diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 99d145eaab49ecc348b7beab8214e2d775f3c9c2..084a83b1214dbc5ce2e478b77647333b1571b101 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/fanotify.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ struct kmem_cache *fanotify_perm_event_cachep __read_mostly;
 #define FANOTIFY_EVENT_ALIGN 4
 #define FANOTIFY_FID_INFO_HDR_LEN \
 	(sizeof(struct fanotify_event_info_fid) + sizeof(struct file_handle))
+#define FANOTIFY_PIDFD_INFO_HDR_LEN \
+	sizeof(struct fanotify_event_info_pidfd)
 
 static int fanotify_fid_info_len(int fh_len, int name_len)
 {
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ static int fanotify_event_info_len(unsigned int info_mode,
 		dot_len = 1;
 	}
 
+	if (info_mode & FAN_REPORT_PIDFD)
+		info_len += FANOTIFY_PIDFD_INFO_HDR_LEN;
+
 	if (fh_len)
 		info_len += fanotify_fid_info_len(fh_len, dot_len);
 
@@ -401,13 +407,34 @@ static int copy_fid_info_to_user(__kernel_fsid_t *fsid, struct fanotify_fh *fh,
 	return info_len;
 }
 
+static int copy_pidfd_info_to_user(int pidfd,
+				   char __user *buf,
+				   size_t count)
+{
+	struct fanotify_event_info_pidfd info = { };
+	size_t info_len = FANOTIFY_PIDFD_INFO_HDR_LEN;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(info_len > count))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	info.hdr.info_type = FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_PIDFD;
+	info.hdr.len = info_len;
+	info.pidfd = pidfd;
+
+	if (copy_to_user(buf, &info, info_len))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return info_len;
+}
+
 static int copy_info_records_to_user(struct fanotify_event *event,
 				     struct fanotify_info *info,
-				     unsigned int info_mode,
+				     unsigned int info_mode, int pidfd,
 				     char __user *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	int ret, total_bytes = 0, info_type = 0;
 	unsigned int fid_mode = info_mode & FANOTIFY_FID_BITS;
+	unsigned int pidfd_mode = info_mode & FAN_REPORT_PIDFD;
 
 	/*
 	 * Event info records order is as follows: dir fid + name, child fid.
@@ -478,6 +505,16 @@ static int copy_info_records_to_user(struct fanotify_event *event,
 		total_bytes += ret;
 	}
 
+	if (pidfd_mode) {
+		ret = copy_pidfd_info_to_user(pidfd, buf, count);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		buf += ret;
+		count -= ret;
+		total_bytes += ret;
+	}
+
 	return total_bytes;
 }
 
@@ -489,8 +526,9 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	struct path *path = fanotify_event_path(event);
 	struct fanotify_info *info = fanotify_event_info(event);
 	unsigned int info_mode = FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, FANOTIFY_INFO_MODES);
+	unsigned int pidfd_mode = info_mode & FAN_REPORT_PIDFD;
 	struct file *f = NULL;
-	int ret, fd = FAN_NOFD;
+	int ret, pidfd = FAN_NOPIDFD, fd = FAN_NOFD;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: group=%p event=%p\n", __func__, group, event);
 
@@ -524,6 +562,33 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	}
 	metadata.fd = fd;
 
+	if (pidfd_mode) {
+		/*
+		 * Complain if the FAN_REPORT_PIDFD and FAN_REPORT_TID mutual
+		 * exclusion is ever lifted. At the time of incoporating pidfd
+		 * support within fanotify, the pidfd API only supported the
+		 * creation of pidfds for thread-group leaders.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, FAN_REPORT_TID));
+
+		/*
+		 * The PIDTYPE_TGID check for an event->pid is performed
+		 * preemptively in an attempt to catch out cases where the event
+		 * listener reads events after the event generating process has
+		 * already terminated. Report FAN_NOPIDFD to the event listener
+		 * in those cases, with all other pidfd creation errors being
+		 * reported as FAN_EPIDFD.
+		 */
+		if (metadata.pid == 0 ||
+		    !pid_has_task(event->pid, PIDTYPE_TGID)) {
+			pidfd = FAN_NOPIDFD;
+		} else {
+			pidfd = pidfd_create(event->pid, 0);
+			if (pidfd < 0)
+				pidfd = FAN_EPIDFD;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	/*
 	 * Sanity check copy size in case get_one_event() and
@@ -545,7 +610,7 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		fd_install(fd, f);
 
