diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index c46f56e33d40..94c51f2ee133 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@
  * @inode: core vfs
  * @cdev: optional character interface for "device dax"
  * @private: dax driver private data
+ * @holder_data: holder of a dax_device: could be filesystem or mapped device
  * @flags: state and boolean properties
+ * @ops: operations for dax_device
+ * @holder_ops: operations for the inner holder
  */
 struct dax_device {
 	struct inode inode;
 	struct cdev cdev;
 	void *private;
 	struct percpu_rw_semaphore rwsem;
+	void *holder_data;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	const struct dax_operations *ops;
+	const struct dax_holder_operations *holder_ops;
 };
 
 static dev_t dax_devt;
@@ -192,6 +197,29 @@ int dax_zero_page_range(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_zero_page_range);
 
+int dax_holder_notify_failure(struct dax_device *dax_dev, u64 off,
+			      u64 len, int mf_flags)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	dax_read_lock(dax_dev);
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev)) {
+		rc = -ENXIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!dax_dev->holder_ops) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	rc = dax_dev->holder_ops->notify_failure(dax_dev, off, len, mf_flags);
+out:
+	dax_read_unlock(dax_dev);
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_holder_notify_failure);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
 void arch_wb_cache_pmem(void *addr, size_t size);
 void dax_flush(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *addr, size_t size)
@@ -254,6 +282,10 @@ void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 		return;
 	dax_write_lock(dax_dev);
 	clear_bit(DAXDEV_ALIVE, &dax_dev->flags);
+
+	/* clear holder data */
+	dax_dev->holder_ops = NULL;
+	dax_dev->holder_data = NULL;
 	dax_write_unlock(dax_dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_dax);
@@ -401,6 +433,36 @@ void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_dax);
 
+void dax_register_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops)
+{
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
+		return;
+
+	dax_dev->holder_data = holder;
+	dax_dev->holder_ops = ops;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_register_holder);
+
+void dax_unregister_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
+		return;
+
+	dax_dev->holder_data = NULL;
+	dax_dev->holder_ops = NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_unregister_holder);
+
+void *dax_get_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return dax_dev->holder_data;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_get_holder);
+
 /**
  * inode_dax: convert a public inode into its dax_dev
  * @inode: An inode with i_cdev pointing to a dax_dev
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index a146bfb80804..e16a9e0ee857 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ struct dax_operations {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX)
 struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops,
 		unsigned long flags);
+struct dax_holder_operations {
+	/*
+	 * notify_failure - notify memory failure into inner holder device
+	 * @dax_dev: the dax device which contains the holder
+	 * @offset: offset on this dax device where memory failure occurs
+	 * @len: length of this memory failure event
+	 * @flags: action flags for memory failure handler
+	 */
+	int (*notify_failure)(struct dax_device *dax_dev, u64 offset,
+			u64 len, int mf_flags);
+};
+
+void dax_register_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops);
+void dax_unregister_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
+void *dax_get_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void dax_write_cache(struct dax_device *dax_dev, bool wc);
@@ -71,6 +87,17 @@ static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
 }
 #else
+static inline void dax_register_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *holder,
+		const struct dax_holder_operations *ops)
+{
+}
+static inline void dax_unregister_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+}
+static inline void *dax_get_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 static inline struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private,
 		const struct dax_operations *ops, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -209,6 +236,8 @@ size_t dax_copy_to_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,
 		size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 int dax_zero_page_range(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 			size_t nr_pages);
+int dax_holder_notify_failure(struct dax_device *dax_dev, u64 off, u64 len,
+		int mf_flags);
 void dax_flush(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void *addr, size_t size);
 
 ssize_t dax_iomap_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
