diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index e98a74c0c9c0e872eb20fd29e5a24b3c3cd3d5ed..afa2ad40457e906782ee15fdf6a155e6cd4293fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H
 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/vm_event_item.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
 
 struct mem_cgroup;
 struct page_cgroup;
@@ -414,5 +415,114 @@ static inline void sock_release_memcg(struct sock *sk)
 {
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_INET && CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+static inline bool memcg_kmem_enabled(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * In general, we'll do everything in our power to not incur in any overhead
+ * for non-memcg users for the kmem functions. Not even a function call, if we
+ * can avoid it.
+ *
+ * Therefore, we'll inline all those functions so that in the best case, we'll
+ * see that kmemcg is off for everybody and proceed quickly.  If it is on,
+ * we'll still do most of the flag checking inline. We check a lot of
+ * conditions, but because they are pretty simple, they are expected to be
+ * fast.
+ */
+bool __memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg,
+					int order);
+void __memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page,
+				       struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int order);
+void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(struct page *page, int order);
+
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_newpage_charge: verify if a new kmem allocation is allowed.
+ * @gfp: the gfp allocation flags.
+ * @memcg: a pointer to the memcg this was charged against.
+ * @order: allocation order.
+ *
+ * returns true if the memcg where the current task belongs can hold this
+ * allocation.
+ *
+ * We return true automatically if this allocation is not to be accounted to
+ * any memcg.
+ */
+static inline bool
+memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg, int order)
+{
+	if (!memcg_kmem_enabled())
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * __GFP_NOFAIL allocations will move on even if charging is not
+	 * possible. Therefore we don't even try, and have this allocation
+	 * unaccounted. We could in theory charge it with
+	 * res_counter_charge_nofail, but we hope those allocations are rare,
+	 * and won't be worth the trouble.
+	 */
+	if (!(gfp & __GFP_KMEMCG) || (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL))
+		return true;
+	if (in_interrupt() || (!current->mm) || (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+		return true;
+
+	/* If the test is dying, just let it go. */
+	if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(current)))
+		return true;
+
+	return __memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp, memcg, order);
+}
+
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages: uncharge pages from memcg
+ * @page: pointer to struct page being freed
+ * @order: allocation order.
+ *
+ * there is no need to specify memcg here, since it is embedded in page_cgroup
+ */
+static inline void
+memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(struct page *page, int order)
+{
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled())
+		__memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(page, order);
+}
+
+/**
+ * memcg_kmem_commit_charge: embeds correct memcg in a page
+ * @page: pointer to struct page recently allocated
+ * @memcg: the memcg structure we charged against
+ * @order: allocation order.
+ *
+ * Needs to be called after memcg_kmem_newpage_charge, regardless of success or
+ * failure of the allocation. if @page is NULL, this function will revert the
+ * charges. Otherwise, it will commit the memcg given by @memcg to the
+ * corresponding page_cgroup.
+ */
+static inline void
+memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int order)
+{
+	if (memcg_kmem_enabled() && memcg)
+		__memcg_kmem_commit_charge(page, memcg, order);
+}
+
+#else
+static inline bool
+memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **memcg, int order)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline void memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(struct page *page, int order)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void
+memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int order)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
 #endif /* _LINUX_MEMCONTROL_H */
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index bba1cb4bbb82aa6e8a5ad50c0c28cbed99bf0dc7..b9afa060b8d62feb4da918cc84987f0a91f5f56f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation
  * Author: Kirill A. Shutemov
  *
+ * Kernel Memory Controller
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Parallels Inc. and Google Inc.
