diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/Kconfig b/drivers/hwspinlock/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dd8db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# Generic HWSPINLOCK framework
+#
+
+config HWSPINLOCK
+	tristate "Generic Hardware Spinlock framework"
+	help
+	  Say y here to support the generic hardware spinlock framework.
+	  You only need to enable this if you have hardware spinlock module
+	  on your system (usually only relevant if your system has remote slave
+	  coprocessors).
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/Makefile b/drivers/hwspinlock/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9d2b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#
+# Generic Hardware Spinlock framework
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_HWSPINLOCK)		+= hwspinlock_core.o
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43a6271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+/*
+ * Hardware spinlock framework
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com
+ *
+ * Contact: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt)    "%s: " fmt, __func__
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/radix-tree.h>
+#include <linux/hwspinlock.h>
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+
+#include "hwspinlock_internal.h"
+
+/* radix tree tags */
+#define HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED	(0) /* tags an hwspinlock as unused */
+
+/*
+ * A radix tree is used to maintain the available hwspinlock instances.
+ * The tree associates hwspinlock pointers with their integer key id,
+ * and provides easy-to-use API which makes the hwspinlock core code simple
+ * and easy to read.
+ *
+ * Radix trees are quick on lookups, and reasonably efficient in terms of
+ * storage, especially with high density usages such as this framework
+ * requires (a continuous range of integer keys, beginning with zero, is
+ * used as the ID's of the hwspinlock instances).
+ *
+ * The radix tree API supports tagging items in the tree, which this
+ * framework uses to mark unused hwspinlock instances (see the
+ * HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED tag above). As a result, the process of querying the
+ * tree, looking for an unused hwspinlock instance, is now reduced to a
+ * single radix tree API call.
+ */
+static RADIX_TREE(hwspinlock_tree, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+/*
+ * Synchronization of access to the tree is achieved using this spinlock,
+ * as the radix-tree API requires that users provide all synchronisation.
+ */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+
+/**
+ * __hwspin_trylock() - attempt to lock a specific hwspinlock
+ * @hwlock: an hwspinlock which we want to trylock
+ * @mode: controls whether local interrupts are disabled or not
+ * @flags: a pointer where the caller's interrupt state will be saved at (if
+ *         requested)
+ *
+ * This function attempts to lock an hwspinlock, and will immediately
+ * fail if the hwspinlock is already taken.
+ *
+ * Upon a successful return from this function, preemption (and possibly
+ * interrupts) is disabled, so the caller must not sleep, and is advised to
+ * release the hwspinlock as soon as possible. This is required in order to
+ * minimize remote cores polling on the hardware interconnect.
+ *
+ * The user decides whether local interrupts are disabled or not, and if yes,
+ * whether he wants their previous state to be saved. It is up to the user
+ * to choose the appropriate @mode of operation, exactly the same way users
+ * should decide between spin_trylock, spin_trylock_irq and
+ * spin_trylock_irqsave.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if we successfully locked the hwspinlock or -EBUSY if
+ * the hwspinlock was already taken.
+ * This function will never sleep.
+ */
+int __hwspin_trylock(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, int mode, unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	BUG_ON(!hwlock);
+	BUG_ON(!flags && mode == HWLOCK_IRQSTATE);
+
+	/*
+	 * This spin_lock{_irq, _irqsave} serves three purposes:
+	 *
+	 * 1. Disable preemption, in order to minimize the period of time
+	 *    in which the hwspinlock is taken. This is important in order
+	 *    to minimize the possible polling on the hardware interconnect
+	 *    by a remote user of this lock.
+	 * 2. Make the hwspinlock SMP-safe (so we can take it from
+	 *    additional contexts on the local host).
+	 * 3. Ensure that in_atomic/might_sleep checks catch potential
+	 *    problems with hwspinlock usage (e.g. scheduler checks like
+	 *    'scheduling while atomic' etc.)
+	 */
+	if (mode == HWLOCK_IRQSTATE)
+		ret = spin_trylock_irqsave(&hwlock->lock, *flags);
+	else if (mode == HWLOCK_IRQ)
+		ret = spin_trylock_irq(&hwlock->lock);
+	else
+		ret = spin_trylock(&hwlock->lock);
+
+	/* is lock already taken by another context on the local cpu ? */
+	if (!ret)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	/* try to take the hwspinlock device */
+	ret = hwlock->ops->trylock(hwlock);
+
+	/* if hwlock is already taken, undo spin_trylock_* and exit */
+	if (!ret) {
+		if (mode == HWLOCK_IRQSTATE)
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwlock->lock, *flags);
+		else if (mode == HWLOCK_IRQ)
+			spin_unlock_irq(&hwlock->lock);
+		else
+			spin_unlock(&hwlock->lock);
+
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We can be sure the other core's memory operations
+	 * are observable to us only _after_ we successfully take
+	 * the hwspinlock, and we must make sure that subsequent memory
+	 * operations (both reads and writes) will not be reordered before
+	 * we actually took the hwspinlock.
