diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 304b13e7a265..49fdce95d6d9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ struct devx_async_data {
 	struct mlx5_ib_uapi_devx_async_cmd_hdr hdr;
 };
 
+struct devx_async_event_data {
+	struct list_head list; /* headed in ev_queue->event_list */
+	struct mlx5_ib_uapi_devx_async_event_hdr hdr;
+};
+
 /* first level XA value data structure */
 struct devx_event {
 	struct xarray object_ids; /* second XA level, Key = object id */
@@ -54,7 +59,9 @@ struct devx_event_subscription {
 				   * devx_obj_event->obj_sub_list
 				   */
 	struct list_head obj_list; /* headed in devx_object */
+	struct list_head event_list; /* headed in ev_queue->event_list */
 
+	u8  is_cleaned:1;
 	u32 xa_key_level1;
 	u32 xa_key_level2;
 	struct rcu_head	rcu;
@@ -71,6 +78,7 @@ struct devx_async_event_queue {
 	struct list_head	event_list;
 	atomic_t		bytes_in_use;
 	u8			is_destroyed:1;
+	u8			is_overflow_err:1;
 	u32			flags;
 };
 
@@ -294,6 +302,46 @@ static u16 get_dec_obj_type(struct devx_obj *obj, u16 event_num)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Any future affiliated event should have a fixed header to get the obj
+ * type and id including events on legacy objects.
+ */
+static u32 get_affiliated_event_obj_id(struct mlx5_eqe *eqe)
+{
+	u32 obj_id = MLX5_GET(affiliated_event_header, eqe, obj_id);
+
+	return obj_id;
+}
+
+static u16 get_affiliated_event_obj_type(struct mlx5_eqe *eqe)
+{
+	u16 obj_type = MLX5_GET(affiliated_event_header, eqe, obj_type);
+
+	return obj_type;
+}
+
+static u16 get_event_obj_type(unsigned long event_type, struct mlx5_eqe *eqe)
+{
+	switch (event_type) {
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_WQ_CATAS_ERROR:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_WQ_ACCESS_ERROR:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_WQ_INVAL_REQ_ERROR:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SRQ_LAST_WQE:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_PATH_MIG:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_PATH_MIG_FAILED:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_COMM_EST:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SQ_DRAINED:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SRQ_RQ_LIMIT:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SRQ_CATAS_ERROR:
+		return eqe->data.qp_srq.type;
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_CQ_ERROR:
+		return 0;
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_DCT_DRAINED:
+		return MLX5_EVENT_QUEUE_TYPE_DCT;
+	default:
+		return get_affiliated_event_obj_type(eqe);
+	}
+}
+
 static u32 get_dec_obj_id(u64 obj_id)
 {
 	return (obj_id & 0xffffffff);
@@ -1276,9 +1324,13 @@ static void devx_cleanup_mkey(struct devx_obj *obj)
 }
 
 static void devx_cleanup_subscription(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
-				      struct devx_event_subscription *sub)
+				      struct devx_event_subscription *sub,
+				      bool file_close)
 {
-	list_del_rcu(&sub->file_list);
+	if (sub->is_cleaned)
+		goto end;
+
+	sub->is_cleaned = 1;
 	list_del_rcu(&sub->xa_list);
 
 	if (sub->is_obj_related) {
@@ -1303,10 +1355,15 @@ static void devx_cleanup_subscription(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (sub->eventfd)
-		eventfd_ctx_put(sub->eventfd);
+end:
+	if (file_close) {
+		if (sub->eventfd)
+			eventfd_ctx_put(sub->eventfd);
 
-	kfree_rcu(sub, rcu);
+		list_del_rcu(&sub->file_list);
+		/* subscription may not be used by the read API any more */
+		kfree_rcu(sub, rcu);
+	}
 }
 
 static int devx_obj_cleanup(struct ib_uobject *uobject,
@@ -1338,7 +1395,7 @@ static int devx_obj_cleanup(struct ib_uobject *uobject,
 
 	mutex_lock(&devx_event_table->event_xa_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sub_entry, tmp, &obj->event_sub, obj_list)
-		devx_cleanup_subscription(dev, sub_entry);
+		devx_cleanup_subscription(dev, sub_entry, false);
 	mutex_unlock(&devx_event_table->event_xa_lock);
 
