diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 1f212b47a48a..ce6044273ef1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select SWIOTLB
 	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
 	select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+	select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR if USERFAULTFD
 	help
 	  ARM 64-bit (AArch64) Linux support.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2792879d398e..7f71b71ed372 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD if X86_64
 	select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_WP         if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD
+	select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR	if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD
 	select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK		if X86_64
 	select HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
 	select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 3cec6fbef725..e1c9095ebe70 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		[ilog2(VM_PKEY_BIT4)]	= "",
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PKEYS */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+		[ilog2(VM_UFFD_MINOR)]	= "ui",
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
 	};
 	size_t i;
 
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index e5ce3b4e6c3d..089db960b8cf 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -197,24 +197,21 @@ static inline struct uffd_msg userfault_msg(unsigned long address,
 	msg_init(&msg);
 	msg.event = UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT;
 	msg.arg.pagefault.address = address;
+	/*
+	 * These flags indicate why the userfault occurred:
+	 * - UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP indicates a write protect fault.
+	 * - UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_MINOR indicates a minor fault.
+	 * - Neither of these flags being set indicates a MISSING fault.
+	 *
+	 * Separately, UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE indicates it was a write
+	 * fault. Otherwise, it was a read fault.
+	 */
 	if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
-		/*
-		 * If UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP was set in the
-		 * uffdio_api.features and UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE
-		 * was not set in a UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT, it means it
-		 * was a read fault, otherwise if set it means it's
-		 * a write fault.
-		 */
 		msg.arg.pagefault.flags |= UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 	if (reason & VM_UFFD_WP)
-		/*
-		 * If UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP was set in the
-		 * uffdio_api.features and UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP was
-		 * not set in a UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT, it means it was
-		 * a missing fault, otherwise if set it means it's a
-		 * write protect fault.
-		 */
 		msg.arg.pagefault.flags |= UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP;
+	if (reason & VM_UFFD_MINOR)
+		msg.arg.pagefault.flags |= UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_MINOR;
 	if (features & UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID)
 		msg.arg.pagefault.feat.ptid = task_pid_vnr(current);
 	return msg;
@@ -401,8 +398,10 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
 
 	BUG_ON(ctx->mm != mm);
 
-	VM_BUG_ON(reason & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING|VM_UFFD_WP));
-	VM_BUG_ON(!(reason & VM_UFFD_MISSING) ^ !!(reason & VM_UFFD_WP));
+	/* Any unrecognized flag is a bug. */
+	VM_BUG_ON(reason & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS);
+	/* 0 or > 1 flags set is a bug; we expect exactly 1. */
+	VM_BUG_ON(!reason || !!(reason & (reason - 1)));
 
 	if (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS)
 		goto out;
@@ -612,7 +611,7 @@ static void userfaultfd_event_wait_completion(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
 			if (vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx == release_new_ctx) {
 				vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
-				vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+				vma->vm_flags &= ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 			}
 		mmap_write_unlock(mm);
 
@@ -644,7 +643,7 @@ int dup_userfaultfd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct list_head *fcs)
 	octx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx;
 	if (!octx || !(octx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK)) {
 		vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
-		vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+		vma->vm_flags &= ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -726,7 +725,7 @@ void mremap_userfaultfd_prep(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	} else {
 		/* Drop uffd context if remap feature not enabled */
 		vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx = NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX;
-		vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MISSING);
+		vma->vm_flags &= ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -867,12 +866,12 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 		cond_resched();
 		BUG_ON(!!vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx ^
-		       !!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP)));
+		       !!(vma->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS));
 		if (vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx != ctx) {
 			prev = vma;
 			continue;
 		}
-		new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP);
+		new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 		prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
 				 new_flags, vma->anon_vma,
 				 vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
@@ -1262,9 +1261,19 @@ static inline bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				     unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
 	/* FIXME: add WP support to hugetlbfs and shmem */
-	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) ||
-		((is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma_is_shmem(vma)) &&
-		 !(vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP));
+	if (vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP) {
+		if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma_is_shmem(vma))
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	if (vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) {
+		/* FIXME: Add minor fault interception for shmem. */
+		if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
+	       vma_is_shmem(vma);
 }
 