 	if (info_mode) {
-		ret = copy_info_records_to_user(event, info, info_mode,
+		ret = copy_info_records_to_user(event, info, info_mode, pidfd,
 						buf, count);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_close_fd;
@@ -558,6 +623,10 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		put_unused_fd(fd);
 		fput(f);
 	}
+
+	if (pidfd >= 0)
+		close_fd(pidfd);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1103,6 +1172,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
 #endif
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * A pidfd can only be returned for a thread-group leader; thus
+	 * FAN_REPORT_PIDFD and FAN_REPORT_TID need to remain mutually
+	 * exclusive.
+	 */
+	if ((flags & FAN_REPORT_PIDFD) && (flags & FAN_REPORT_TID))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (event_f_flags & ~FANOTIFY_INIT_ALL_EVENT_F_BITS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1504,7 +1581,7 @@ static int __init fanotify_user_setup(void)
 				     FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_USER_MARKS);
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(FANOTIFY_INIT_FLAGS & FANOTIFY_INTERNAL_GROUP_FLAGS);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(HWEIGHT32(FANOTIFY_INIT_FLAGS) != 10);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(HWEIGHT32(FANOTIFY_INIT_FLAGS) != 11);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(HWEIGHT32(FANOTIFY_MARK_FLAGS) != 9);
 
 	fanotify_mark_cache = KMEM_CACHE(fsnotify_mark,
diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index 10a7e26ddba6c04033376e8701a23ee16b93ba13..eec3b7c40811528dfab87563cacffea4396a6021 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern struct ctl_table fanotify_table[]; /* for sysctl */
 
 #define FANOTIFY_FID_BITS	(FAN_REPORT_FID | FAN_REPORT_DFID_NAME)
 
-#define FANOTIFY_INFO_MODES	(FANOTIFY_FID_BITS)
+#define FANOTIFY_INFO_MODES	(FANOTIFY_FID_BITS | FAN_REPORT_PIDFD)
 
 /*
  * fanotify_init() flags that require CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern struct ctl_table fanotify_table[]; /* for sysctl */
  */
 #define FANOTIFY_ADMIN_INIT_FLAGS	(FANOTIFY_PERM_CLASSES | \
 					 FAN_REPORT_TID | \
+					 FAN_REPORT_PIDFD | \
 					 FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE | \
 					 FAN_UNLIMITED_MARKS)
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h b/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h
index fbf9c5c7dd59ab6eb765c35e0ef9040d56e07c02..64553df9d7350d03b50e62f6419a78df1bbe64e3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #define FAN_ENABLE_AUDIT	0x00000040
 
 /* Flags to determine fanotify event format */
+#define FAN_REPORT_PIDFD	0x00000080	/* Report pidfd for event->pid */
 #define FAN_REPORT_TID		0x00000100	/* event->pid is thread id */
 #define FAN_REPORT_FID		0x00000200	/* Report unique file id */
 #define FAN_REPORT_DIR_FID	0x00000400	/* Report unique directory id */
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ struct fanotify_event_metadata {
 #define FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_FID		1
 #define FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_DFID_NAME	2
 #define FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_DFID	3
+#define FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_PIDFD	4
 
 /* Variable length info record following event metadata */
 struct fanotify_event_info_header {
@@ -148,6 +150,15 @@ struct fanotify_event_info_fid {
 	unsigned char handle[0];
 };
 
+/*
+ * This structure is used for info records of type FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_PIDFD.
+ * It holds a pidfd for the pid that was responsible for generating an event.
+ */
+struct fanotify_event_info_pidfd {
+	struct fanotify_event_info_header hdr;
+	__s32 pidfd;
+};
+
 struct fanotify_response {
 	__s32 fd;
 	__u32 response;
@@ -160,6 +171,8 @@ struct fanotify_response {
 
 /* No fd set in event */
 #define FAN_NOFD	-1
+#define FAN_NOPIDFD	FAN_NOFD
+#define FAN_EPIDFD	-2
 
 /* Helper functions to deal with fanotify_event_metadata buffers */
 #define FAN_EVENT_METADATA_LEN (sizeof(struct fanotify_event_metadata))