diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index aa0c47cb0d16..8b4a94f5a238 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -249,9 +249,10 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_huge_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 
 	/*
 	 * Lockless access: we're in a wait_event so it's ok if it
-	 * changes under us.
+	 * changes under us.  PTE markers should be handled the same as none
+	 * ptes here.
 	 */
-	if (huge_pte_none(pte))
+	if (huge_pte_none_mostly(pte))
 		ret = true;
 	if (!huge_pte_write(pte) && (reason & VM_UFFD_WP))
 		ret = true;
@@ -330,9 +331,10 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_must_wait(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 	pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, address);
 	/*
 	 * Lockless access: we're in a wait_event so it's ok if it
-	 * changes under us.
+	 * changes under us.  PTE markers should be handled the same as none
+	 * ptes here.
 	 */
-	if (pte_none(*pte))
+	if (pte_none_mostly(*pte))
 		ret = true;
 	if (!pte_write(*pte) && (reason & VM_UFFD_WP))
 		ret = true;
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 3a5ffb5587cd..ef77dae8c28d 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -3382,6 +3382,11 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_map_pages(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		vmf->pte += xas.xa_index - last_pgoff;
 		last_pgoff = xas.xa_index;
 
+		/*
+		 * NOTE: If there're PTE markers, we'll leave them to be
+		 * handled in the specific fault path, and it'll prohibit the
+		 * fault-around logic.
+		 */
 		if (!pte_none(*vmf->pte))
 			goto unlock;
 
diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index af71aac3140e..3fd3242c5e50 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pte(struct mm_walk *walk, unsigned long addr,
 	pte_t pte = *ptep;
 	uint64_t pfn_req_flags = *hmm_pfn;
 
-	if (pte_none(pte)) {
+	if (pte_none_mostly(pte)) {
 		required_fault =
 			hmm_pte_need_fault(hmm_vma_walk, pfn_req_flags, 0);
 		if (required_fault)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 7a08737bac4b..08af97c73f0f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5644,10 +5644,14 @@ static enum mc_target_type get_mctgt_type(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if (pte_present(ptent))
 		page = mc_handle_present_pte(vma, addr, ptent);
+	else if (pte_none_mostly(ptent))
+		/*
+		 * PTE markers should be treated as a none pte here, separated
+		 * from other swap handling below.
+		 */
+		page = mc_handle_file_pte(vma, addr, ptent);
 	else if (is_swap_pte(ptent))
 		page = mc_handle_swap_pte(vma, ptent, &ent);
-	else if (pte_none(ptent))
-		page = mc_handle_file_pte(vma, addr, ptent);
 
 	if (!page && !ent.val)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 2c5d1bb4694f..3f396241a7db 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ struct page *mem_map;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_map);
 #endif
 
+static vm_fault_t do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+
 /*
  * A number of key systems in x86 including ioremap() rely on the assumption
  * that high_memory defines the upper bound on direct map memory, then end
@@ -1415,6 +1417,8 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			if (!should_zap_page(details, page))
 				continue;
 			rss[mm_counter(page)]--;
+		} else if (is_pte_marker_entry(entry)) {
+			/* By default, simply drop all pte markers when zap */
 		} else if (is_hwpoison_entry(entry)) {
 			if (!should_zap_cows(details))
 				continue;
@@ -3555,6 +3559,23 @@ static inline bool should_try_to_free_swap(struct page *page,
 		page_count(page) == 2;
 }
 
+static vm_fault_t handle_pte_marker(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(vmf->orig_pte);
+	unsigned long marker = pte_marker_get(entry);
+
+	/*
+	 * PTE markers should always be with file-backed memories, and the
+	 * marker should never be empty.  If anything weird happened, the best
+	 * thing to do is to kill the process along with its mm.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma) || !marker))
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+	/* TODO: handle pte markers */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_lock (to exclude vma changes,
  * but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
@@ -3592,6 +3613,8 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			ret = vmf->page->pgmap->ops->migrate_to_ram(vmf);
 		} else if (is_hwpoison_entry(entry)) {
 			ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
+		} else if (is_pte_marker_entry(entry)) {
+			ret = handle_pte_marker(vmf);
 		} else {
 			print_bad_pte(vma, vmf->address, vmf->orig_pte, NULL);
 			ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
diff --git a/mm/mincore.c b/mm/mincore.c
index f4f627325e12..fa200c14185f 100644
--- a/mm/mincore.c
+++ b/mm/mincore.c
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ static int mincore_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	for (; addr != end; ptep++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pte_t pte = *ptep;
 
-		if (pte_none(pte))
+		/* We need to do cache lookup too for pte markers */
+		if (pte_none_mostly(pte))
 			__mincore_unmapped_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE,
 						 vma, vec);
 		else if (pte_present(pte))
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 56060acdabd3..709a6f73b764 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 					newpte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(newpte);
 				if (pte_swp_uffd_wp(oldpte))
 					newpte = pte_swp_mkuffd_wp(newpte);
+			} else if (is_pte_marker_entry(entry)) {
+				/* Skip it, the same as none pte */
+				continue;
 			} else {
 				newpte = oldpte;
 			}
