* Limit the cuse channel to requests that can
         * be represented in file->f_cred->user_ns.
         */
-       fuse_conn_init(&cc->fc, file->f_cred->user_ns);
+       fuse_conn_init(&cc->fc, file->f_cred->user_ns, &fuse_dev_fiq_ops, NULL);
 
        fud = fuse_dev_alloc(&cc->fc);
        if (!fud) {
 
        return hash_long(unique & ~FUSE_INT_REQ_BIT, FUSE_PQ_HASH_BITS);
 }
 
-static void queue_request(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq, struct fuse_req *req)
+/**
+ * A new request is available, wake fiq->waitq
+ */
+static void fuse_dev_wake_and_unlock(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq)
+__releases(fiq->lock)
+{
+       wake_up(&fiq->waitq);
+       kill_fasync(&fiq->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+       spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
+}
+
+const struct fuse_iqueue_ops fuse_dev_fiq_ops = {
+       .wake_forget_and_unlock         = fuse_dev_wake_and_unlock,
+       .wake_interrupt_and_unlock      = fuse_dev_wake_and_unlock,
+       .wake_pending_and_unlock        = fuse_dev_wake_and_unlock,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_dev_fiq_ops);
+
+static void queue_request_and_unlock(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq,
+                                    struct fuse_req *req)
+__releases(fiq->lock)
 {
        req->in.h.len = sizeof(struct fuse_in_header) +
                fuse_len_args(req->args->in_numargs,
                              (struct fuse_arg *) req->args->in_args);
        list_add_tail(&req->list, &fiq->pending);
-       wake_up(&fiq->waitq);
-       kill_fasync(&fiq->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+       fiq->ops->wake_pending_and_unlock(fiq);
 }
 
 void fuse_queue_forget(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_forget_link *forget,
        if (fiq->connected) {
                fiq->forget_list_tail->next = forget;
                fiq->forget_list_tail = forget;
-               wake_up(&fiq->waitq);
-               kill_fasync(&fiq->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+               fiq->ops->wake_forget_and_unlock(fiq);
        } else {
                kfree(forget);
+               spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
        }
-       spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
 }
 
 static void flush_bg_queue(struct fuse_conn *fc)
                fc->active_background++;
                spin_lock(&fiq->lock);
                req->in.h.unique = fuse_get_unique(fiq);
-               queue_request(fiq, req);
-               spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
+               queue_request_and_unlock(fiq, req);
        }
 }
 
                        spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
                        return 0;
                }
-               wake_up(&fiq->waitq);
-               kill_fasync(&fiq->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+               fiq->ops->wake_interrupt_and_unlock(fiq);
+       } else {
+               spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
        }
-       spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
        return 0;
 }
 
                req->out.h.error = -ENOTCONN;
        } else {
                req->in.h.unique = fuse_get_unique(fiq);
-               queue_request(fiq, req);
                /* acquire extra reference, since request is still needed
                   after fuse_request_end() */
                __fuse_get_request(req);
-               spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
+               queue_request_and_unlock(fiq, req);
 
                request_wait_answer(fc, req);
                /* Pairs with smp_wmb() in fuse_request_end() */
 
        spin_lock(&fiq->lock);
        if (fiq->connected) {
-               queue_request(fiq, req);
-               spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
+               queue_request_and_unlock(fiq, req);
        } else {
                err = -ENODEV;
                spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
                fuse_put_request(fc, req);
        }
-       spin_unlock(&fiq->lock);
 
        return err;
 }
 
 
 };
 
+struct fuse_iqueue;
+
+/**
+ * Input queue callbacks
+ *
+ * Input queue signalling is device-specific.  For example, the /dev/fuse file
+ * uses fiq->waitq and fasync to wake processes that are waiting on queue
+ * readiness.  These callbacks allow other device types to respond to input
+ * queue activity.
+ */
+struct fuse_iqueue_ops {
+       /**
+        * Signal that a forget has been queued
+        */
+       void (*wake_forget_and_unlock)(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq)
+               __releases(fiq->lock);
+
+       /**
+        * Signal that an INTERRUPT request has been queued
+        */
+       void (*wake_interrupt_and_unlock)(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq)
+               __releases(fiq->lock);
+
+       /**
+        * Signal that a request has been queued
+        */
+       void (*wake_pending_and_unlock)(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq)
+               __releases(fiq->lock);
+};
+
+/** /dev/fuse input queue operations */
+extern const struct fuse_iqueue_ops fuse_dev_fiq_ops;
+
 struct fuse_iqueue {
        /** Connection established */
        unsigned connected;
 
        /** O_ASYNC requests */
        struct fasync_struct *fasync;
+
+       /** Device-specific callbacks */
+       const struct fuse_iqueue_ops *ops;
+
+       /** Device-specific state */
+       void *priv;
 };
 
 #define FUSE_PQ_HASH_BITS 8
 /**
  * Initialize fuse_conn
  */
-void fuse_conn_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct user_namespace *user_ns);
+void fuse_conn_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct user_namespace *user_ns,
+                   const struct fuse_iqueue_ops *fiq_ops, void *fiq_priv);
 
 /**
  * Release reference to fuse_conn
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static void fuse_iqueue_init(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq)
+static void fuse_iqueue_init(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq,
+                            const struct fuse_iqueue_ops *ops,
+                            void *priv)
 {
        memset(fiq, 0, sizeof(struct fuse_iqueue));
        spin_lock_init(&fiq->lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fiq->interrupts);
        fiq->forget_list_tail = &fiq->forget_list_head;
        fiq->connected = 1;
+       fiq->ops = ops;
+       fiq->priv = priv;
 }
 
 static void fuse_pqueue_init(struct fuse_pqueue *fpq)
        fpq->connected = 1;
 }
 
-void fuse_conn_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct user_namespace *user_ns)
+void fuse_conn_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct user_namespace *user_ns,
+                   const struct fuse_iqueue_ops *fiq_ops, void *fiq_priv)
 {
        memset(fc, 0, sizeof(*fc));
        spin_lock_init(&fc->lock);
        refcount_set(&fc->count, 1);
        atomic_set(&fc->dev_count, 1);
        init_waitqueue_head(&fc->blocked_waitq);
-       fuse_iqueue_init(&fc->iq);
+       fuse_iqueue_init(&fc->iq, fiq_ops, fiq_priv);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->bg_queue);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->entry);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->devices);
        if (!fc)
                goto err_fput;
 
-       fuse_conn_init(fc, sb->s_user_ns);
+       fuse_conn_init(fc, sb->s_user_ns, &fuse_dev_fiq_ops, NULL);
        fc->release = fuse_free_conn;
        sb->s_fs_info = fc;