diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 5fe03aaca92..5199db2923d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ static inline int pte_same(pte_t a, pte_t b)
 
 static inline int pte_present(pte_t a)
 {
-	return pte_flags(a) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE);
+	return pte_flags(a) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE |
+			       _PAGE_NUMA);
 }
 
 #define pte_accessible pte_accessible
@@ -426,7 +427,8 @@ static inline int pmd_present(pmd_t pmd)
 	 * the _PAGE_PSE flag will remain set at all times while the
 	 * _PAGE_PRESENT bit is clear).
 	 */
-	return pmd_flags(pmd) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE | _PAGE_PSE);
+	return pmd_flags(pmd) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE | _PAGE_PSE |
+				 _PAGE_NUMA);
 }
 
 static inline int pmd_none(pmd_t pmd)
@@ -485,6 +487,11 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_offset_kernel(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address)
 
 static inline int pmd_bad(pmd_t pmd)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
+	/* pmd_numa check */
+	if ((pmd_flags(pmd) & (_PAGE_NUMA|_PAGE_PRESENT)) == _PAGE_NUMA)
+		return 0;
+#endif
 	return (pmd_flags(pmd) & ~_PAGE_USER) != _KERNPG_TABLE;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 48fc1dc1c74..f27c83668d1 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -558,6 +558,112 @@ static inline int pmd_trans_unstable(pmd_t *pmd)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_NUMA_PROT_NONE
+/*
+ * _PAGE_NUMA works identical to _PAGE_PROTNONE (it's actually the
+ * same bit too). It's set only when _PAGE_PRESET is not set and it's
+ * never set if _PAGE_PRESENT is set.
+ *
+ * pte/pmd_present() returns true if pte/pmd_numa returns true. Page
+ * fault triggers on those regions if pte/pmd_numa returns true
+ * (because _PAGE_PRESENT is not set).
+ */
+#ifndef pte_numa
+static inline int pte_numa(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return (pte_flags(pte) &
+		(_PAGE_NUMA|_PAGE_PRESENT)) == _PAGE_NUMA;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef pmd_numa
+static inline int pmd_numa(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return (pmd_flags(pmd) &
+		(_PAGE_NUMA|_PAGE_PRESENT)) == _PAGE_NUMA;
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * pte/pmd_mknuma sets the _PAGE_ACCESSED bitflag automatically
+ * because they're called by the NUMA hinting minor page fault. If we
+ * wouldn't set the _PAGE_ACCESSED bitflag here, the TLB miss handler
+ * would be forced to set it later while filling the TLB after we
+ * return to userland. That would trigger a second write to memory
+ * that we optimize away by setting _PAGE_ACCESSED here.
+ */
+#ifndef pte_mknonnuma
+static inline pte_t pte_mknonnuma(pte_t pte)
+{
+	pte = pte_clear_flags(pte, _PAGE_NUMA);
+	return pte_set_flags(pte, _PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_ACCESSED);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef pmd_mknonnuma
+static inline pmd_t pmd_mknonnuma(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	pmd = pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_NUMA);
+	return pmd_set_flags(pmd, _PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_ACCESSED);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef pte_mknuma
+static inline pte_t pte_mknuma(pte_t pte)
+{
+	pte = pte_set_flags(pte, _PAGE_NUMA);
+	return pte_clear_flags(pte, _PAGE_PRESENT);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef pmd_mknuma
+static inline pmd_t pmd_mknuma(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	pmd = pmd_set_flags(pmd, _PAGE_NUMA);
+	return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_PRESENT);
+}
+#endif
+#else
+extern int pte_numa(pte_t pte);
+extern int pmd_numa(pmd_t pmd);
+extern pte_t pte_mknonnuma(pte_t pte);
+extern pmd_t pmd_mknonnuma(pmd_t pmd);
+extern pte_t pte_mknuma(pte_t pte);
+extern pmd_t pmd_mknuma(pmd_t pmd);
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_USES_NUMA_PROT_NONE */
+#else
+static inline int pmd_numa(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int pte_numa(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline pte_t pte_mknonnuma(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
+
+static inline pmd_t pmd_mknonnuma(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pmd;
+}
+
+static inline pte_t pte_mknuma(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
+
+static inline pmd_t pmd_mknuma(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pmd;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 6fdd6e33932..9f00f004796 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -696,6 +696,43 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
 config HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
 	bool
 
+#
+# For architectures that want to enable the support for NUMA-affine scheduler
+# balancing logic:
+#
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
+	bool
+
+# For architectures that (ab)use NUMA to represent different memory regions
+# all cpu-local but of different latencies, such as SuperH.
+#
+config ARCH_WANT_NUMA_VARIABLE_LOCALITY
+	bool
+
+#
+# For architectures that are willing to define _PAGE_NUMA as _PAGE_PROTNONE
+config ARCH_WANTS_PROT_NUMA_PROT_NONE
+	bool
+
+config ARCH_USES_NUMA_PROT_NONE
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on ARCH_WANTS_PROT_NUMA_PROT_NONE
+	depends on NUMA_BALANCING
+
+config NUMA_BALANCING
+	bool "Memory placement aware NUMA scheduler"
+	default y
+	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
+	depends on !ARCH_WANT_NUMA_VARIABLE_LOCALITY
+	depends on SMP && NUMA && MIGRATION
+	help
+	  This option adds support for automatic NUMA aware memory/task placement.
+	  The mechanism is quite primitive and is based on migrating memory when
+	  it is references to the node the task is running on.
+
+	  This system will be inactive on UMA systems.
+
 menuconfig CGROUPS
 	boolean "Control Group support"
 	depends on EVENTFD