return freed;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_lru_scan);
+
+/**
+ * drm_gem_evict - helper to evict backing pages for a GEM object
+ * @obj: obj in question
+ */
+int drm_gem_evict(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+{
+       dma_resv_assert_held(obj->resv);
+
+       if (!dma_resv_test_signaled(obj->resv, DMA_RESV_USAGE_READ))
+               return -EBUSY;
+
+       if (obj->funcs->evict)
+               return obj->funcs->evict(obj);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_evict);
 
         */
        int (*mmap)(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
+       /**
+        * @evict:
+        *
+        * Evicts gem object out from memory. Used by the drm_gem_object_evict()
+        * helper. Returns 0 on success, -errno otherwise.
+        *
+        * This callback is optional.
+        */
+       int (*evict)(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+
        /**
         * @vm_ops:
         *
 unsigned long drm_gem_lru_scan(struct drm_gem_lru *lru, unsigned nr_to_scan,
                               bool (*shrink)(struct drm_gem_object *obj));
 
+int drm_gem_evict(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+
 #endif /* __DRM_GEM_H__ */