--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst~hugetlb-add-demote-hugetlb-page-sysfs-interfaces
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
@@ -234,8 +234,12 @@ will exist, of the form::
 
 	hugepages-${size}kB
 
-Inside each of these directories, the same set of files will exist::
+Inside each of these directories, the set of files contained in ``/proc``
+will exist.  In addition, two additional interfaces for demoting huge
+pages may exist::
 
+        demote
+        demote_size
 	nr_hugepages
 	nr_hugepages_mempolicy
 	nr_overcommit_hugepages
@@ -243,7 +247,29 @@ Inside each of these directories, the sa
 	resv_hugepages
 	surplus_hugepages
 
-which function as described above for the default huge page-sized case.
+The demote interfaces provide the ability to split a huge page into
+smaller huge pages.  For example, the x86 architecture supports both
+1GB and 2MB huge pages sizes.  A 1GB huge page can be split into 512
+2MB huge pages.  Demote interfaces are not available for the smallest
+huge page size.  The demote interfaces are:
+
+demote_size
+        is the size of demoted pages.  When a page is demoted a corresponding
+        number of huge pages of demote_size will be created.  By default,
+        demote_size is set to the next smaller huge page size.  If there are
+        multiple smaller huge page sizes, demote_size can be set to any of
+        these smaller sizes.  Only huge page sizes less than the current huge
+        pages size are allowed.
+
+demote
+        is used to demote a number of huge pages.  A user with root privileges
+        can write to this file.  It may not be possible to demote the
+        requested number of huge pages.  To determine how many pages were
+        actually demoted, compare the value of nr_hugepages before and after
+        writing to the demote interface.  demote is a write only interface.
+
+The interfaces which are the same as in ``/proc`` (all except demote and
+demote_size) function as described above for the default huge page-sized case.
 
 .. _mem_policy_and_hp_alloc:
 
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h~hugetlb-add-demote-hugetlb-page-sysfs-interfaces
+++ a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ struct hstate {
 	int next_nid_to_alloc;
 	int next_nid_to_free;
 	unsigned int order;
+	unsigned int demote_order;
 	unsigned long mask;
 	unsigned long max_huge_pages;
 	unsigned long nr_huge_pages;
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlb-add-demote-hugetlb-page-sysfs-interfaces
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2986,7 +2986,7 @@ free:
 
 static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)
 {
-	struct hstate *h;
+	struct hstate *h, *h2;
 
 	for_each_hstate(h) {
 		if (minimum_order > huge_page_order(h))
@@ -2995,6 +2995,22 @@ static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(
 		/* oversize hugepages were init'ed in early boot */
 		if (!hstate_is_gigantic(h))
 			hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(h);
+
+		/*
+		 * Set demote order for each hstate.  Note that
+		 * h->demote_order is initially 0.
+		 * - We can not demote gigantic pages if runtime freeing
+		 *   is not supported, so skip this.
+		 */
+		if (hstate_is_gigantic(h) && !gigantic_page_runtime_supported())
+			continue;
+		for_each_hstate(h2) {
+			if (h2 == h)
+				continue;
+			if (h2->order < h->order &&
+			    h2->order > h->demote_order)
+				h->demote_order = h2->order;
+		}
 	}
 	VM_BUG_ON(minimum_order == UINT_MAX);
 }
@@ -3235,9 +3251,31 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int demote_pool_huge_page(struct hstate *h, nodemask_t *nodes_allowed)
+	__must_hold(&hugetlb_lock)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&hugetlb_lock);
+
+	/* We should never get here if no demote order */
+	if (!h->demote_order) {
+		pr_warn("HugeTLB: NULL demote order passed to demote_pool_huge_page.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;		/* internal error */
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO - demote fucntionality will be added in subsequent patch
+	 */
+	return rc;
+}
+
 #define HSTATE_ATTR_RO(_name) \
 	static struct kobj_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name)
 