 	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_INDIRECT_MKEY) {
@@ -1588,6 +1645,7 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_ASYNC_EVENT_FD_ALLOC)(
 	devx_init_event_queue(&ev_file->ev_queue, flags);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ev_file->subscribed_events_list);
 	ev_file->dev = dev;
+	get_device(&dev->ib_dev.dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1981,6 +2039,7 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT)(
 		event_sub_arr[i]->xa_key_level1 = key_level1;
 		event_sub_arr[i]->xa_key_level2 = obj_id;
 		event_sub_arr[i]->is_obj_related = obj ? true : false;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event_sub_arr[i]->event_list);
 	}
 
 	/* Once all the allocations and the reservations for level 2
@@ -2191,10 +2250,174 @@ static int devx_umem_cleanup(struct ib_uobject *uobject,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool is_unaffiliated_event(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
+				  unsigned long event_type)
+{
+	__be64 *unaff_events;
+	int mask_entry;
+	int mask_bit;
+
+	if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, event_cap))
+		return is_legacy_unaffiliated_event_num(event_type);
+
+	unaff_events = MLX5_CAP_DEV_EVENT(dev,
+					  user_unaffiliated_events);
+	WARN_ON(event_type > MAX_SUPP_EVENT_NUM);
+
+	mask_entry = event_type / 64;
+	mask_bit = event_type % 64;
+
+	if (!(be64_to_cpu(unaff_events[mask_entry]) & (1ull << mask_bit)))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static u32 devx_get_obj_id_from_event(unsigned long event_type, void *data)
+{
+	struct mlx5_eqe *eqe = data;
+	u32 obj_id = 0;
+
+	switch (event_type) {
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SRQ_CATAS_ERROR:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SRQ_RQ_LIMIT:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_PATH_MIG:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_COMM_EST:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SQ_DRAINED:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_SRQ_LAST_WQE:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_WQ_CATAS_ERROR:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_PATH_MIG_FAILED:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_WQ_INVAL_REQ_ERROR:
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_WQ_ACCESS_ERROR:
+		obj_id = be32_to_cpu(eqe->data.qp_srq.qp_srq_n) & 0xffffff;
+		break;
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_DCT_DRAINED:
+		obj_id = be32_to_cpu(eqe->data.dct.dctn) & 0xffffff;
+		break;
+	case MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_CQ_ERROR:
+		obj_id = be32_to_cpu(eqe->data.cq_err.cqn) & 0xffffff;
+		break;
+	default:
+		obj_id = get_affiliated_event_obj_id(data);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return obj_id;
+}
+
+static int deliver_event(struct devx_event_subscription *event_sub,
+			 const void *data)
+{
+	struct ib_uobject *fd_uobj = event_sub->fd_uobj;
+	struct devx_async_event_file *ev_file;
+	struct devx_async_event_queue *ev_queue;
+	struct devx_async_event_data *event_data;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	bool omit_data;
+
+	ev_file = container_of(fd_uobj, struct devx_async_event_file,
+			       uobj);
+	ev_queue = &ev_file->ev_queue;
+	omit_data = ev_queue->flags &
+		MLX5_IB_UAPI_DEVX_CREATE_EVENT_CHANNEL_FLAGS_OMIT_EV_DATA;
+
+	if (omit_data) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ev_queue->lock, flags);
+		if (!list_empty(&event_sub->event_list)) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ev_queue->lock, flags);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		list_add_tail(&event_sub->event_list, &ev_queue->event_list);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ev_queue->lock, flags);
+		wake_up_interruptible(&ev_queue->poll_wait);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	event_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*event_data) +
+			     (omit_data ? 0 : sizeof(struct mlx5_eqe)),
+			     GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!event_data) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ev_queue->lock, flags);
+		ev_queue->is_overflow_err = 1;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ev_queue->lock, flags);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	event_data->hdr.cookie = event_sub->cookie;
+	memcpy(event_data->hdr.out_data, data, sizeof(struct mlx5_eqe));
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ev_queue->lock, flags);
+	list_add_tail(&event_data->list, &ev_queue->event_list);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ev_queue->lock, flags);
+	wake_up_interruptible(&ev_queue->poll_wait);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void dispatch_event_fd(struct list_head *fd_list,
+			      const void *data)
+{
+	struct devx_event_subscription *item;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(item, fd_list, xa_list) {
+		if (!get_file_rcu((struct file *)item->object))
+			continue;
+
+		if (item->eventfd) {
