static DEFINE_IDR(nbd_index_idr);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(nbd_index_mutex);
+static int nbd_total_devices = 0;
 
 struct nbd_sock {
        struct socket *sock;
 static void nbd_dev_dbg_close(struct nbd_device *nbd);
 static void nbd_config_put(struct nbd_device *nbd);
 static void nbd_connect_reply(struct genl_info *info, int index);
+static int nbd_genl_status(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
 static void nbd_dead_link_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
 static inline struct device *nbd_to_dev(struct nbd_device *nbd)
        sprintf(disk->disk_name, "nbd%d", index);
        nbd_reset(nbd);
        add_disk(disk);
+       nbd_total_devices++;
        return index;
 
 out_free_tags:
        [NBD_ATTR_CLIENT_FLAGS]         =       { .type = NLA_U64 },
        [NBD_ATTR_SOCKETS]              =       { .type = NLA_NESTED},
        [NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT]    =       { .type = NLA_U64 },
+       [NBD_ATTR_DEVICE_LIST]          =       { .type = NLA_NESTED},
 };
 
 static struct nla_policy nbd_sock_policy[NBD_SOCK_MAX + 1] = {
        [NBD_SOCK_FD]                   =       { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
+/* We don't use this right now since we don't parse the incoming list, but we
+ * still want it here so userspace knows what to expect.
+ */
+static struct nla_policy __attribute__((unused))
+nbd_device_policy[NBD_DEVICE_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
+       [NBD_DEVICE_INDEX]              =       { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [NBD_DEVICE_CONNECTED]          =       { .type = NLA_U8 },
+};
+
 static int nbd_genl_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
        struct nbd_device *nbd = NULL;
                .policy = nbd_attr_policy,
                .doit   = nbd_genl_reconfigure,
        },
+       {
+               .cmd    = NBD_CMD_STATUS,
+               .policy = nbd_attr_policy,
+               .doit   = nbd_genl_status,
+       },
 };
 
 static const struct genl_multicast_group nbd_mcast_grps[] = {
        .n_mcgrps       = ARRAY_SIZE(nbd_mcast_grps),
 };
 
+static int populate_nbd_status(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct sk_buff *reply)
+{
+       struct nlattr *dev_opt;
+       u8 connected = 0;
+       int ret;
+
+       /* This is a little racey, but for status it's ok.  The
+        * reason we don't take a ref here is because we can't
+        * take a ref in the index == -1 case as we would need
+        * to put under the nbd_index_mutex, which could
+        * deadlock if we are configured to remove ourselves
+        * once we're disconnected.
+        */
+       if (refcount_read(&nbd->config_refs))
+               connected = 1;
+       dev_opt = nla_nest_start(reply, NBD_DEVICE_ITEM);
+       if (!dev_opt)
+               return -EMSGSIZE;
+       ret = nla_put_u32(reply, NBD_DEVICE_INDEX, nbd->index);
+       if (ret)
+               return -EMSGSIZE;
+       ret = nla_put_u8(reply, NBD_DEVICE_CONNECTED,
+                        connected);
+       if (ret)
+               return -EMSGSIZE;
+       nla_nest_end(reply, dev_opt);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int status_cb(int id, void *ptr, void *data)
+{
+       struct nbd_device *nbd = ptr;
+       return populate_nbd_status(nbd, (struct sk_buff *)data);
+}
+
+static int nbd_genl_status(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+       struct nlattr *dev_list;
+       struct sk_buff *reply;
+       void *reply_head;
+       size_t msg_size;
+       int index = -1;
+       int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+       if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_INDEX])
+               index = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_INDEX]);
+
+       mutex_lock(&nbd_index_mutex);
+
+       msg_size = nla_total_size(nla_attr_size(sizeof(u32)) +
+                                 nla_attr_size(sizeof(u8)));
+       msg_size *= (index == -1) ? nbd_total_devices : 1;
+
+       reply = genlmsg_new(msg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!reply)
+               goto out;
+       reply_head = genlmsg_put_reply(reply, info, &nbd_genl_family, 0,
+                                      NBD_CMD_STATUS);
+       if (!reply_head) {
+               nlmsg_free(reply);
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       dev_list = nla_nest_start(reply, NBD_ATTR_DEVICE_LIST);
+       if (index == -1) {
+               ret = idr_for_each(&nbd_index_idr, &status_cb, reply);
+               if (ret) {
+                       nlmsg_free(reply);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+       } else {
+               struct nbd_device *nbd;
+               nbd = idr_find(&nbd_index_idr, index);
+               if (nbd) {
+                       ret = populate_nbd_status(nbd, reply);
+                       if (ret) {
+                               nlmsg_free(reply);
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+       nla_nest_end(reply, dev_list);
+       genlmsg_end(reply, reply_head);
+       genlmsg_reply(reply, info);
+       ret = 0;
+out:
+       mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static void nbd_connect_reply(struct genl_info *info, int index)
 {
        struct sk_buff *skb;