}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_post_host_event);
 
+void iscsi_ping_comp_event(uint32_t host_no, struct iscsi_transport *transport,
+                          uint32_t status, uint32_t pid, uint32_t data_size,
+                          uint8_t *data)
+{
+       struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+       struct sk_buff *skb;
+       struct iscsi_uevent *ev;
+       int len = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*ev) + data_size);
+
+       skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!skb) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "gracefully ignored ping comp: OOM\n");
+               return;
+       }
+
+       nlh = __nlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, 0, (len - sizeof(*nlh)), 0);
+       ev = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
+       ev->transport_handle = iscsi_handle(transport);
+       ev->type = ISCSI_KEVENT_PING_COMP;
+       ev->r.ping_comp.host_no = host_no;
+       ev->r.ping_comp.status = status;
+       ev->r.ping_comp.pid = pid;
+       ev->r.ping_comp.data_size = data_size;
+       memcpy((char *)ev + sizeof(*ev), data, data_size);
+
+       iscsi_multicast_skb(skb, ISCSI_NL_GRP_ISCSID, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_ping_comp_event);
+
 static int
 iscsi_if_send_reply(uint32_t group, int seq, int type, int done, int multi,
                    void *payload, int size)
        return err;
 }
 
+static int
+iscsi_send_ping(struct iscsi_transport *transport, struct iscsi_uevent *ev)
+{
+       struct Scsi_Host *shost;
+       struct sockaddr *dst_addr;
+       int err;
+
+       if (!transport->send_ping)
+               return -ENOSYS;
+
+       shost = scsi_host_lookup(ev->u.iscsi_ping.host_no);
+       if (!shost) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "iscsi_ping could not find host no %u\n",
+                      ev->u.iscsi_ping.host_no);
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
+
+       dst_addr = (struct sockaddr *)((char *)ev + sizeof(*ev));
+       err = transport->send_ping(shost, ev->u.iscsi_ping.iface_num,
+                                  ev->u.iscsi_ping.iface_type,
+                                  ev->u.iscsi_ping.payload_size,
+                                  ev->u.iscsi_ping.pid,
+                                  dst_addr);
+       scsi_host_put(shost);
+       return err;
+}
+
 static int
 iscsi_if_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, uint32_t *group)
 {
                err = iscsi_set_iface_params(transport, ev,
                                             nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, sizeof(*ev)));
                break;
+       case ISCSI_UEVENT_PING:
+               err = iscsi_send_ping(transport, ev);
+               break;
        default:
                err = -ENOSYS;
                break;
 
 
        ISCSI_UEVENT_PATH_UPDATE        = UEVENT_BASE + 20,
        ISCSI_UEVENT_SET_IFACE_PARAMS   = UEVENT_BASE + 21,
+       ISCSI_UEVENT_PING               = UEVENT_BASE + 22,
 
        /* up events */
        ISCSI_KEVENT_RECV_PDU           = KEVENT_BASE + 1,
        ISCSI_KEVENT_IF_DOWN            = KEVENT_BASE + 8,
        ISCSI_KEVENT_CONN_LOGIN_STATE   = KEVENT_BASE + 9,
        ISCSI_KEVENT_HOST_EVENT         = KEVENT_BASE + 10,
+       ISCSI_KEVENT_PING_COMP          = KEVENT_BASE + 11,
 };
 
 enum iscsi_tgt_dscvr {
                        uint32_t        host_no;
                        uint32_t        count;
                } set_iface_params;
+               struct msg_iscsi_ping {
+                       uint32_t        host_no;
+                       uint32_t        iface_num;
+                       uint32_t        iface_type;
+                       uint32_t        payload_size;
+                       uint32_t        pid;    /* unique ping id associated
+                                                  with each ping request */
+               } iscsi_ping;
        } u;
        union {
                /* messages k -> u */
                        uint32_t        data_size;
                        enum iscsi_host_event_code code;
                } host_event;
+               struct msg_ping_comp {
+                       uint32_t        host_no;
+                       uint32_t        status;
+                       uint32_t        pid;    /* unique ping id associated
+                                                  with each ping request */
+                       uint32_t        data_size;
+               } ping_comp;
        } r;
 } __attribute__ ((aligned (sizeof(uint64_t))));
 
 
                                int param, char *buf);
        umode_t (*attr_is_visible)(int param_type, int param);
        int (*bsg_request)(struct bsg_job *job);
+       int (*send_ping) (struct Scsi_Host *shost, uint32_t iface_num,
+                         uint32_t iface_type, uint32_t payload_size,
+                         uint32_t pid, struct sockaddr *dst_addr);
 };
 
 /*
                                  uint32_t data_size,
                                  uint8_t *data);
 
+extern void iscsi_ping_comp_event(uint32_t host_no,
+                                 struct iscsi_transport *transport,
+                                 uint32_t status, uint32_t pid,
+                                 uint32_t data_size, uint8_t *data);
+
 struct iscsi_cls_conn {
        struct list_head conn_list;     /* item in connlist */
        void *dd_data;                  /* LLD private data */