const struct drm_i915_gem_object_ops *ops);
 struct drm_i915_gem_object *i915_gem_alloc_object(struct drm_device *dev,
                                                  size_t size);
+struct drm_i915_gem_object *i915_gem_object_create_from_data(
+               struct drm_device *dev, const void *data, size_t size);
 void i915_init_vm(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
                  struct i915_address_space *vm);
 void i915_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 
 
        return false;
 }
+
+/* Allocate a new GEM object and fill it with the supplied data */
+struct drm_i915_gem_object *
+i915_gem_object_create_from_data(struct drm_device *dev,
+                                const void *data, size_t size)
+{
+       struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
+       struct sg_table *sg;
+       size_t bytes;
+       int ret;
+
+       obj = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, round_up(size, PAGE_SIZE));
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj))
+               return obj;
+
+       ret = i915_gem_object_set_to_cpu_domain(obj, true);
+       if (ret)
+               goto fail;
+
+       ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
+       if (ret)
+               goto fail;
+
+       i915_gem_object_pin_pages(obj);
+       sg = obj->pages;
+       bytes = sg_copy_from_buffer(sg->sgl, sg->nents, (void *)data, size);
+       i915_gem_object_unpin_pages(obj);
+
+       if (WARN_ON(bytes != size)) {
+               DRM_ERROR("Incomplete copy, wrote %zu of %zu", bytes, size);
+               ret = -EFAULT;
+               goto fail;
+       }
+
+       return obj;
+
+fail:
+       drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);
+       return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}