 static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
@@ -1290,14 +1299,19 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (!uffdio_register.mode)
 		goto out;
-	if (uffdio_register.mode & ~(UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING|
-				     UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP))
+	if (uffdio_register.mode & ~UFFD_API_REGISTER_MODES)
 		goto out;
 	vm_flags = 0;
 	if (uffdio_register.mode & UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING)
 		vm_flags |= VM_UFFD_MISSING;
 	if (uffdio_register.mode & UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP)
 		vm_flags |= VM_UFFD_WP;
+	if (uffdio_register.mode & UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR) {
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+		goto out;
+#endif
+		vm_flags |= VM_UFFD_MINOR;
+	}
 
 	ret = validate_range(mm, &uffdio_register.range.start,
 			     uffdio_register.range.len);
@@ -1341,7 +1355,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		cond_resched();
 
 		BUG_ON(!!cur->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx ^
-		       !!(cur->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP)));
+		       !!(cur->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS));
 
 		/* check not compatible vmas */
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1421,8 +1435,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 			start = vma->vm_start;
 		vma_end = min(end, vma->vm_end);
 
-		new_flags = (vma->vm_flags &
-			     ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING|VM_UFFD_WP)) | vm_flags;
+		new_flags = (vma->vm_flags & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS) | vm_flags;
 		prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, start, vma_end, new_flags,
 				 vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
 				 vma_policy(vma),
@@ -1544,7 +1557,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		cond_resched();
 
 		BUG_ON(!!cur->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx ^
-		       !!(cur->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP)));
+		       !!(cur->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS));
 
 		/*
 		 * Check not compatible vmas, not strictly required
@@ -1595,7 +1608,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 			wake_userfault(vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx, &range);
 		}
 
-		new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP);
+		new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 		prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, start, vma_end, new_flags,
 				 vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
 				 vma_policy(vma),
@@ -1863,6 +1876,9 @@ static int userfaultfd_api(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		goto err_out;
 	/* report all available features and ioctls to userland */
 	uffdio_api.features = UFFD_API_FEATURES;
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+	uffdio_api.features &= ~UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS;
+#endif
 	uffdio_api.ioctls = UFFD_API_IOCTLS;
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, &uffdio_api, sizeof(uffdio_api)))
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 77e64e3eac80..5ed1316d6ed6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 # define VM_GROWSUP	VM_NONE
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+# define VM_UFFD_MINOR_BIT	37
+# define VM_UFFD_MINOR		BIT(VM_UFFD_MINOR_BIT)	/* UFFD minor faults */
+#else /* !CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
+# define VM_UFFD_MINOR		VM_NONE
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
+
 /* Bits set in the VMA until the stack is in its final location */
 #define VM_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP	(VM_RAND_READ | VM_SEQ_READ)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
index c63ccdae3eab..0390e5ac63b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable_uffd.h>
 
+/* The set of all possible UFFD-related VM flags. */
+#define __VM_UFFD_FLAGS (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MINOR)
+
 /*
  * CAREFUL: Check include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h when defining
  * new flags, since they might collide with O_* ones. We want
@@ -71,6 +74,11 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return vma->vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP;
 }
 
+static inline bool userfaultfd_minor(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return vma->vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR;
+}
+
 static inline bool userfaultfd_pte_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				      pte_t pte)
 {
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_pmd_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 static inline bool userfaultfd_armed(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	return vma->vm_flags & (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP);
+	return vma->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 }
 
 extern int dup_userfaultfd(struct vm_area_struct *, struct list_head *);
@@ -132,6 +140,11 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool userfaultfd_minor(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool userfaultfd_pte_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				      pte_t pte)
 {
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index 67018d367b9f..629c7a0eaff2 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_2(PG_arch_2,		"arch_2"	)
 #define IF_HAVE_VM_SOFTDIRTY(flag,name)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(flag, name) {flag, name},
+#else
+# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(flag, name)
+#endif
+
 #define __def_vmaflag_names						\
 	{VM_READ,			"read"		},		\
 	{VM_WRITE,			"write"		},		\
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_2(PG_arch_2,		"arch_2"	)
 	{VM_MAYSHARE,			"mayshare"	},		\
 	{VM_GROWSDOWN,			"growsdown"	},		\
 	{VM_UFFD_MISSING,		"uffd_missing"	},		\
+IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(VM_UFFD_MINOR,	"uffd_minor"	)		\
 	{VM_PFNMAP,			"pfnmap"	},		\
 	{VM_DENYWRITE,			"denywrite"	},		\
 	{VM_UFFD_WP,			"uffd_wp"	},		\
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index 5f2d88212f7c..f24dd4fcbad9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@
  * means the userland is reading).
  */
 #define UFFD_API ((__u64)0xAA)
+#define UFFD_API_REGISTER_MODES (UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING |	\
+				 UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP |	\
+				 UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR)
 #define UFFD_API_FEATURES (UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP |	\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK |		\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMAP |		\
-			   UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMOVE |	\
+			   UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMOVE |		\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_UNMAP |		\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_MISSING_HUGETLBFS |	\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_MISSING_SHMEM |		\
 			   UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS |		\
-			   UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID)
+			   UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID |		\
+			   UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS)
 #define UFFD_API_IOCTLS				\
 	((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER |		\
 	 (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER |	\
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ struct uffd_msg {
 /* flags for UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT */
 #define UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE	(1<<0)	/* If this was a write fault */
 #define UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP		(1<<1)	/* If reason is VM_UFFD_WP */
+#define UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_MINOR	(1<<2)	/* If reason is VM_UFFD_MINOR */
 
 struct uffdio_api {
 	/* userland asks for an API number and the features to enable */
@@ -171,6 +176,10 @@ struct uffdio_api {
 	 *
 	 * UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID pid of the page faulted task_struct will
 	 * be returned, if feature is not requested 0 will be returned.
+	 *
+	 * UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS indicates that minor faults
+	 * can be intercepted (via REGISTER_MODE_MINOR) for
+	 * hugetlbfs-backed pages.
 	 */
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP		(1<<0)
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK			(1<<1)
@@ -181,6 +190,7 @@ struct uffdio_api {
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_UNMAP		(1<<6)
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS			(1<<7)
 #define UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID			(1<<8)
+#define UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS		(1<<9)
 	__u64 features;
 
 	__u64 ioctls;
@@ -195,6 +205,7 @@ struct uffdio_register {
 	struct uffdio_range range;
 #define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING	((__u64)1<<0)
 #define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP		((__u64)1<<1)
+#define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR	((__u64)1<<2)
 	__u64 mode;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a1e27346268d..36292a7a5008 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1628,6 +1628,11 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_WP
 	help
 	  Arch has userfaultfd write protection support
 
+config HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
+	bool
+	help
+	  Arch has userfaultfd minor fault support
+
 config MEMBARRIER
 	bool "Enable membarrier() system call" if EXPERT
 	default y
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 7fa31da408f7..1d314b769cb5 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4354,6 +4354,38 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(hstate_index(h));
 			goto backout_unlocked;
 		}
+
+		/* Check for page in userfault range. */
+		if (userfaultfd_minor(vma)) {
+			u32 hash;
+			struct vm_fault vmf = {
+				.vma = vma,
+				.address = haddr,
+				.flags = flags,
+				/*
+				 * Hard to debug if it ends up being used by a
+				 * callee that assumes something about the
+				 * other uninitialized fields... same as in
+				 * memory.c
+				 */
+			};
+
+			unlock_page(page);
+
+			/*
+			 * hugetlb_fault_mutex and i_mmap_rwsem must be dropped
+			 * before handling userfault.  Reacquire after handling
+			 * fault to make calling code simpler.
+			 */
+
+			hash = hugetlb_fault_mutex_hash(mapping, idx);
+			mutex_unlock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
+			i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
+			ret = handle_userfault(&vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
+			i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);
+			mutex_lock(&hugetlb_fault_mutex_table[hash]);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
