(buf, "in\n");
+	case IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_OUT:
+		return sprintf(buf, "out\n");
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
 static DEVICE_ATTR(length, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, iio_buffer_read_length,
 		   iio_buffer_write_length);
 static struct device_attribute dev_attr_length_ro = __ATTR(length,
@@ -1289,12 +1409,20 @@ static struct device_attribute dev_attr_watermark_ro = __ATTR(watermark,
 	S_IRUGO, iio_buffer_show_watermark, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(data_available, S_IRUGO,
 		iio_dma_show_data_available, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(direction);
 
+/**
+ * When adding new attributes here, put the at the end, at least until
+ * the code that handles the lengh/length_ro & watermark/watermark_ro
+ * assignments gets cleaned up. Otherwise these can create some weird
+ * duplicate attributes errors under some setups.
+ */
 static struct attribute *iio_buffer_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_length.attr,
 	&dev_attr_enable.attr,
 	&dev_attr_watermark.attr,
 	&dev_attr_data_available.attr,
+	&dev_attr_direction.attr,
 };
 
 #define to_dev_attr(_attr) container_of(_attr, struct device_attribute, attr)
@@ -1397,6 +1525,7 @@ static const struct file_operations iio_buffer_chrdev_fileops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek = noop_llseek,
 	.read = iio_buffer_read,
+	.write = iio_buffer_write,
 	.poll = iio_buffer_poll,
 	.release = iio_buffer_chrdev_release,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 2dbb37e09b8c..537a08549a69 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1822,6 +1822,7 @@ static const struct file_operations iio_buffer_fileops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek = noop_llseek,
 	.read = iio_buffer_read_outer_addr,
+	.write = iio_buffer_write_outer_addr,
 	.poll = iio_buffer_poll_addr,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = iio_ioctl,
 	.compat_ioctl = compat_ptr_ioctl,
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
index b6928ac5c63d..e87b8773253d 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer.h
@@ -11,8 +11,15 @@
 
 struct iio_buffer;
 
+enum iio_buffer_direction {
+	IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_IN,
+	IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_OUT,
+};
+
 int iio_push_to_buffers(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, const void *data);
 
+int iio_buffer_remove_sample(struct iio_buffer *buffer, u8 *data);
+
 /**
  * iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp() - push data and timestamp to buffers
  * @indio_dev:		iio_dev structure for device.
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
index 245b32918ae1..8a44c5321e19 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER
 
 #include <uapi/linux/iio/buffer.h>
+#include <linux/iio/buffer.h>
 
 struct iio_dev;
 struct iio_buffer;
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ struct iio_buffer;
  * @read:		try to get a specified number of bytes (must exist)
  * @data_available:	indicates how much data is available for reading from
  *			the buffer.
+ * @remove_from:	remove sample from buffer. Drivers should calls this to
+ *			remove a sample from a buffer.
+ * @write:		try to write a number of bytes
+ * @space_available:	returns the amount of bytes available in a buffer
  * @request_update:	if a parameter change has been marked, update underlying
  *			storage.
  * @set_bytes_per_datum:set number of bytes per datum
@@ -49,6 +54,9 @@ struct iio_buffer_access_funcs {
 	int (*store_to)(struct iio_buffer *buffer, const void *data);
 	int (*read)(struct iio_buffer *buffer, size_t n, char __user *buf);
 	size_t (*data_available)(struct iio_buffer *buffer);
+	int (*remove_from)(struct iio_buffer *buffer, void *data);
+	int (*write)(struct iio_buffer *buffer, size_t n, const char __user *buf);
+	size_t (*space_available)(struct iio_buffer *buffer);
 
 	int (*request_update)(struct iio_buffer *buffer);
 
@@ -80,6 +88,9 @@ struct iio_buffer {
 	/**  @bytes_per_datum: Size of individual datum including timestamp. */
 	size_t bytes_per_datum;
 
+	/* @direction: Direction of the data stream (in/out). */
+	enum iio_buffer_direction direction;
+
 	/**
 	 * @access: Buffer access functions associated with the
 	 * implementation.
