diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile
index 589921392cb1..989bb5dad2c8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += kvm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += hyp/
 
 kvm-y := $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o \
-	 $(KVM)/vfio.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o \
+	 $(KVM)/vfio.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/binary_stats.o \
 	 arm.o mmu.o mmio.o psci.o perf.o hypercalls.o pvtime.o \
 	 inject_fault.o va_layout.o handle_exit.o \
 	 guest.o debug.o reset.o sys_regs.o \
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/Makefile b/arch/mips/kvm/Makefile
index 30cc060857c7..c67250a956b8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for KVM support for MIPS
 #
 
-common-objs-y = $(addprefix ../../../virt/kvm/, kvm_main.o coalesced_mmio.o eventfd.o)
+common-objs-y = $(addprefix ../../../virt/kvm/, kvm_main.o coalesced_mmio.o eventfd.o binary_stats.o)
 
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Ivirt/kvm -Iarch/mips/kvm
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Makefile
index 2bfeaa13befb..b347d043b932 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ccflags-y := -Ivirt/kvm -Iarch/powerpc/kvm
 KVM := ../../../virt/kvm
 
-common-objs-y = $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o
+common-objs-y = $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o $(KVM)/binary_stats.o
 common-objs-$(CONFIG_KVM_VFIO) += $(KVM)/vfio.o
 common-objs-$(CONFIG_KVM_MMIO) += $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
index 12decca22e7c..b3aaadc60ead 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 # Copyright IBM Corp. 2008
 
 KVM := ../../../virt/kvm
-common-objs = $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o  $(KVM)/async_pf.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/vfio.o
+common-objs = $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o  $(KVM)/async_pf.o \
+	      $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/vfio.o $(KVM)/binary_stats.o
 
 ccflags-y := -Ivirt/kvm -Iarch/s390/kvm
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
index 83331376b779..75dfd27b6e8a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KVM := ../../../virt/kvm
 
 kvm-y			+= $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o \
 				$(KVM)/eventfd.o $(KVM)/irqchip.o $(KVM)/vfio.o \
-				$(KVM)/dirty_ring.o
+				$(KVM)/dirty_ring.o $(KVM)/binary_stats.o
 kvm-$(CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF)	+= $(KVM)/async_pf.o
 
 kvm-y			+= x86.o emulate.o i8259.o irq.o lapic.o \
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 5a31e0696360..2f0d12064ae7 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1272,6 +1272,12 @@ struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item {
 	int mode;
 };
 
+#define KVM_STATS_NAME_LEN	48
+struct _kvm_stats_desc {
+	struct kvm_stats_desc desc;
+	char name[KVM_STATS_NAME_LEN];
+};
+
 #define KVM_DBGFS_GET_MODE(dbgfs_item)                                         \
 	((dbgfs_item)->mode ? (dbgfs_item)->mode : 0644)
 
@@ -1285,8 +1291,147 @@ struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item {
 	{ n, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, stat.generic.x),			       \
 	  KVM_STAT_VCPU, ## __VA_ARGS__ }
 