+#define HSTATE_ATTR_WO(_name) \
+	static struct kobj_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_WO(_name)
+
 #define HSTATE_ATTR(_name) \
 	static struct kobj_attribute _name##_attr = \
 		__ATTR(_name, 0644, _name##_show, _name##_store)
@@ -3433,6 +3471,105 @@ static ssize_t surplus_hugepages_show(st
 }
 HSTATE_ATTR_RO(surplus_hugepages);
 
+static ssize_t demote_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+	       struct kobj_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	unsigned long nr_demote;
+	unsigned long nr_available;
+	nodemask_t nodes_allowed, *n_mask;
+	struct hstate *h;
+	int err = 0;
+	int nid;
+
+	err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &nr_demote);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
+
+	if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE) {
+		init_nodemask_of_node(&nodes_allowed, nid);
+		n_mask = &nodes_allowed;
+	} else {
+		n_mask = &node_states[N_MEMORY];
+	}
+
+	/* Synchronize with other sysfs operations modifying huge pages */
+	mutex_lock(&h->resize_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+
+	while (nr_demote) {
+		/*
+		 * Check for available pages to demote each time thorough the
+		 * loop as demote_pool_huge_page will drop hugetlb_lock.
+		 *
+		 * NOTE: demote_pool_huge_page does not yet drop hugetlb_lock
+		 * but will when full demote functionality is added in a later
+		 * patch.
+		 */
+		if (nid != NUMA_NO_NODE)
+			nr_available = h->free_huge_pages_node[nid];
+		else
+			nr_available = h->free_huge_pages;
+		nr_available -= h->resv_huge_pages;
+		if (!nr_available)
+			break;
+
+		err = demote_pool_huge_page(h, n_mask);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+
+		nr_demote--;
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&h->resize_lock);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	return len;
+}
+HSTATE_ATTR_WO(demote);
+
+static ssize_t demote_size_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+					struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	int nid;
+	struct hstate *h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
+	unsigned long demote_size = (PAGE_SIZE << h->demote_order) / SZ_1K;
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lukB\n", demote_size);
+}
+
+static ssize_t demote_size_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+					struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+					const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct hstate *h, *demote_hstate;
+	unsigned long demote_size;
+	unsigned int demote_order;
+	int nid;
+
+	demote_size = (unsigned long)memparse(buf, NULL);
+
+	demote_hstate = size_to_hstate(demote_size);
+	if (!demote_hstate)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	demote_order = demote_hstate->order;
+
+	/* demote order must be smaller than hstate order */
+	h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
+	if (demote_order >= h->order)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* resize_lock synchronizes access to demote size and writes */
+	mutex_lock(&h->resize_lock);
+	h->demote_order = demote_order;
+	mutex_unlock(&h->resize_lock);
+
+	return count;
+}
+HSTATE_ATTR(demote_size);
+
 static struct attribute *hstate_attrs[] = {
 	&nr_hugepages_attr.attr,
 	&nr_overcommit_hugepages_attr.attr,
@@ -3449,6 +3586,16 @@ static const struct attribute_group hsta
 	.attrs = hstate_attrs,
 };
 
+static struct attribute *hstate_demote_attrs[] = {
+	&demote_size_attr.attr,
+	&demote_attr.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group hstate_demote_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = hstate_demote_attrs,
+};
+
 static int hugetlb_sysfs_add_hstate(struct hstate *h, struct kobject *parent,
 				    struct kobject **hstate_kobjs,
 				    const struct attribute_group *hstate_attr_group)
@@ -3466,6 +3613,12 @@ static int hugetlb_sysfs_add_hstate(stru
 		hstate_kobjs[hi] = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (h->demote_order) {
+		if (sysfs_create_group(hstate_kobjs[hi],
+					&hstate_demote_attr_group))
+			pr_warn("HugeTLB unable to create demote interfaces for %s\n", h->name);
+	}
+
 	return retval;
 }
 
