spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctxp->ctxlock, iflag);
 }
 
+/**
+ * lpfc_nvmet_ls_req_cmp - completion handler for a nvme ls request
+ * @phba: Pointer to HBA context object
+ * @cmdwqe: Pointer to driver command WQE object.
+ * @wcqe: Pointer to driver response CQE object.
+ *
+ * This function is the completion handler for NVME LS requests.
+ * The function updates any states and statistics, then calls the
+ * generic completion handler to finish completion of the request.
+ **/
+static void
+lpfc_nvmet_ls_req_cmp(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdwqe,
+                      struct lpfc_wcqe_complete *wcqe)
+{
+       __lpfc_nvme_ls_req_cmp(phba, cmdwqe->vport, cmdwqe, wcqe);
+}
+
+/**
+ * lpfc_nvmet_ls_req - Issue an Link Service request
+ * @targetport - pointer to target instance registered with nvmet transport.
+ * @hosthandle - hosthandle set by the driver in a prior ls_rqst_rcv.
+ *               Driver sets this value to the ndlp pointer.
+ * @pnvme_lsreq - the transport nvme_ls_req structure for the LS
+ *
+ * Driver registers this routine to handle any link service request
+ * from the nvme_fc transport to a remote nvme-aware port.
+ *
+ * Return value :
+ *   0 - Success
+ *   non-zero: various error codes, in form of -Exxx
+ **/
+static int
+lpfc_nvmet_ls_req(struct nvmet_fc_target_port *targetport,
+                 void *hosthandle,
+                 struct nvmefc_ls_req *pnvme_lsreq)
+{
+       struct lpfc_nvmet_tgtport *lpfc_nvmet = targetport->private;
+       struct lpfc_hba *phba;
+       struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp;
+       int ret;
+       u32 hstate;
+
+       if (!lpfc_nvmet)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       phba = lpfc_nvmet->phba;
+       if (phba->pport->load_flag & FC_UNLOADING)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       hstate = atomic_read(&lpfc_nvmet->state);
+       if (hstate == LPFC_NVMET_INV_HOST_ACTIVE)
+               return -EACCES;
+
+       ndlp = (struct lpfc_nodelist *)hosthandle;
+
+       ret = __lpfc_nvme_ls_req(phba->pport, ndlp, pnvme_lsreq,
+                                lpfc_nvmet_ls_req_cmp);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * lpfc_nvmet_ls_abort - Abort a prior NVME LS request
+ * @targetport: Transport targetport, that LS was issued from.
+ * @hosthandle - hosthandle set by the driver in a prior ls_rqst_rcv.
+ *               Driver sets this value to the ndlp pointer.
+ * @pnvme_lsreq - the transport nvme_ls_req structure for LS to be aborted
+ *
+ * Driver registers this routine to abort an NVME LS request that is
+ * in progress (from the transports perspective).
+ **/
+static void
+lpfc_nvmet_ls_abort(struct nvmet_fc_target_port *targetport,
+                   void *hosthandle,
+                   struct nvmefc_ls_req *pnvme_lsreq)
+{
+       struct lpfc_nvmet_tgtport *lpfc_nvmet = targetport->private;
+       struct lpfc_hba *phba;
+       struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp;
+       int ret;
+
+       phba = lpfc_nvmet->phba;
+       if (phba->pport->load_flag & FC_UNLOADING)
+               return;
+
+       ndlp = (struct lpfc_nodelist *)hosthandle;
+
+       ret = __lpfc_nvme_ls_abort(phba->pport, ndlp, pnvme_lsreq);
+       if (!ret)
+               atomic_inc(&lpfc_nvmet->xmt_ls_abort);
+}
+
 static void
 lpfc_nvmet_host_release(void *hosthandle)
 {
        .fcp_req_release = lpfc_nvmet_xmt_fcp_release,
        .defer_rcv      = lpfc_nvmet_defer_rcv,
        .discovery_event = lpfc_nvmet_discovery_event,
+       .ls_req         = lpfc_nvmet_ls_req,
+       .ls_abort       = lpfc_nvmet_ls_abort,
        .host_release   = lpfc_nvmet_host_release,
 
        .max_hw_queues  = 1,
        .target_features = 0,
        /* sizes of additional private data for data structures */
        .target_priv_sz = sizeof(struct lpfc_nvmet_tgtport),
+       .lsrqst_priv_sz = 0,
 };
 
 static void