*     planes. Without this property the primary plane is always below the cursor
  *     plane, and ordering between all other planes is undefined.
  *
+ * pixel blend mode:
+ *     Pixel blend mode is set up with drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property().
+ *     It adds a blend mode for alpha blending equation selection, describing
+ *     how the pixels from the current plane are composited with the
+ *     background.
+ *
+ *      Three alpha blending equations are defined:
+ *
+ *      "None":
+ *              Blend formula that ignores the pixel alpha::
+ *
+ *                      out.rgb = plane_alpha * fg.rgb +
+ *                              (1 - plane_alpha) * bg.rgb
+ *
+ *      "Pre-multiplied":
+ *              Blend formula that assumes the pixel color values
+ *              have been already pre-multiplied with the alpha
+ *              channel values::
+ *
+ *                      out.rgb = plane_alpha * fg.rgb +
+ *                              (1 - (plane_alpha * fg.alpha)) * bg.rgb
+ *
+ *      "Coverage":
+ *              Blend formula that assumes the pixel color values have not
+ *              been pre-multiplied and will do so when blending them to the
+ *              background color values::
+ *
+ *                      out.rgb = plane_alpha * fg.alpha * fg.rgb +
+ *                              (1 - (plane_alpha * fg.alpha)) * bg.rgb
+ *
+ *      Using the following symbols:
+ *
+ *      "fg.rgb":
+ *              Each of the RGB component values from the plane's pixel
+ *      "fg.alpha":
+ *              Alpha component value from the plane's pixel. If the plane's
+ *              pixel format has no alpha component, then this is assumed to be
+ *              1.0. In these cases, this property has no effect, as all three
+ *              equations become equivalent.
+ *      "bg.rgb":
+ *              Each of the RGB component values from the background
+ *      "plane_alpha":
+ *              Plane alpha value set by the plane "alpha" property. If the
+ *              plane does not expose the "alpha" property, then this is
+ *              assumed to be 1.0
+ *
  * Note that all the property extensions described here apply either to the
  * plane or the CRTC (e.g. for the background color, which currently is not
  * exposed and assumed to be black).
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_normalize_zpos);
+
+/**
+ * drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property - create a new blend mode property
+ * @plane: drm plane
+ * @supported_modes: bitmask of supported modes, must include
+ *                  BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI). Current DRM assumption is
+ *                  that alpha is premultiplied, and old userspace can break if
+ *                  the property defaults to anything else.
+ *
+ * This creates a new property describing the blend mode.
+ *
+ * The property exposed to userspace is an enumeration property (see
+ * drm_property_create_enum()) called "pixel blend mode" and has the
+ * following enumeration values:
+ *
+ * "None":
+ *     Blend formula that ignores the pixel alpha.
+ *
+ * "Pre-multiplied":
+ *     Blend formula that assumes the pixel color values have been already
+ *     pre-multiplied with the alpha channel values.
+ *
+ * "Coverage":
+ *     Blend formula that assumes the pixel color values have not been
+ *     pre-multiplied and will do so when blending them to the background color
+ *     values.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * Zero for success or -errno
+ */
+int drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property(struct drm_plane *plane,
+                                        unsigned int supported_modes)
+{
+       struct drm_device *dev = plane->dev;
+       struct drm_property *prop;
+       static const struct drm_prop_enum_list props[] = {
+               { DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE, "None" },
+               { DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI, "Pre-multiplied" },
+               { DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE, "Coverage" },
+       };
+       unsigned int valid_mode_mask = BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE) |
+                                      BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI)   |
+                                      BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE);
+       int i;
+
+       if (WARN_ON((supported_modes & ~valid_mode_mask) ||
+                   ((supported_modes & BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI)) == 0)))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       prop = drm_property_create(dev, DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM,
+                                  "pixel blend mode",
+                                  hweight32(supported_modes));
+       if (!prop)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(props); i++) {
+               int ret;
+
+               if (!(BIT(props[i].type) & supported_modes))
+                       continue;
+
+               ret = drm_property_add_enum(prop, props[i].type,
+                                           props[i].name);
+
+               if (ret) {
+                       drm_property_destroy(dev, prop);
+
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
+
+       drm_object_attach_property(&plane->base, prop, DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI);
+       plane->blend_mode_property = prop;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property);