diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index 3354774..0fdc73d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum {
 	MPOL_BIND,
 	MPOL_INTERLEAVE,
 	MPOL_LOCAL,
+	MPOL_HYBRID,
 	MPOL_MAX,	/* always last member of enum */
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index af171cc..7d0a432 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
  *                but useful to set in a VMA when you have a non default
  *                process policy.
  *
+ * hybrid         Only allocate memory on specific set of nodes. If the set of
+ *                nodes include non-DRAM nodes, NUMA balancing would promote
+ *                the page to DRAM node.
+ *
  * default        Allocate on the local node first, or when on a VMA
  *                use the process policy. This is what Linux always did
  *		  in a NUMA aware kernel and still does by, ahem, default.
@@ -191,6 +195,17 @@ static int mpol_new_bind(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int mpol_new_hybrid(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
+{
+	if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Hybrid policy would promote pages in page fault */
+	pol->flags |= MPOL_F_MOF;
+	pol->v.nodes = *nodes;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * mpol_set_nodemask is called after mpol_new() to set up the nodemask, if
  * any, for the new policy.  mpol_new() has already validated the nodes
@@ -401,6 +416,10 @@ void mpol_rebind_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t *new)
 		.create = mpol_new_bind,
 		.rebind = mpol_rebind_nodemask,
 	},
+	[MPOL_HYBRID] = {
+		.create = mpol_new_hybrid,
+		.rebind = mpol_rebind_nodemask,
+	},
 };
 
 static void migrate_page_add(struct page *page, struct list_head *pagelist,
@@ -782,6 +801,8 @@ static void get_policy_nodemask(struct mempolicy *p, nodemask_t *nodes)
 		return;
 
 	switch (p->mode) {
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
+		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
@@ -1721,8 +1742,12 @@ static int apply_policy_zone(struct mempolicy *policy, enum zone_type zone)
  */
 static nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
 {
-	/* Lower zones don't get a nodemask applied for MPOL_BIND */
-	if (unlikely(policy->mode == MPOL_BIND) &&
+	/*
+	 * Lower zones don't get a nodemask applied for MPOL_BIND
+	 * or MPOL_HYBRID.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((policy->mode == MPOL_BIND) ||
+			(policy->mode == MPOL_HYBRID)) &&
 			apply_policy_zone(policy, gfp_zone(gfp)) &&
 			cpuset_nodemask_valid_mems_allowed(&policy->v.nodes))
 		return &policy->v.nodes;
@@ -1742,7 +1767,9 @@ static int policy_node(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy,
 		 * because we might easily break the expectation to stay on the
 		 * requested node and not break the policy.
 		 */
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(policy->mode == MPOL_BIND && (gfp & __GFP_THISNODE));
+		WARN_ON_ONCE((policy->mode == MPOL_BIND ||
+			     policy->mode == MPOL_HYBRID) &&
+			     (gfp & __GFP_THISNODE));
 	}
 
 	return nd;
@@ -1786,6 +1813,8 @@ unsigned int mempolicy_slab_node(void)
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		return interleave_nodes(policy);
 
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
+		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_BIND: {
 		struct zoneref *z;
 
@@ -1856,7 +1885,8 @@ static inline unsigned interleave_nid(struct mempolicy *pol,
  * @addr: address in @vma for shared policy lookup and interleave policy
  * @gfp_flags: for requested zone
  * @mpol: pointer to mempolicy pointer for reference counted mempolicy
- * @nodemask: pointer to nodemask pointer for MPOL_BIND nodemask
+ * @nodemask: pointer to nodemask pointer for MPOL_BIND or MPOL_HYBRID
+ * nodemask
  *
  * Returns a nid suitable for a huge page allocation and a pointer
  * to the struct mempolicy for conditional unref after allocation.
@@ -1871,14 +1901,16 @@ int huge_node(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, gfp_t gfp_flags,
 	int nid;
 
 	*mpol = get_vma_policy(vma, addr);
-	*nodemask = NULL;	/* assume !MPOL_BIND */
+	/* assume !MPOL_BIND || !MPOL_HYBRID */
+	*nodemask = NULL;
 
 	if (unlikely((*mpol)->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE)) {
 		nid = interleave_nid(*mpol, vma, addr,
 					huge_page_shift(hstate_vma(vma)));
 	} else {
 		nid = policy_node(gfp_flags, *mpol, numa_node_id());
-		if ((*mpol)->mode == MPOL_BIND)
+		if ((*mpol)->mode == MPOL_BIND ||
+		    (*mpol)->mode == MPOL_HYBRID)
 			*nodemask = &(*mpol)->v.nodes;
 	}
 	return nid;
@@ -1919,6 +1951,8 @@ bool init_nodemask_of_mempolicy(nodemask_t *mask)
 		init_nodemask_of_node(mask, nid);
 		break;
 
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
+		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
@@ -1966,6 +2000,7 @@ bool mempolicy_nodemask_intersects(struct task_struct *tsk,
 		 * nodes in mask.
 		 */
 		break;
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		ret = nodes_intersects(mempolicy->v.nodes, *mask);
@@ -2170,6 +2205,8 @@ bool __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
 			return false;
 
 	switch (a->mode) {
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
+		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
@@ -2325,6 +2362,9 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long
 			polnid = pol->v.preferred_node;
 		break;
 
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
+		/* Fall through */
+
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 
 		/*
@@ -2693,6 +2733,7 @@ void numa_default_policy(void)
 	[MPOL_BIND]       = "bind",
 	[MPOL_INTERLEAVE] = "interleave",
 	[MPOL_LOCAL]      = "local",
+	[MPOL_HYBRID]     = "hybrid",
 };
 
 
@@ -2768,6 +2809,8 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol)
 		if (!nodelist)
 			err = 0;
 		goto out;
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
+		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 		/*
 		 * Insist on a nodelist
@@ -2856,6 +2899,7 @@ void mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol)
 		else
 			node_set(pol->v.preferred_node, nodes);
 		break;
+	case MPOL_HYBRID:
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
 		nodes = pol->v.nodes;
