diff --git a/Documentation/watch_queue.rst b/Documentation/watch_queue.rst
index 6fb3aa3356d3..393905b904c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/watch_queue.rst
+++ b/Documentation/watch_queue.rst
@@ -276,6 +276,25 @@ The ``id`` is the ID of the source object (such as the serial number on a key).
 Only watches that have the same ID set in them will see this notification.
 
 
+Global Device Watch List
+========================
+
+There is a global watch list that hardware generated events, such as device
+connection, disconnection, failure and error can be posted upon.  It must be
+enabled using::
+
+	CONFIG_DEVICE_NOTIFICATIONS
+
+Watchpoints are set in userspace using the device_notify(2) system call.
+Within the kernel events are posted upon it using::
+
+	void post_device_notification(struct watch_notification *n, u64 id);
+
+where ``n`` is the formatted notification record to post.  ``id`` is an
+identifier that can be used to direct to specific watches, but it should be 0
+for general use on this queue.
+
+
 Watch Sources
 =============
 
@@ -291,7 +310,8 @@ Any particular buffer can be fed from multiple sources.  Sources include:
   * WATCH_TYPE_BLOCK_NOTIFY
 
     Notifications of this type indicate block layer events, such as I/O errors
-    or temporary link loss.  Watches of this type are set on a global queue.
+    or temporary link loss.  Watches of this type are set on the global device
+    watch list.
 
 
 Event Filtering
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 9e7704e44f6d..a3963f0434dc 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -473,3 +473,4 @@
 541	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 542	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 543	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+544	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
index aaf479a9e92d..af255f13c99b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
@@ -447,3 +447,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e01df3f2f80d..7bb8ae23df85 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -354,3 +354,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 7e3d0734b2f3..631d760a3f9a 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -433,3 +433,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 26339e417695..43442dab1720 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -439,3 +439,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
index 0e2dd68ade57..d3b79b12a781 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
@@ -372,3 +372,4 @@
 431	n32	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	n32	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	n32	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	n32	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
index 5eebfa0d155c..fd4886825ae9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
@@ -348,3 +348,4 @@
 431	n64	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	n64	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	n64	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	n64	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
index 3cc1374e02d0..9c47ba4a225c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
@@ -421,3 +421,4 @@
 431	o32	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	o32	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	o32	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	o32	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index c9e377d59232..3bf52203d272 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -430,3 +430,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 103655d84b4b..2d2fc51a151f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -515,3 +515,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e822b2964a83..a7f13f3ff40c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -436,3 +436,4 @@
 431  common	fsconfig		sys_fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432  common	fsmount			sys_fsmount			sys_fsmount
 433  common	fspick			sys_fspick			sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices		sys_watch_devices		sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 016a727d4357..54dd7f912148 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -436,3 +436,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e047480b1605..519c96cc6fec 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -479,3 +479,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index ad968b7bac72..75f92c016e3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -438,3 +438,4 @@
 431	i386	fsconfig		sys_fsconfig			__ia32_sys_fsconfig
 432	i386	fsmount			sys_fsmount			__ia32_sys_fsmount
 433	i386	fspick			sys_fspick			__ia32_sys_fspick
+434	i386	watch_devices		sys_watch_devices		__ia32_sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index b4e6f9e6204a..76975ce78206 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
 431	common	fsconfig		__x64_sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount			__x64_sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick			__x64_sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices		__x64_sys_watch_devices
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 5fa0ee1c8e00..fe726bbeb6e4 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -404,3 +404,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+434	common	watch_devices			sys_watch_devices
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index dc404492381d..63db34efb23b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 menu "Generic Driver Options"
 