+ * Authors: Glauber Costa and Suleiman Souhlal
+ *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
@@ -2661,6 +2665,172 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	memcg_check_events(memcg, page);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM
+static inline bool memcg_can_account_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return !mem_cgroup_disabled() && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg) &&
+		(memcg->kmem_account_flags & KMEM_ACCOUNTED_MASK);
+}
+
+static int memcg_charge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp, u64 size)
+{
+	struct res_counter *fail_res;
+	struct mem_cgroup *_memcg;
+	int ret = 0;
+	bool may_oom;
+
+	ret = res_counter_charge(&memcg->kmem, size, &fail_res);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Conditions under which we can wait for the oom_killer. Those are
+	 * the same conditions tested by the core page allocator
+	 */
+	may_oom = (gfp & __GFP_FS) && !(gfp & __GFP_NORETRY);
+
+	_memcg = memcg;
+	ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, gfp, size >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+				      &_memcg, may_oom);
+
+	if (ret == -EINTR)  {
+		/*
+		 * __mem_cgroup_try_charge() chosed to bypass to root due to
+		 * OOM kill or fatal signal.  Since our only options are to
+		 * either fail the allocation or charge it to this cgroup, do
+		 * it as a temporary condition. But we can't fail. From a
+		 * kmem/slab perspective, the cache has already been selected,
+		 * by mem_cgroup_kmem_get_cache(), so it is too late to change
+		 * our minds.
+		 *
+		 * This condition will only trigger if the task entered
+		 * memcg_charge_kmem in a sane state, but was OOM-killed during
+		 * __mem_cgroup_try_charge() above. Tasks that were already
+		 * dying when the allocation triggers should have been already
+		 * directed to the root cgroup in memcontrol.h
+		 */
+		res_counter_charge_nofail(&memcg->res, size, &fail_res);
+		if (do_swap_account)
+			res_counter_charge_nofail(&memcg->memsw, size,
+						  &fail_res);
+		ret = 0;
+	} else if (ret)
+		res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->kmem, size);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void memcg_uncharge_kmem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, u64 size)
+{
+	res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->kmem, size);
+	res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->res, size);
+	if (do_swap_account)
+		res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We need to verify if the allocation against current->mm->owner's memcg is
+ * possible for the given order. But the page is not allocated yet, so we'll
+ * need a further commit step to do the final arrangements.
+ *
+ * It is possible for the task to switch cgroups in this mean time, so at
+ * commit time, we can't rely on task conversion any longer.  We'll then use
+ * the handle argument to return to the caller which cgroup we should commit
+ * against. We could also return the memcg directly and avoid the pointer
+ * passing, but a boolean return value gives better semantics considering
+ * the compiled-out case as well.
+ *
+ * Returning true means the allocation is possible.
+ */
+bool
+__memcg_kmem_newpage_charge(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup **_memcg, int order)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	int ret;
+
+	*_memcg = NULL;
+	memcg = try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
+
+	/*
+	 * very rare case described in mem_cgroup_from_task. Unfortunately there
+	 * isn't much we can do without complicating this too much, and it would
+	 * be gfp-dependent anyway. Just let it go
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!memcg))
+		return true;
+
+	if (!memcg_can_account_kmem(memcg)) {
+		css_put(&memcg->css);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	mem_cgroup_get(memcg);
+
+	ret = memcg_charge_kmem(memcg, gfp, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+	if (!ret)
+		*_memcg = memcg;
+	else
+		mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
+
+	css_put(&memcg->css);
+	return (ret == 0);
+}
+
+void __memcg_kmem_commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+			      int order)
+{
+	struct page_cgroup *pc;
+
+	VM_BUG_ON(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
+
+	/* The page allocation failed. Revert */
+	if (!page) {
+		memcg_uncharge_kmem(memcg, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+		mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	pc->mem_cgroup = memcg;
+	SetPageCgroupUsed(pc);
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+}
+
+void __memcg_kmem_uncharge_pages(struct page *page, int order)
+{
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
+	struct page_cgroup *pc;
+
+
+	pc = lookup_page_cgroup(page);
+	/*
+	 * Fast unlocked return. Theoretically might have changed, have to
+	 * check again after locking.
+	 */
+	if (!PageCgroupUsed(pc))
+		return;
+
+	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
+	if (PageCgroupUsed(pc)) {
+		memcg = pc->mem_cgroup;
+		ClearPageCgroupUsed(pc);
+	}
+	unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
+
+	/*
+	 * We trust that only if there is a memcg associated with the page, it
+	 * is a valid allocation
+	 */
+	if (!memcg)
+		return;
+
+	VM_BUG_ON(mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg));
+	memcg_uncharge_kmem(memcg, PAGE_SIZE << order);
+	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 
 #define PCGF_NOCOPY_AT_SPLIT (1 << PCG_LOCK | 1 << PCG_MIGRATION)