diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7ad507f49324..8939a48b2d99 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8658,6 +8658,7 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	fs/notify/fanotify/
 F:	include/linux/fanotify.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h
+F:	samples/fanotify/
 
 FARADAY FOTG210 USB2 DUAL-ROLE CONTROLLER
 M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index b288d9991d27..b0d3dff48bb0 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -149,15 +149,33 @@ config SAMPLE_CONNECTOR
 	  with it.
 	  See also Documentation/driver-api/connector.rst
 
+config SAMPLE_FANOTIFY
+	bool "Build fanotify monitoring sample"
+	depends on FANOTIFY && CC_CAN_LINK && HEADERS_INSTALL
+	help
+	  When enabled, this builds samples for fanotify.
+	  There multiple samples for fanotify. Please see the
+	  following configs for more details of these
+	  samples.
+
 config SAMPLE_FANOTIFY_ERROR
 	bool "Build fanotify error monitoring sample"
-	depends on FANOTIFY && CC_CAN_LINK && HEADERS_INSTALL
+	depends on SAMPLE_FANOTIFY
 	help
 	  When enabled, this builds an example code that uses the
 	  FAN_FS_ERROR fanotify mechanism to monitor filesystem
 	  errors.
 	  See also Documentation/admin-guide/filesystem-monitoring.rst.
 
+config SAMPLE_FANOTIFY_FASTPATH
+	tristate "Build fanotify fastpath sample"
+	depends on SAMPLE_FANOTIFY && m
+	help
+	  When enabled, this builds kernel module that contains a
+	  fanotify fastpath handler.
+	  The fastpath handler filters out certain filename
+	  prefixes for the fanotify user.
+
 config SAMPLE_HIDRAW
 	bool "hidraw sample"
 	depends on CC_CAN_LINK && HEADERS_INSTALL
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index b85fa64390c5..108360972626 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS) += binderfs
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CGROUP) += cgroup
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONFIGFS)		+= configfs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONNECTOR)		+= connector/
-obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FANOTIFY_ERROR)	+= fanotify/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FANOTIFY)		+= fanotify/
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HIDRAW)		+= hidraw
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HW_BREAKPOINT)	+= hw_breakpoint/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB)		+= kdb/
diff --git a/samples/fanotify/.gitignore b/samples/fanotify/.gitignore
index d74593e8b2de..306e1ddec4e0 100644
--- a/samples/fanotify/.gitignore
+++ b/samples/fanotify/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 fs-monitor
+fastpath-user
diff --git a/samples/fanotify/Makefile b/samples/fanotify/Makefile
index e20db1bdde3b..f5bbd7380104 100644
--- a/samples/fanotify/Makefile
+++ b/samples/fanotify/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-userprogs-always-y += fs-monitor
+userprogs-always-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FANOTIFY_ERROR) += fs-monitor
 
 userccflags += -I usr/include -Wall
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FANOTIFY_FASTPATH) += fastpath-mod.o
+
+userprogs-always-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_FANOTIFY_FASTPATH) += fastpath-user
diff --git a/samples/fanotify/fastpath-mod.c b/samples/fanotify/fastpath-mod.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06c4b42ff114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/fanotify/fastpath-mod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
+#include <linux/fanotify.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+struct prefix_item {
+	const char *prefix;
+	struct list_head list;
+};
+
+struct sample_fp_data {
+	/*
+	 * str_table contains all the prefixes to ignore. For example,
+	 * "prefix1\0prefix2\0prefix3"
+	 */
+	char *str_table;
+
+	/* item->prefix points to different prefixes in the str_table. */
+	struct list_head item_list;
+};
+
+static int sample_fp_handler(struct fsnotify_group *group,
+			     struct fanotify_fastpath_hook *fp_hook,
+			     struct fanotify_fastpath_event *fp_event)
+{
+	const struct qstr *file_name = fp_event->file_name;
+	struct sample_fp_data *fp_data;
+	struct prefix_item *item;
+
+	if (!file_name)
+		return FAN_FP_RET_SEND_TO_USERSPACE;
+	fp_data = fp_hook->data;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(item, &fp_data->item_list, list) {
+		if (strstr(file_name->name, item->prefix) == (char *)file_name->name)
+			return FAN_FP_RET_SKIP_EVENT;
+	}
+
+	return FAN_FP_RET_SEND_TO_USERSPACE;
+}
+
+static int add_item(struct sample_fp_data *fp_data, const char *prev)
+{
+	struct prefix_item *item;
+
+	item = kzalloc(sizeof(*item), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!item)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	item->prefix = prev;
+	list_add_tail(&item->list, &fp_data->item_list);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void free_sample_fp_data(struct sample_fp_data *fp_data)
+{
+	struct prefix_item *item, *tmp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(item, tmp, &fp_data->item_list, list) {
+		list_del_init(&item->list);
+		kfree(item);
+	}
+	kfree(fp_data->str_table);
+	kfree(fp_data);
+}
+
+static int sample_fp_init(struct fanotify_fastpath_hook *fp_hook, const char *args)
+{
+	struct sample_fp_data *fp_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sample_fp_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	char *p, *prev;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!fp_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Make a copy of the list of prefix to ignore */
+	fp_data->str_table = kstrndup(args, FAN_FP_ARGS_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!fp_data->str_table) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp_data->item_list);
+	prev = fp_data->str_table;
+	p = fp_data->str_table;
+
+	/* Update the list replace ',' with '\n'*/
+	while ((p = strchr(p, ',')) != NULL) {
+		*p = '\0';
+		ret = add_item(fp_data, prev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_out;
+		p = p + 1;
+		prev = p;
+	}
+
+	ret = add_item(fp_data, prev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	fp_hook->data = fp_data;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out:
+	free_sample_fp_data(fp_data);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void sample_fp_free(struct fanotify_fastpath_hook *fp_hook)
+{
+	free_sample_fp_data(fp_hook->data);
+}
+
+static struct fanotify_fastpath_ops fan_fp_ignore_a_ops = {
+	.fp_handler = sample_fp_handler,
+	.fp_init = sample_fp_init,
+	.fp_free = sample_fp_free,
+	.name = "ignore-prefix",
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+static int __init fanotify_fastpath_sample_init(void)
+{
+	return fanotify_fastpath_register(&fan_fp_ignore_a_ops);
+}
+static void __exit fanotify_fastpath_sample_exit(void)
+{
+	fanotify_fastpath_unregister(&fan_fp_ignore_a_ops);
+}
+
+module_init(fanotify_fastpath_sample_init);
+module_exit(fanotify_fastpath_sample_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Song Liu");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Example fanotify fastpath handler");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/samples/fanotify/fastpath-user.c b/samples/fanotify/fastpath-user.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f301c4e0d21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/fanotify/fastpath-user.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <err.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/fanotify.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+static int total_event_cnt;
+
+static void handle_notifications(char *buffer, int len)
+{
+	struct fanotify_event_metadata *event =
+		(struct fanotify_event_metadata *) buffer;
+	struct fanotify_event_info_header *info;
+	struct fanotify_event_info_fid *fid;
+	struct file_handle *handle;
+	char *name;
+	int off;
+
+	for (; FAN_EVENT_OK(event, len); event = FAN_EVENT_NEXT(event, len)) {
+		for (off = sizeof(*event) ; off < event->event_len;
+		     off += info->len) {
+			info = (struct fanotify_event_info_header *)
+				((char *) event + off);
+			switch (info->info_type) {
+			case FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_DFID_NAME:
+				fid = (struct fanotify_event_info_fid *) info;
+				handle = (struct file_handle *)&fid->handle;
+				name = (char *)handle + sizeof(*handle) + handle->handle_bytes;
+
+				printf("Accessing file %s\n", name);
+				total_event_cnt++;
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct fanotify_fastpath_args args = {
+		.name = "ignore-prefix",
+		.version = 1,
+		.flags = 0,
+	};
+	char buffer[BUFSIZ];
+	int fd;
+
+	if (argc < 3) {
+		printf("Usage\n"
+		       "\t %s <path to monitor> <prefix to ignore>\n",
+			argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	args.init_args = (__u64)argv[2];
+	args.init_args_len = strlen(argv[2]) + 1;
+
+	fd = fanotify_init(FAN_CLASS_NOTIF | FAN_REPORT_NAME | FAN_REPORT_DIR_FID, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		errx(1, "fanotify_init");
+
+	if (fanotify_mark(fd, FAN_MARK_ADD,
+			  FAN_OPEN | FAN_ONDIR | FAN_EVENT_ON_CHILD,
+			  AT_FDCWD, argv[1])) {
+		errx(1, "fanotify_mark");
+	}
+
+	if (ioctl(fd, FAN_IOC_ADD_FP, &args))
+		errx(1, "ioctl");
+
+	while (total_event_cnt < 10) {
+		int n = read(fd, buffer, BUFSIZ);
+
+		if (n < 0)
+			errx(1, "read");
+
+		handle_notifications(buffer, n);
+	}
+
+	ioctl(fd, FAN_IOC_DEL_FP);
+	close(fd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