+config DEVICE_NOTIFICATIONS
+	bool "Provide device event notifications"
+	select WATCH_QUEUE
+	help
+	  This option provides support for getting hardware event notifications
+	  on devices, buses and interfaces.  This makes use of the
+	  /dev/watch_queue misc device to handle the notification buffer.
+	  device_notify(2) is used to set/remove watches.
+
 config UEVENT_HELPER
 	bool "Support for uevent helper"
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 157452080f3d..4db2e8f1a1f4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ obj-y			:= component.o core.o bus.o dd.o syscore.o \
 			   attribute_container.o transport_class.o \
 			   topology.o container.o property.o cacheinfo.o \
 			   devcon.o swnode.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEVICE_NOTIFICATIONS) += watch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)	+= devtmpfs.o
 obj-y			+= power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_BUS_API)	+= isa.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/watch.c b/drivers/base/watch.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00336607dc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/watch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Event notifications.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ */
+
+#include <linux/watch_queue.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/init_task.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+
+/*
+ * Global queue for watching for device layer events.
+ */
+static struct watch_list device_watchers = {
+	.watchers	= HLIST_HEAD_INIT,
+	.lock		= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(&device_watchers.lock),
+};
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(device_watchers_lock);
+
+/**
+ * post_device_notification - Post notification of a device event
+ * @n - The notification to post
+ * @id - The device ID
+ *
+ * Note that there's only a global queue to which all events are posted.  Might
+ * want to provide per-dev queues also.
+ */
+void post_device_notification(struct watch_notification *n, u64 id)
+{
+	post_watch_notification(&device_watchers, n, &init_cred, id);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sys_watch_devices - Watch for device events.
+ * @watch_fd: The watch queue to send notifications to.
+ * @watch_id: The watch ID to be placed in the notification (-1 to remove watch)
+ * @flags: Flags (reserved for future)
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(watch_devices, int, watch_fd, int, watch_id, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	struct watch_queue *wqueue;
+	struct watch_list *wlist = &device_watchers;
+	struct watch *watch;
+	long ret = -ENOMEM;
+	u64 id = 0; /* Might want to allow dev# here. */
+
+	if (watch_id < -1 || watch_id > 0xff || flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	wqueue = get_watch_queue(watch_fd);
+	if (IS_ERR(wqueue)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(wqueue);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (watch_id >= 0) {
+		watch = kzalloc(sizeof(*watch), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!watch)
+			goto err_wqueue;
+
+		init_watch(watch, wqueue);
+		watch->id	= id;
+		watch->info_id	= (u32)watch_id << WATCH_INFO_ID__SHIFT;
+
+		ret = security_watch_devices(watch);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto err_watch;
+
+		spin_lock(&device_watchers_lock);
+		ret = add_watch_to_object(watch, wlist);
+		spin_unlock(&device_watchers_lock);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			watch = NULL;
+	} else {
+		spin_lock(&device_watchers_lock);
+		ret = remove_watch_from_object(wlist, wqueue, id, false);
+		spin_unlock(&device_watchers_lock);
+	}
+
+err_watch:
+	kfree(watch);
+err_wqueue:
+	put_watch_queue(wqueue);
+err:
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index e85264fb6616..c947c078b1be 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/uidgid.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/overflow.h>
+#include <linux/watch_queue.h>
 #include <asm/device.h>
 
 struct device;
@@ -1396,6 +1397,12 @@ struct device_link *device_link_add(struct device *consumer,
 void device_link_del(struct device_link *link);
 void device_link_remove(void *consumer, struct device *supplier);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEVICE_NOTIFICATIONS
+extern void post_device_notification(struct watch_notification *n, u64 id);
+#else
+static inline void post_device_notification(struct watch_notification *n, u64 id) {}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef dev_fmt
 #define dev_fmt(fmt) fmt
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index e2870fe1be5b..abb5c8c3cd4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -997,6 +997,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fspick(int dfd, const char __user *path, unsigned int flags)
 asmlinkage long sys_pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig,
 				       siginfo_t __user *info,
 				       unsigned int flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_watch_devices(int watch_fd, int watch_id, unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * Architecture-specific system calls
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index a87904daf103..7477925e96ea 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -844,9 +844,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_fsconfig, sys_fsconfig)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fsmount, sys_fsmount)
 #define __NR_fspick 433
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fspick, sys_fspick)
+#define __NR_watch_devices 434
+__SYSCALL(__NR_watch_devices, sys_watch_devices)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 434
+#define __NR_syscalls 435
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 4d9ae5ea6caf..b2fe8b2c1107 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(io_pgetevents);
 COND_SYSCALL(io_uring_setup);
 COND_SYSCALL(io_uring_enter);
 COND_SYSCALL(io_uring_register);
+COND_SYSCALL(watch_devices);
 
 /* fs/xattr.c */
 