+#define STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp)			       \
+	.flags = type | unit | base |					       \
+	    BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(type & ~KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK) |		       \
+	    BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(unit & ~KVM_STATS_UNIT_MASK) |		       \
+	    BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(base & ~KVM_STATS_BASE_MASK),		       \
+	.exponent = exp,						       \
+	.size = 1
+
+#define VM_GENERIC_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp)		       \
+	{								       \
+		{							       \
+			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp),	       \
+			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vm_stat, generic.stat)   \
+		},							       \
+		.name = #stat,						       \
+	}
+#define VCPU_GENERIC_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp)		       \
+	{								       \
+		{							       \
+			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp),	       \
+			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_stat, generic.stat) \
+		},							       \
+		.name = #stat,						       \
+	}
+#define VM_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp)			       \
+	{								       \
+		{							       \
+			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp),	       \
+			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vm_stat, stat)	       \
+		},							       \
+		.name = #stat,						       \
+	}
+#define VCPU_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp)			       \
+	{								       \
+		{							       \
+			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp),	       \
+			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_stat, stat)	       \
+		},							       \
+		.name = #stat,						       \
+	}
+/* SCOPE: VM, VM_GENERIC, VCPU, VCPU_GENERIC */
+#define STATS_DESC(SCOPE, stat, type, unit, base, exp)			       \
+	SCOPE##_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp)
+
+#define STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, unit, base, exponent)	       \
+	STATS_DESC(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE,		       \
+		      unit, base, exponent)
+#define STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, unit, base, exponent)		       \
+	STATS_DESC(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_TYPE_INSTANT, unit, base, exponent)  \
+
+/* Cumulative counter */
+#define STATS_DESC_COUNTER(SCOPE, name)					       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, 0)
+/* Instantaneous counter */
+#define STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, 0)
+
+/* Cumulative clock cycles */
+#define STATS_DESC_CYCLE(SCOPE, name)					       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, 0)
+/* Instantaneous clock cycles */
+#define STATS_DESC_ICYCLE(SCOPE, name)					       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, 0)
+
+/* Cumulative memory size in Byte */
+#define STATS_DESC_SIZE_BYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 0)
+/* Cumulative memory size in KiByte */
+#define STATS_DESC_SIZE_KBYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 10)
+/* Cumulative memory size in MiByte */
+#define STATS_DESC_SIZE_MBYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 20)
+/* Cumulative memory size in GiByte */
+#define STATS_DESC_SIZE_GBYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 30)
+
+/* Instantaneous memory size in Byte */
+#define STATS_DESC_ISIZE_BYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 0)
+/* Instantaneous memory size in KiByte */
+#define STATS_DESC_ISIZE_KBYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 10)
+/* Instantaneous memory size in MiByte */
+#define STATS_DESC_ISIZE_MBYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 20)
+/* Instantaneous memory size in GiByte */
+#define STATS_DESC_ISIZE_GBYTE(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2, 30)
+
+/* Cumulative time in second */
+#define STATS_DESC_TIME_SEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, 0)
+/* Cumulative time in millisecond */
+#define STATS_DESC_TIME_MSEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, -3)
+/* Cumulative time in microsecond */
+#define STATS_DESC_TIME_USEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, -6)
+/* Cumulative time in nanosecond */
+#define STATS_DESC_TIME_NSEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_CUMULATIVE(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,	       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, -9)
+
+/* Instantaneous time in second */
+#define STATS_DESC_ITIME_SEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, 0)
+/* Instantaneous time in millisecond */
+#define STATS_DESC_ITIME_MSEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, -3)
+/* Instantaneous time in microsecond */
+#define STATS_DESC_ITIME_USEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, -6)
+/* Instantaneous time in nanosecond */
+#define STATS_DESC_ITIME_NSEC(SCOPE, name)				       \
+	STATS_DESC_INSTANT(SCOPE, name, KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS,		       \
+		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10, -9)
+
 extern struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item debugfs_entries[];
 extern struct dentry *kvm_debugfs_dir;
+ssize_t kvm_stats_read(char *id, struct kvm_stats_header *header,
+		struct _kvm_stats_desc *desc, void *stats, size_t size_stats,
+		char __user *user_buffer, size_t size, loff_t *offset);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER) && defined(KVM_ARCH_WANT_MMU_NOTIFIER)
 static inline int mmu_notifier_retry(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long mmu_seq)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 9febe1412f7a..ab73e905105c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
 #define KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENFORCE_CPUID 199
 #define KVM_CAP_SREGS2 200
 #define KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL 201
+#define KVM_CAP_BINARY_STATS_FD 202
 
 #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
 
@@ -1905,4 +1906,45 @@ struct kvm_dirty_gfn {
 #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF             (1 << 0)
 #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT            (1 << 1)
 