+	 *
+	 * Note: the implicit memory barrier of the spinlock above is too
+	 * early, so we need this additional explicit memory barrier.
+	 */
+	mb();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__hwspin_trylock);
+
+/**
+ * __hwspin_lock_timeout() - lock an hwspinlock with timeout limit
+ * @hwlock: the hwspinlock to be locked
+ * @timeout: timeout value in msecs
+ * @mode: mode which controls whether local interrupts are disabled or not
+ * @flags: a pointer to where the caller's interrupt state will be saved at (if
+ *         requested)
+ *
+ * This function locks the given @hwlock. If the @hwlock
+ * is already taken, the function will busy loop waiting for it to
+ * be released, but give up after @timeout msecs have elapsed.
+ *
+ * Upon a successful return from this function, preemption is disabled
+ * (and possibly local interrupts, too), so the caller must not sleep,
+ * and is advised to release the hwspinlock as soon as possible.
+ * This is required in order to minimize remote cores polling on the
+ * hardware interconnect.
+ *
+ * The user decides whether local interrupts are disabled or not, and if yes,
+ * whether he wants their previous state to be saved. It is up to the user
+ * to choose the appropriate @mode of operation, exactly the same way users
+ * should decide between spin_lock, spin_lock_irq and spin_lock_irqsave.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 when the @hwlock was successfully taken, and an appropriate
+ * error code otherwise (most notably -ETIMEDOUT if the @hwlock is still
+ * busy after @timeout msecs). The function will never sleep.
+ */
+int __hwspin_lock_timeout(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, unsigned int to,
+					int mode, unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned long expire;
+
+	expire = msecs_to_jiffies(to) + jiffies;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		/* Try to take the hwspinlock */
+		ret = __hwspin_trylock(hwlock, mode, flags);
+		if (ret != -EBUSY)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * The lock is already taken, let's check if the user wants
+		 * us to try again
+		 */
+		if (time_is_before_eq_jiffies(expire))
+			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+
+		/*
+		 * Allow platform-specific relax handlers to prevent
+		 * hogging the interconnect (no sleeping, though)
+		 */
+		if (hwlock->ops->relax)
+			hwlock->ops->relax(hwlock);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__hwspin_lock_timeout);
+
+/**
+ * __hwspin_unlock() - unlock a specific hwspinlock
+ * @hwlock: a previously-acquired hwspinlock which we want to unlock
+ * @mode: controls whether local interrupts needs to be restored or not
+ * @flags: previous caller's interrupt state to restore (if requested)
+ *
+ * This function will unlock a specific hwspinlock, enable preemption and
+ * (possibly) enable interrupts or restore their previous state.
+ * @hwlock must be already locked before calling this function: it is a bug
+ * to call unlock on a @hwlock that is already unlocked.
+ *
+ * The user decides whether local interrupts should be enabled or not, and
+ * if yes, whether he wants their previous state to be restored. It is up
+ * to the user to choose the appropriate @mode of operation, exactly the
+ * same way users decide between spin_unlock, spin_unlock_irq and
+ * spin_unlock_irqrestore.
+ *
+ * The function will never sleep.
+ */
+void __hwspin_unlock(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, int mode, unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!hwlock);
+	BUG_ON(!flags && mode == HWLOCK_IRQSTATE);
+
+	/*
+	 * We must make sure that memory operations (both reads and writes),
+	 * done before unlocking the hwspinlock, will not be reordered
+	 * after the lock is released.
+	 *
+	 * That's the purpose of this explicit memory barrier.
+	 *
+	 * Note: the memory barrier induced by the spin_unlock below is too
+	 * late; the other core is going to access memory soon after it will
+	 * take the hwspinlock, and by then we want to be sure our memory
+	 * operations are already observable.
