diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/alpha/include/asm/Kbuild
index 0580cb8c84b2..220dfd170d45 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += current.h
 generic-y += kprobes.h
+generic-y += simd.h
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild
index feed50ce89fa..a7f4255f1649 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ generic-y += parport.h
 generic-y += pci.h
 generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += user.h
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/arm/include/asm/Kbuild
index 1d66db9c9db5..ebdc9eeb8d39 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ generic-y += rwsem.h
 generic-y += seccomp.h
 generic-y += segment.h
 generic-y += serial.h
-generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += sizes.h
 generic-y += timex.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/simd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/simd.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..264ed84b41d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/simd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/simd.h>
+#ifndef _ASM_SIMD_H
+#define _ASM_SIMD_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON
+#include <asm/neon.h>
+
+static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
+{
+	return !in_nmi() && !in_irq() && !in_serving_softirq();
+}
+
+static inline void simd_get(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	*ctx = may_use_simd() ? HAVE_FULL_SIMD : HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static inline void simd_put(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	if (*ctx & HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE)
+		kernel_neon_end();
+	*ctx = HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static __must_check inline bool simd_use(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	if (!(*ctx & HAVE_FULL_SIMD))
+		return false;
+	if (*ctx & HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE)
+		return true;
+	kernel_neon_begin();
+	*ctx |= HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE;
+	return true;
+}
+
+#else
+
+static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline void simd_get(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	*ctx = HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static inline void simd_put(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+}
+
+static __must_check inline bool simd_use(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_SIMD_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h
index 6495cc51246f..a45ff1600040 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Linaro Ltd. <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  *
- * 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.
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Linaro Ltd. <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>. All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
+#include <linux/simd.h>
 #ifndef __ASM_SIMD_H
 #define __ASM_SIMD_H
 
@@ -16,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON
+#include <asm/neon.h>
+#include <asm/simd.h>
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(bool, kernel_neon_busy);
 
@@ -40,9 +41,47 @@ static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
 		!this_cpu_read(kernel_neon_busy);
 }
 
+static inline void simd_get(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	*ctx = may_use_simd() ? HAVE_FULL_SIMD : HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static inline void simd_put(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	if (*ctx & HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE)
+		kernel_neon_end();
+	*ctx = HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static __must_check inline bool simd_use(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	if (!(*ctx & HAVE_FULL_SIMD))
+		return false;
+	if (*ctx & HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE)
+		return true;
+	kernel_neon_begin();
+	*ctx |= HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE;
+	return true;
+}
+
 #else /* ! CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON */
 
