diff --git a/include/asm-generic/topology.h b/include/asm-generic/topology.h
index 510df36dd5d44f8b40e0ed048bbb7c8fa1ef506f..fd60700503c8545795a031e15147e466154f0051 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/topology.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/topology.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #ifndef cpu_to_node
 #define cpu_to_node(cpu)	((void)(cpu),0)
 #endif
+#ifndef cpu_to_mem
+#define cpu_to_mem(cpu)		((void)(cpu),0)
+#endif
 #ifndef parent_node
 #define parent_node(node)	((void)(node),0)
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 0fa491326c4a165eceeef43f24c0f30ac3834832..b4d109e389b806f205aa1575135001e09a864bf5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -671,6 +671,12 @@ void memory_present(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 static inline void memory_present(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long end) {}
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES
+int local_memory_node(int node_id);
+#else
+static inline int local_memory_node(int node_id) { return node_id; };
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
 unsigned long __init node_memmap_size_bytes(int, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index 2e5518f46571647f1721a2088e117168a5e8aaa7..c44df50a05ab5a81e42b1a37299fb9e790298fc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -251,6 +251,67 @@ static inline int numa_node_id(void)
 
 #endif	/* [!]CONFIG_USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES
+
+/*
+ * N.B., Do NOT reference the '_numa_mem_' per cpu variable directly.
+ * It will not be defined when CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES is not defined.
+ * Use the accessor functions set_numa_mem(), numa_mem_id() and cpu_to_mem().
+ */
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, _numa_mem_);
+
+#ifndef set_numa_mem
+static inline void set_numa_mem(int node)
+{
+	percpu_write(_numa_mem_, node);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef numa_mem_id
+/* Returns the number of the nearest Node with memory */
+static inline int numa_mem_id(void)
+{
+	return __this_cpu_read(_numa_mem_);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef cpu_to_mem
+static inline int cpu_to_mem(int cpu)
+{
+	return per_cpu(_numa_mem_, cpu);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef set_cpu_numa_mem
+static inline void set_cpu_numa_mem(int cpu, int node)
+{
+	per_cpu(_numa_mem_, cpu) = node;
+}
+#endif
+
+#else	/* !CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES */
+
+static inline void set_numa_mem(int node) {}
+
+static inline void set_cpu_numa_mem(int cpu, int node) {}
+
+#ifndef numa_mem_id
+/* Returns the number of the nearest Node with memory */
+static inline int numa_mem_id(void)
+{
+	return numa_node_id();
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef cpu_to_mem
+static inline int cpu_to_mem(int cpu)
+{
+	return cpu_to_node(cpu);
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif	/* [!]CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES */
+
 #ifndef topology_physical_package_id
 #define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)	((void)(cpu), -1)
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 6fe1b65ee1a81a761c0261456dfe4e01dab81c21..431214b941acec39f68e171e468a59f74b9b749e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, numa_node);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(numa_node);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES
+/*
+ * N.B., Do NOT reference the '_numa_mem_' per cpu variable directly.
+ * It will not be defined when CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES is not defined.
+ * Use the accessor functions set_numa_mem(), numa_mem_id() and cpu_to_mem()
+ * defined in <linux/topology.h>.
+ */
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, _numa_mem_);		/* Kernel "local memory" node */
+EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(_numa_mem_);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Array of node states.
  */
@@ -2861,6 +2872,24 @@ static void build_zonelist_cache(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		zlc->z_to_n[z - zonelist->_zonerefs] = zonelist_node_idx(z);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES
+/*
+ * Return node id of node used for "local" allocations.
+ * I.e., first node id of first zone in arg node's generic zonelist.
+ * Used for initializing percpu 'numa_mem', which is used primarily
+ * for kernel allocations, so use GFP_KERNEL flags to locate zonelist.
+ */
+int local_memory_node(int node)
+{
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	(void)first_zones_zonelist(node_zonelist(node, GFP_KERNEL),
+				   gfp_zone(GFP_KERNEL),
+				   NULL,
+				   &zone);
+	return zone->node;
+}
+#endif
 
 #else	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
@@ -2975,9 +3004,23 @@ static __init_refok int __build_all_zonelists(void *data)
 	 * needs the percpu allocator in order to allocate its pagesets
 	 * (a chicken-egg dilemma).
 	 */
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		setup_pageset(&per_cpu(boot_pageset, cpu), 0);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES
+		/*
+		 * We now know the "local memory node" for each node--
+		 * i.e., the node of the first zone in the generic zonelist.
+		 * Set up numa_mem percpu variable for on-line cpus.  During
+		 * boot, only the boot cpu should be on-line;  we'll init the
+		 * secondary cpus' numa_mem as they come on-line.  During
+		 * node/memory hotplug, we'll fixup all on-line cpus.
+		 */
+		if (cpu_online(cpu))
+			set_cpu_numa_mem(cpu, local_memory_node(cpu_to_node(cpu)));
+#endif
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }