diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index f1945df6e6b4..7562b85b1ec0 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct damon_ctx {
 	unsigned long sample_interval;
 	unsigned long aggr_interval;
 	unsigned long min_nr_regions;
+	unsigned long max_nr_regions;
 
 	struct timespec64 last_aggregation;
 
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ struct damon_ctx {
 };
 
 int damon_set_pids(struct damon_ctx *ctx, unsigned long *pids, ssize_t nr_pids);
-int damon_set_attrs(struct damon_ctx *ctx, unsigned long sample_int,
-		unsigned long aggr_int, unsigned long min_nr_reg);
+int damon_set_attrs(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
+		unsigned long sample_int, unsigned long aggr_int,
+		unsigned long min_nr_reg, unsigned long max_nr_reg);
 int damon_start(struct damon_ctx *ctx);
 int damon_stop(struct damon_ctx *ctx);
 
diff --git a/mm/damon.c b/mm/damon.c
index 5596d4cd572d..bc68491a1b1d 100644
--- a/mm/damon.c
+++ b/mm/damon.c
@@ -341,9 +341,12 @@ static int damon_three_regions_of(struct damon_task *t,
  * regions is wasteful.  That said, because we can deal with small noises,
  * tracking every mapping is not strictly required but could even incur a high
  * overhead if the mapping frequently changes or the number of mappings is
- * high.  Nonetheless, this may seems very weird.  DAMON's dynamic regions
- * adjustment mechanism, which will be implemented with following commit will
- * make this more sense.
+ * high.  The adaptive regions adjustment mechanism will further help to deal
+ * with the noises by simply identifying the unmapped areas as a region that
+ * has no access.  Moreover, applying the real mappings that would have many
+ * unmapped areas inside will make the adaptive mechanism quite complex.  That
+ * said, too huge unmapped areas inside the monitoring target should be removed
+ * to not take the time for the adaptive mechanism.
  *
  * For the reason, we convert the complex mappings to three distinct regions
  * that cover every mapped areas of the address space.  Also the two gaps
@@ -512,20 +515,25 @@ static void damon_check_access(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
 	last_addr = r->sampling_addr;
 }
 
-static void kdamond_check_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
+static unsigned int kdamond_check_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct damon_task *t;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct damon_region *r;
+	unsigned int max_nr_accesses = 0;
 
 	damon_for_each_task(ctx, t) {
 		mm = damon_get_mm(t);
 		if (!mm)
 			continue;
-		damon_for_each_region(r, t)
+		damon_for_each_region(r, t) {
 			damon_check_access(ctx, mm, r);
+			max_nr_accesses = max(r->nr_accesses, max_nr_accesses);
+		}
+
 		mmput(mm);
 	}
+	return max_nr_accesses;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -574,6 +582,121 @@ static void kdamond_reset_aggregated(struct damon_ctx *c)
 	}
 }
 