+			eventfd_signal(item->eventfd, 1);
+			fput(item->object);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		deliver_event(item, data);
+		fput(item->object);
+	}
+}
+
 static int devx_event_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 			       unsigned long event_type, void *data)
 {
-	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+	struct mlx5_devx_event_table *table;
+	struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev;
+	struct devx_event *event;
+	struct devx_obj_event *obj_event;
+	u16 obj_type = 0;
+	bool is_unaffiliated;
+	u32 obj_id;
+
+	/* Explicit filtering to kernel events which may occur frequently */
+	if (event_type == MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_CMD ||
+	    event_type == MLX5_EVENT_TYPE_PAGE_REQUEST)
+		return NOTIFY_OK;
+
+	table = container_of(nb, struct mlx5_devx_event_table, devx_nb.nb);
+	dev = container_of(table, struct mlx5_ib_dev, devx_event_table);
+	is_unaffiliated = is_unaffiliated_event(dev->mdev, event_type);
+
+	if (!is_unaffiliated)
+		obj_type = get_event_obj_type(event_type, data);
+	event = xa_load(&table->event_xa, event_type | (obj_type << 16));
+	if (!event)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	if (is_unaffiliated) {
+		dispatch_event_fd(&event->unaffiliated_list, data);
+		return NOTIFY_OK;
+	}
+
+	obj_id = devx_get_obj_id_from_event(event_type, data);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	obj_event = xa_load(&event->object_ids, obj_id);
+	if (!obj_event) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+	}
+
+	dispatch_event_fd(&obj_event->obj_sub_list, data);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
 void mlx5_ib_devx_init_event_table(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
@@ -2221,7 +2444,7 @@ void mlx5_ib_devx_cleanup_event_table(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 		event = entry;
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(sub, tmp, &event->unaffiliated_list,
 					 xa_list)
-			devx_cleanup_subscription(dev, sub);
+			devx_cleanup_subscription(dev, sub, false);
 		kfree(entry);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->devx_event_table.event_xa_lock);
@@ -2329,18 +2552,126 @@ static const struct file_operations devx_async_cmd_event_fops = {
 static ssize_t devx_async_event_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 				     size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	return -EINVAL;
+	struct devx_async_event_file *ev_file = filp->private_data;
+	struct devx_async_event_queue *ev_queue = &ev_file->ev_queue;
+	struct devx_event_subscription *event_sub;
+	struct devx_async_event_data *uninitialized_var(event);
+	int ret = 0;
+	size_t eventsz;
+	bool omit_data;
+	void *event_data;
+
+	omit_data = ev_queue->flags &
+		MLX5_IB_UAPI_DEVX_CREATE_EVENT_CHANNEL_FLAGS_OMIT_EV_DATA;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+
+	if (ev_queue->is_overflow_err) {
+		ev_queue->is_overflow_err = 0;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+	}
+
+	while (list_empty(&ev_queue->event_list)) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+
+		if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+
+		if (wait_event_interruptible(ev_queue->poll_wait,
+			    (!list_empty(&ev_queue->event_list) ||
+			     ev_queue->is_destroyed))) {
+			return -ERESTARTSYS;
+		}
+
+		if (list_empty(&ev_queue->event_list) &&
+		    ev_queue->is_destroyed)
+			return -EIO;
+
+		spin_lock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+	}
+
+	if (omit_data) {
+		event_sub = list_first_entry(&ev_queue->event_list,
+					struct devx_event_subscription,
+					event_list);
+		eventsz = sizeof(event_sub->cookie);
+		event_data = &event_sub->cookie;
+	} else {
+		event = list_first_entry(&ev_queue->event_list,
+				      struct devx_async_event_data, list);
+		eventsz = sizeof(struct mlx5_eqe) +
+			sizeof(struct mlx5_ib_uapi_devx_async_event_hdr);
+		event_data = &event->hdr;
+	}
+
+	if (eventsz > count) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+
+	if (omit_data)
+		list_del_init(&event_sub->event_list);
+	else
+		list_del(&event->list);
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+
+	if (copy_to_user(buf, event_data, eventsz))
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+	else
+		ret = eventsz;
+
+	if (!omit_data)
+		kfree(event);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static __poll_t devx_async_event_poll(struct file *filp,
 				      struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
-	return 0;
+	struct devx_async_event_file *ev_file = filp->private_data;
+	struct devx_async_event_queue *ev_queue = &ev_file->ev_queue;
+	__poll_t pollflags = 0;
+
+	poll_wait(filp, &ev_queue->poll_wait, wait);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+	if (ev_queue->is_destroyed)
+		pollflags = EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM | EPOLLRDHUP;
+	else if (!list_empty(&ev_queue->event_list))
+		pollflags = EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+
+	return pollflags;
 }
 
 static int devx_async_event_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
+	struct ib_uobject *uobj = filp->private_data;
+	struct devx_async_event_file *ev_file =
+		container_of(uobj, struct devx_async_event_file, uobj);
+	struct devx_event_subscription *event_sub, *event_sub_tmp;
+	struct devx_async_event_data *entry, *tmp;
+
+	mutex_lock(&ev_file->dev->devx_event_table.event_xa_lock);
+	/* delete the subscriptions which are related to this FD */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(event_sub, event_sub_tmp,
+				 &ev_file->subscribed_events_list, file_list)
+		devx_cleanup_subscription(ev_file->dev, event_sub, true);
+	mutex_unlock(&ev_file->dev->devx_event_table.event_xa_lock);
+
+	/* free the pending events allocation */
+	if (!(ev_file->ev_queue.flags &
+	    MLX5_IB_UAPI_DEVX_CREATE_EVENT_CHANNEL_FLAGS_OMIT_EV_DATA)) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&ev_file->ev_queue.lock);
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp,
+					 &ev_file->ev_queue.event_list, list)
+			kfree(entry); /* read can't come any nore */
+		spin_unlock_irq(&ev_file->ev_queue.lock);
+	}
 	uverbs_close_fd(filp);
+	put_device(&ev_file->dev->ib_dev.dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2374,6 +2705,17 @@ static int devx_hot_unplug_async_cmd_event_file(struct ib_uobject *uobj,
 static int devx_hot_unplug_async_event_file(struct ib_uobject *uobj,
 					    enum rdma_remove_reason why)
 {
+	struct devx_async_event_file *ev_file =
+		container_of(uobj, struct devx_async_event_file,
+			     uobj);
+	struct devx_async_event_queue *ev_queue = &ev_file->ev_queue;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+	ev_queue->is_destroyed = 1;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ev_queue->lock);
+
+	if (why == RDMA_REMOVE_DRIVER_REMOVE)
+		wake_up_interruptible(&ev_queue->poll_wait);
 	return 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h
index 57beea4589e4..9500ff7363ef 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h
@@ -67,5 +67,10 @@ enum mlx5_ib_uapi_devx_create_event_channel_flags {
 	MLX5_IB_UAPI_DEVX_CREATE_EVENT_CHANNEL_FLAGS_OMIT_EV_DATA = 1 << 0,
 };
 
+struct mlx5_ib_uapi_devx_async_event_hdr {
+	__aligned_u64	cookie;
+	__u8		out_data[];
+};
+
 #endif
 