-static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void) {
+static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline void simd_get(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	*ctx = HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static inline void simd_put(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+}
+
+static __must_check inline bool simd_use(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/c6x/include/asm/Kbuild
index 33a2c94fed0d..7543c38f7ade 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ generic-y += pgalloc.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += segment.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += tlbflush.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/h8300/include/asm/Kbuild
index a5d0b2991f47..1fcef25ee19d 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += scatterlist.h
 generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += sizes.h
 generic-y += spinlock.h
 generic-y += timex.h
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/Kbuild
index dd2fd9c0d292..217d4695fd8a 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ generic-y += rwsem.h
 generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += sizes.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/ia64/include/asm/Kbuild
index 557bbc8ba9f5..41c5ebdf79e5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ generic-y += irq_work.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += mm-arch-hooks.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += vtime.h
 generic-y += word-at-a-time.h
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/m68k/include/asm/Kbuild
index a4b8d3331a9e..73898dd1a4d0 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ generic-y += mm-arch-hooks.h
 generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += sections.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += spinlock.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
index 569ba9e670c1..7a877eea99d3 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ generic-y += parport.h
 generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += syscalls.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
index 58351e48421e..e8868e0fb2c3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ generic-y += qrwlock.h
 generic-y += qspinlock.h
 generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += unaligned.h
 generic-y += user.h
diff --git a/arch/nds32/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/nds32/include/asm/Kbuild
index dbc4e5422550..fb2f113716ce 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/nds32/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
 generic-y += serial.h
 generic-y += shmbuf.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += sizes.h
 generic-y += stat.h
 generic-y += switch_to.h
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild
index 8fde4fa2c34f..571a9d9ad107 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += spinlock.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
index eb87cd8327c8..b6231211bbad 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ generic-y += qrwlock_types.h
 generic-y += qrwlock.h
 generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += string.h
 generic-y += switch_to.h
 generic-y += topology.h
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/parisc/include/asm/Kbuild
index 2013d639e735..97970b4d05ab 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += seccomp.h
 generic-y += segment.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += user.h
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
index 3196d227e351..2337190aaf69 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += rwsem.h
 generic-y += vtime.h
 generic-y += msi.h
+generic-y += simd.h
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/riscv/include/asm/Kbuild
index efdbe311e936..438a11d9c47a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ generic-y += setup.h
 generic-y += shmbuf.h
 generic-y += shmparam.h
 generic-y += signal.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += socket.h
 generic-y += sockios.h
 generic-y += stat.h
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild
index e3239772887a..3744c4c61fb5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += mm-arch-hooks.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += rwsem.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += unaligned.h
 generic-y += word-at-a-time.h
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/sh/include/asm/Kbuild
index 6a5609a55965..8e64ff35a933 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += rwsem.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += sizes.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += xor.h
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/sparc/include/asm/Kbuild
index 410b263ef5c8..72b9e08fb350 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ generic-y += msi.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += rwsem.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += word-at-a-time.h
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
index b10dde6cb793..8c2bfa6e0494 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ generic-y += param.h
 generic-y += pci.h
 generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += switch_to.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/Kbuild
index bfc7abe77905..98a908720bbd 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
 generic-y += serial.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += sizes.h
 generic-y += syscalls.h
 generic-y += topology.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/simd.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/simd.h
index a341c878e977..4aad7f158dcb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/simd.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/simd.h
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/simd.h>
+#ifndef _ASM_SIMD_H
+#define _ASM_SIMD_H
 
 #include <asm/fpu/api.h>
 
@@ -10,3 +17,38 @@ static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
 {
 	return irq_fpu_usable();
 }
+
+static inline void simd_get(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+#if !defined(CONFIG_UML)
+	*ctx = may_use_simd() ? HAVE_FULL_SIMD : HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+#else
+	*ctx = HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void simd_put(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+#if !defined(CONFIG_UML)
+	if (*ctx & HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE)
+		kernel_fpu_end();
+#endif
+	*ctx = HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static __must_check inline bool simd_use(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+#if !defined(CONFIG_UML)
+	if (!(*ctx & HAVE_FULL_SIMD))
+		return false;
+	if (*ctx & HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE)
+		return true;
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
+	*ctx |= HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE;
+	return true;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+#endif /* _ASM_SIMD_H */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/Kbuild
index 82c756431b49..7950f359649d 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ generic-y += percpu.h
 generic-y += preempt.h
 generic-y += rwsem.h
 generic-y += sections.h
+generic-y += simd.h
 generic-y += topology.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += word-at-a-time.h
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/simd.h b/include/asm-generic/simd.h
index d0343d58a74a..b3dd61ac010e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/simd.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/simd.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 
+#include <linux/simd.h>
+#ifndef _ASM_SIMD_H
+#define _ASM_SIMD_H
+
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 
 /*
@@ -13,3 +17,19 @@ static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
 {
 	return !in_interrupt();
 }
+
+static inline void simd_get(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	*ctx = HAVE_NO_SIMD;
+}
+
+static inline void simd_put(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+}
+
+static __must_check inline bool simd_use(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+#endif /* _ASM_SIMD_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/simd.h b/include/linux/simd.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e0b8a9bdc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/simd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SIMD_H
+#define _SIMD_H
+
+typedef enum {
+	HAVE_NO_SIMD = 1 << 0,
+	HAVE_FULL_SIMD = 1 << 1,
+	HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE = 1 << 31
+} simd_context_t;
+
+#define DONT_USE_SIMD ((simd_context_t []){ HAVE_NO_SIMD })
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <asm/simd.h>
+
+static inline bool simd_relax(simd_context_t *ctx)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+	if ((*ctx & HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE) && need_resched()) {
+		simd_put(ctx);
+		simd_get(ctx);
+		return true;
+	}
+#endif
+	return false;
+}
+
+#endif /* _SIMD_H */