+#define sz_damon_region(r) (r->vm_end - r->vm_start)
+
+/*
+ * Merge two adjacent regions into one region
+ */
+static void damon_merge_two_regions(struct damon_region *l,
+				struct damon_region *r)
+{
+	l->nr_accesses = (l->nr_accesses * sz_damon_region(l) +
+			r->nr_accesses * sz_damon_region(r)) /
+			(sz_damon_region(l) + sz_damon_region(r));
+	l->vm_end = r->vm_end;
+	damon_destroy_region(r);
+}
+
+#define diff_of(a, b) (a > b ? a - b : b - a)
+
+/*
+ * Merge adjacent regions having similar access frequencies
+ *
+ * t		task that merge operation will make change
+ * thres	merge regions having '->nr_accesses' diff smaller than this
+ */
+static void damon_merge_regions_of(struct damon_task *t, unsigned int thres)
+{
+	struct damon_region *r, *prev = NULL, *next;
+
+	damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t) {
+		if (!prev || prev->vm_end != r->vm_start ||
+		    diff_of(prev->nr_accesses, r->nr_accesses) > thres) {
+			prev = r;
+			continue;
+		}
+		damon_merge_two_regions(prev, r);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Merge adjacent regions having similar access frequencies
+ *
+ * threshold	merge regions havind nr_accesses diff larger than this
+ *
+ * This function merges monitoring target regions which are adjacent and their
+ * access frequencies are similar.  This is for minimizing the monitoring
+ * overhead under the dynamically changeable access pattern.  If a merge was
+ * unnecessarily made, later 'kdamond_split_regions()' will revert it.
+ */
+static void kdamond_merge_regions(struct damon_ctx *c, unsigned int threshold)
+{
+	struct damon_task *t;
+
+	damon_for_each_task(c, t)
+		damon_merge_regions_of(t, threshold);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Split a region into two small regions
+ *
+ * r		the region to be split
+ * sz_r		size of the first sub-region that will be made
+ */
+static void damon_split_region_at(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
+		struct damon_region *r, unsigned long sz_r)
+{
+	struct damon_region *new;
+
+	new = damon_new_region(ctx, r->vm_start + sz_r, r->vm_end);
+	r->vm_end = new->vm_start;
+
+	damon_insert_region(new, r, damon_next_region(r));
+}
+
+static void damon_split_regions_of(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_task *t)
+{
+	struct damon_region *r, *next;
+	unsigned long sz_left_region;
+
+	damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t) {
+		/*
+		 * Randomly select size of left sub-region to be at least
+		 * 10 percent and at most 90% of original region
+		 */
+		sz_left_region = (prandom_u32_state(&ctx->rndseed) % 9 + 1) *
+			(r->vm_end - r->vm_start) / 10;
+		/* Do not allow blank region */
+		if (sz_left_region == 0)
+			continue;
+		damon_split_region_at(ctx, r, sz_left_region);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * splits every target regions into two randomly-sized regions
+ *
+ * This function splits every target regions into two random-sized regions if
+ * current total number of the regions is smaller than the half of the
+ * user-specified maximum number of regions.  This is for maximizing the
+ * monitoring accuracy under the dynamically changeable access patterns.  If a
+ * split was unnecessarily made, later 'kdamond_merge_regions()' will revert
+ * it.
+ */
+static void kdamond_split_regions(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct damon_task *t;
+	unsigned int nr_regions = 0;
+
+	damon_for_each_task(ctx, t)
+		nr_regions += nr_damon_regions(t);
+	if (nr_regions > ctx->max_nr_regions / 2)
+		return;
+
+	damon_for_each_task(ctx, t)
+		damon_split_regions_of(ctx, t);
+}
+
 /*
  * Check whether current monitoring should be stopped
  *
@@ -611,6 +734,7 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
 	struct damon_ctx *ctx = data;
 	struct damon_task *t;
 	struct damon_region *r, *next;
+	unsigned int max_nr_accesses = 0;
 
 	pr_info("kdamond (%d) starts\n", ctx->kdamond->pid);
 	kdamond_init_regions(ctx);
@@ -619,11 +743,13 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
 
 		usleep_range(ctx->sample_interval, ctx->sample_interval + 1);
 
-		kdamond_check_accesses(ctx);
+		max_nr_accesses = kdamond_check_accesses(ctx);
 
-		if (kdamond_aggregate_interval_passed(ctx))
+		if (kdamond_aggregate_interval_passed(ctx)) {
+			kdamond_merge_regions(ctx, max_nr_accesses / 10);
 			kdamond_reset_aggregated(ctx);
-
+			kdamond_split_regions(ctx);
+		}
 	}
 	damon_for_each_task(ctx, t) {
 		damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t)
@@ -732,24 +858,32 @@ int damon_set_pids(struct damon_ctx *ctx, unsigned long *pids, ssize_t nr_pids)
  * @sample_int:		time interval between samplings
  * @aggr_int:		time interval between aggregations
  * @min_nr_reg:		minimal number of regions
+ * @max_nr_reg:		maximum number of regions
  *
  * This function should not be called while the kdamond is running.
  * Every time interval is in micro-seconds.
  *
  * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
  */
-int damon_set_attrs(struct damon_ctx *ctx, unsigned long sample_int,
-		unsigned long aggr_int, unsigned long min_nr_reg)
+int damon_set_attrs(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
+			unsigned long sample_int, unsigned long aggr_int,
+			unsigned long min_nr_reg, unsigned long max_nr_reg)
 {
 	if (min_nr_reg < 3) {
 		pr_err("min_nr_regions (%lu) should be bigger than 2\n",
 				min_nr_reg);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	if (min_nr_reg >= ctx->max_nr_regions) {
+		pr_err("invalid nr_regions.  min (%lu) >= max (%lu)\n",
+				min_nr_reg, max_nr_reg);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	ctx->sample_interval = sample_int;
 	ctx->aggr_interval = aggr_int;
 	ctx->min_nr_regions = min_nr_reg;
+	ctx->max_nr_regions = max_nr_reg;
 
 	return 0;
 }