+	 */
+	mb();
+
+	hwlock->ops->unlock(hwlock);
+
+	/* Undo the spin_trylock{_irq, _irqsave} called while locking */
+	if (mode == HWLOCK_IRQSTATE)
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwlock->lock, *flags);
+	else if (mode == HWLOCK_IRQ)
+		spin_unlock_irq(&hwlock->lock);
+	else
+		spin_unlock(&hwlock->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__hwspin_unlock);
+
+/**
+ * hwspin_lock_register() - register a new hw spinlock
+ * @hwlock: hwspinlock to register.
+ *
+ * This function should be called from the underlying platform-specific
+ * implementation, to register a new hwspinlock instance.
+ *
+ * Can be called from an atomic context (will not sleep) but not from
+ * within interrupt context.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or an appropriate error code on failure
+ */
+int hwspin_lock_register(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
+{
+	struct hwspinlock *tmp;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!hwlock || !hwlock->ops ||
+		!hwlock->ops->trylock || !hwlock->ops->unlock) {
+		pr_err("invalid parameters\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_init(&hwlock->lock);
+
+	spin_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+
+	ret = radix_tree_insert(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock->id, hwlock);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* mark this hwspinlock as available */
+	tmp = radix_tree_tag_set(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock->id,
+							HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+
+	/* self-sanity check which should never fail */
+	WARN_ON(tmp != hwlock);
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_register);
+
+/**
+ * hwspin_lock_unregister() - unregister an hw spinlock
+ * @id: index of the specific hwspinlock to unregister
+ *
+ * This function should be called from the underlying platform-specific
+ * implementation, to unregister an existing (and unused) hwspinlock.
+ *
+ * Can be called from an atomic context (will not sleep) but not from
+ * within interrupt context.
+ *
+ * Returns the address of hwspinlock @id on success, or NULL on failure
+ */
+struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_unregister(unsigned int id)
+{
+	struct hwspinlock *hwlock = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+
+	/* make sure the hwspinlock is not in use (tag is set) */
+	ret = radix_tree_tag_get(&hwspinlock_tree, id, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		pr_err("hwspinlock %d still in use (or not present)\n", id);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	hwlock = radix_tree_delete(&hwspinlock_tree, id);
+	if (!hwlock) {
+		pr_err("failed to delete hwspinlock %d\n", id);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+	return hwlock;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_unregister);
+
+/**
+ * __hwspin_lock_request() - tag an hwspinlock as used and power it up
+ *
+ * This is an internal function that prepares an hwspinlock instance
+ * before it is given to the user. The function assumes that
+ * hwspinlock_tree_lock is taken.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or positive to indicate success, and a negative value to
+ * indicate an error (with the appropriate error code)
+ */
+static int __hwspin_lock_request(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
+{
+	struct hwspinlock *tmp;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* prevent underlying implementation from being removed */
+	if (!try_module_get(hwlock->owner)) {
+		dev_err(hwlock->dev, "%s: can't get owner\n", __func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* notify PM core that power is now needed */
+	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(hwlock->dev);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err(hwlock->dev, "%s: can't power on device\n", __func__);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* mark hwspinlock as used, should not fail */
+	tmp = radix_tree_tag_clear(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock->id,
+							HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+
+	/* self-sanity check that should never fail */
+	WARN_ON(tmp != hwlock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * hwspin_lock_get_id() - retrieve id number of a given hwspinlock
+ * @hwlock: a valid hwspinlock instance
+ *
+ * Returns the id number of a given @hwlock, or -EINVAL if @hwlock is invalid.
+ */
+int hwspin_lock_get_id(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
+{
+	if (!hwlock) {
+		pr_err("invalid hwlock\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return hwlock->id;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_get_id);
+
+/**
+ * hwspin_lock_request() - request an hwspinlock
+ *
+ * This function should be called by users of the hwspinlock device,
+ * in order to dynamically assign them an unused hwspinlock.
+ * Usually the user of this lock will then have to communicate the lock's id
+ * to the remote core before it can be used for synchronization (to get the
+ * id of a given hwlock, use hwspin_lock_get_id()).
+ *
+ * Can be called from an atomic context (will not sleep) but not from
+ * within interrupt context (simply because there is no use case for
+ * that yet).
+ *
+ * Returns the address of the assigned hwspinlock, or NULL on error
+ */
+struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_request(void)
+{
+	struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+
+	/* look for an unused lock */
+	ret = radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag(&hwspinlock_tree, (void **)&hwlock,
+						0, 1, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		pr_warn("a free hwspinlock is not available\n");
+		hwlock = NULL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* sanity check that should never fail */
+	WARN_ON(ret > 1);
+
+	/* mark as used and power up */
+	ret = __hwspin_lock_request(hwlock);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		hwlock = NULL;
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+	return hwlock;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_request);
+
+/**
+ * hwspin_lock_request_specific() - request for a specific hwspinlock
+ * @id: index of the specific hwspinlock that is requested
+ *
+ * This function should be called by users of the hwspinlock module,
+ * in order to assign them a specific hwspinlock.
+ * Usually early board code will be calling this function in order to
+ * reserve specific hwspinlock ids for predefined purposes.
+ *
+ * Can be called from an atomic context (will not sleep) but not from
+ * within interrupt context (simply because there is no use case for
+ * that yet).
+ *
+ * Returns the address of the assigned hwspinlock, or NULL on error
+ */
+struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_request_specific(unsigned int id)
+{
+	struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+
+	/* make sure this hwspinlock exists */
+	hwlock = radix_tree_lookup(&hwspinlock_tree, id);
+	if (!hwlock) {
+		pr_warn("hwspinlock %u does not exist\n", id);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* sanity check (this shouldn't happen) */
+	WARN_ON(hwlock->id != id);
+
+	/* make sure this hwspinlock is unused */
+	ret = radix_tree_tag_get(&hwspinlock_tree, id, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		pr_warn("hwspinlock %u is already in use\n", id);
+		hwlock = NULL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* mark as used and power up */
+	ret = __hwspin_lock_request(hwlock);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		hwlock = NULL;
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+	return hwlock;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_request_specific);
+
+/**
+ * hwspin_lock_free() - free a specific hwspinlock
+ * @hwlock: the specific hwspinlock to free
+ *
+ * This function mark @hwlock as free again.
+ * Should only be called with an @hwlock that was retrieved from
+ * an earlier call to omap_hwspin_lock_request{_specific}.
+ *
+ * Can be called from an atomic context (will not sleep) but not from
+ * within interrupt context (simply because there is no use case for
+ * that yet).
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or an appropriate error code on failure
+ */
+int hwspin_lock_free(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
+{
+	struct hwspinlock *tmp;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!hwlock) {
+		pr_err("invalid hwlock\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+
+	/* make sure the hwspinlock is used */
+	ret = radix_tree_tag_get(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock->id,
+							HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+	if (ret == 1) {
+		dev_err(hwlock->dev, "%s: hwlock is already free\n", __func__);
+		dump_stack();
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* notify the underlying device that power is not needed */
+	ret = pm_runtime_put(hwlock->dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* mark this hwspinlock as available */
+	tmp = radix_tree_tag_set(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock->id,
+							HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+
+	/* sanity check (this shouldn't happen) */
+	WARN_ON(tmp != hwlock);
+
+	module_put(hwlock->owner);
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_free);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware spinlock interface");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_internal.h b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69935e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Hardware spinlocks internal header
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com
+ *
+ * Contact: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __HWSPINLOCK_HWSPINLOCK_H
+#define __HWSPINLOCK_HWSPINLOCK_H
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct hwspinlock_ops - platform-specific hwspinlock handlers
+ *
+ * @trylock: make a single attempt to take the lock. returns 0 on
+ *	     failure and true on success. may _not_ sleep.
+ * @unlock:  release the lock. always succeed. may _not_ sleep.
+ * @relax:   optional, platform-specific relax handler, called by hwspinlock
+ *	     core while spinning on a lock, between two successive
+ *	     invocations of @trylock. may _not_ sleep.
+ */
+struct hwspinlock_ops {
+	int (*trylock)(struct hwspinlock *lock);
+	void (*unlock)(struct hwspinlock *lock);
+	void (*relax)(struct hwspinlock *lock);
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct hwspinlock - this struct represents a single hwspinlock instance
+ *
+ * @dev: underlying device, will be used to invoke runtime PM api
+ * @ops: platform-specific hwspinlock handlers
+ * @id: a global, unique, system-wide, index of the lock.
+ * @lock: initialized and used by hwspinlock core
+ * @owner: underlying implementation module, used to maintain module ref count
+ *
+ * Note: currently simplicity was opted for, but later we can squeeze some
+ * memory bytes by grouping the dev, ops and owner members in a single
+ * per-platform struct, and have all hwspinlocks point at it.
+ */
+struct hwspinlock {
+	struct device *dev;
+	const struct hwspinlock_ops *ops;
+	int id;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct module *owner;
+};
+
+#endif /* __HWSPINLOCK_HWSPINLOCK_H */