+#define KVM_STATS_ID_MAXLEN		64
+
+struct kvm_stats_header {
+	__u32 name_size;
+	__u32 count;
+	__u32 desc_offset;
+	__u32 data_offset;
+	char id[];
+};
+
+#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT		0
+#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK		(0xF << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE	(0x0 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_INSTANT		(0x1 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MAX		KVM_STATS_TYPE_INSTANT
+
+#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT		4
+#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_MASK		(0xF << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE		(0x0 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES		(0x1 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS		(0x2 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES		(0x3 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_MAX		KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES
+
+#define KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT		8
+#define KVM_STATS_BASE_MASK		(0xF << KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10		(0x0 << KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2		(0x1 << KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT)
+#define KVM_STATS_BASE_MAX		KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2
+
+struct kvm_stats_desc {
+	__u32 flags;
+	__s16 exponent;
+	__u16 size;
+	__u32 offset;
+	__u32 unused;
+	char name[];
+};
+
+#define KVM_GET_STATS_FD  _IO(KVMIO,  0xce)
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_KVM_H */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c b/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1517e91d295b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * KVM binary statistics interface implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
+#include <linux/kvm.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+/*
+ * Common vm/vcpu stats read function to userspace.
+ * @id: identification string of the stats
+ * @header: stats header for a vm or a vcpu
+ * @desc: start address of an array of stats descriptors for a vm or a vcpu
+ * @stats: start address of stats data block for a vm or a vcpu
+ * @size_stats: the size of stats data block pointed by @stats
+ * @user_buffer: start address of userspace buffer
+ * @size: requested read size from userspace
+ * @offset: the start position from which the content will be read for the
+ *          corresponding vm or vcp file descriptor
+ *
+ * The file content of a vm/vcpu file descriptor is now defined as below:
+ * +-------------+
+ * |   Header    |
+ * +-------------+
+ * | Descriptors |
+ * +-------------+
+ * | Stats Data  |
+ * +-------------+
+ * Although this function allows userspace to read any amount of data (as long
+ * as in the limit) from any position, the typical usage would follow below
+ * steps:
+ * 1. Read header from offset 0. Get the offset of descriptors and stats data
+ *    and some other necessary information. This is a one-time work for the
+ *    lifecycle of the corresponding vm/vcpu stats fd.
+ * 2. Read descriptors from its offset and discover all the stats by parsing
+ *    descriptors. This is a one-time work for the lifecycle of the
+ *    corresponding vm/vcpu stats fd.
+ * 3. Periodically read stats data from its offset.
+ */
+ssize_t kvm_stats_read(char *id, struct kvm_stats_header *header,
+		struct _kvm_stats_desc *desc, void *stats, size_t size_stats,
+		char __user *user_buffer, size_t size, loff_t *offset)
+{
+	ssize_t len;
+	ssize_t copylen;
+	ssize_t remain = size;
+	size_t size_desc;
+	size_t size_header;
+	void *src;
+	loff_t pos = *offset;
+	char __user *dest = user_buffer;
+
+	size_header = sizeof(*header);
+	size_desc = header->count * sizeof(*desc);
+
+	len = KVM_STATS_ID_MAXLEN + size_header + size_desc + size_stats - pos;
+	len = min(len, remain);
+	if (len <= 0)
+		return 0;
+	remain = len;
+
+	/* Copy kvm stats header.
+	 * The header is the first block of content userspace usually read out.
+	 * The pos is 0 and the copylen and remain would be the size of header.
+	 * The copy of the header would be skipped if offset is larger than the
+	 * size of header. That usually happens when userspace reads stats
+	 * descriptors and stats data.
+	 */
+	copylen = size_header - pos;
+	copylen = min(copylen, remain);
+	if (copylen > 0) {
+		src = (void *)header + pos;
+		if (copy_to_user(dest, src, copylen))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		remain -= copylen;
+		pos += copylen;
+		dest += copylen;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy kvm stats header id string.
+	 * The id string is unique for every vm/vcpu, which is stored in kvm
+	 * and kvm_vcpu structure.
+	 */
+	copylen = size_header + KVM_STATS_ID_MAXLEN - pos;
+	copylen = min(copylen, remain);
+	if (copylen > 0) {
+		src = id + pos - size_header;
+		if (copy_to_user(dest, src, copylen))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		remain -= copylen;
+		pos += copylen;
+		dest += copylen;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy kvm stats descriptors.
+	 * The descriptors copy would be skipped in the typical case that
+	 * userspace periodically read stats data, since the pos would be
+	 * greater than the end address of descriptors
+	 * (header->header.desc_offset + size_desc) causing copylen <= 0.
+	 */
+	copylen = header->desc_offset + size_desc - pos;
+	copylen = min(copylen, remain);
+	if (copylen > 0) {
+		src = (void *)desc + pos - header->desc_offset;
+		if (copy_to_user(dest, src, copylen))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		remain -= copylen;
+		pos += copylen;
+		dest += copylen;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy kvm stats values */
+	copylen = header->data_offset + size_stats - pos;
+	copylen = min(copylen, remain);
+	if (copylen > 0) {
+		src = stats + pos - header->data_offset;
+		if (copy_to_user(dest, src, copylen))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		remain -= copylen;
+		pos += copylen;
+		dest += copylen;
+	}
+
+	*offset = pos;
+	return len;
+}
