diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 0c0dd7aac8e9..d8491954e2e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -584,14 +584,21 @@ struct sched_dl_entity {
  * Utilization clamp for a scheduling entity
  * @value:		clamp value "assigned" to a se
  * @bucket_id:		bucket index corresponding to the "assigned" value
+ * @active:		the se is currently refcounted in a rq's bucket
  *
  * The bucket_id is the index of the clamp bucket matching the clamp value
  * which is pre-computed and stored to avoid expensive integer divisions from
  * the fast path.
+ *
+ * The active bit is set whenever a task has got an "effective" value assigned,
+ * which can be different from the clamp value "requested" from user-space.
+ * This allows to know a task is refcounted in the rq's bucket corresponding
+ * to the "effective" bucket_id.
  */
 struct uclamp_se {
 	unsigned int value		: bits_per(SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
 	unsigned int bucket_id		: bits_per(UCLAMP_BUCKETS);
+	unsigned int active		: 1;
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK */
 
@@ -676,6 +683,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 	struct sched_dl_entity		dl;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
+	/* Clamp values requested for a scheduling entity */
+	struct uclamp_se		uclamp_req[UCLAMP_CNT];
+	/* Effective clamp values used for a scheduling entity */
 	struct uclamp_se		uclamp[UCLAMP_CNT];
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
index 99ce6d728df7..d4f6215ee03f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ int sched_proc_update_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_rt_period;
 extern int sysctl_sched_rt_runtime;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_cfs_bandwidth_slice;
 #endif
@@ -75,6 +80,12 @@ extern int sched_rt_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 		loff_t *ppos);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
+extern int sysctl_sched_uclamp_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+				       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				       loff_t *ppos);
+#endif
+
 extern int sysctl_numa_balancing(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 				 loff_t *ppos);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 046f61d33f00..d368ac26b8aa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -733,6 +733,14 @@ static void set_load_weight(struct task_struct *p, bool update_load)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
+/* Max allowed minimum utilization */
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
+
+/* Max allowed maximum utilization */
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
+
+/* All clamps are required to be less or equal than these values */
+static struct uclamp_se uclamp_default[UCLAMP_CNT];
 
 /* Integer rounded range for each bucket */
 #define UCLAMP_BUCKET_DELTA DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE, UCLAMP_BUCKETS)
@@ -801,6 +809,52 @@ unsigned int uclamp_rq_max_value(struct rq *rq, unsigned int clamp_id,
 	return uclamp_idle_value(rq, clamp_id, clamp_value);
 }
 
+/*
+ * The effective clamp bucket index of a task depends on, by increasing
+ * priority:
+ * - the task specific clamp value, when explicitly requested from userspace
+ * - the system default clamp value, defined by the sysadmin
+ */
+static inline struct uclamp_se
+uclamp_eff_get(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int clamp_id)
+{
+	struct uclamp_se uc_req = p->uclamp_req[clamp_id];
+	struct uclamp_se uc_max = uclamp_default[clamp_id];
+
+	/* System default restrictions always apply */
+	if (unlikely(uc_req.value > uc_max.value))
+		return uc_max;
+
+	return uc_req;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int
+uclamp_eff_bucket_id(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int clamp_id)
+{
+	struct uclamp_se uc_eff;
+
+	/* Task currently refcounted: use back-annotated (effective) bucket */
+	if (p->uclamp[clamp_id].active)
+		return p->uclamp[clamp_id].bucket_id;
+
+	uc_eff = uclamp_eff_get(p, clamp_id);
+
+	return uc_eff.bucket_id;
+}
+
+unsigned int uclamp_eff_value(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int clamp_id)
+{
+	struct uclamp_se uc_eff;
+
+	/* Task currently refcounted: use back-annotated (effective) value */
+	if (p->uclamp[clamp_id].active)
+		return p->uclamp[clamp_id].value;
+
+	uc_eff = uclamp_eff_get(p, clamp_id);
+
+	return uc_eff.value;
+}
+
 /*
  * When a task is enqueued on a rq, the clamp bucket currently defined by the
  * task's uclamp::bucket_id is refcounted on that rq. This also immediately
@@ -818,8 +872,12 @@ static inline void uclamp_rq_inc_id(struct task_struct *p, struct rq *rq,
 	struct uclamp_se *uc_se = &p->uclamp[clamp_id];
 	struct uclamp_bucket *bucket;
 
+	/* Update task effective clamp */
+	p->uclamp[clamp_id] = uclamp_eff_get(p, clamp_id);
+
 	bucket = &uc_rq->bucket[uc_se->bucket_id];
 	bucket->tasks++;
+	uc_se->active = true;
 
 	uclamp_idle_reset(rq, clamp_id, uc_se->value);
 
@@ -856,6 +914,7 @@ static inline void uclamp_rq_dec_id(struct task_struct *p, struct rq *rq,
 	SCHED_WARN_ON(!bucket->tasks);
 	if (likely(bucket->tasks))
 		bucket->tasks--;
+	uc_se->active = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * Keep "local max aggregation" simple and accept to (possibly)
@@ -909,8 +968,69 @@ static inline void uclamp_rq_dec(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 		uclamp_rq_dec_id(p, rq, clamp_id);
 }
 
+int sysctl_sched_uclamp_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int old_min, old_max;
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex);
+	int result;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mutex);
+	old_min = sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min;
+	old_max = sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max;
+
+	result = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (result)
+		goto undo;
+	if (!write)
+		goto done;
+
+	if (sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min > sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max ||
+	    sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max > SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) {
+		result = -EINVAL;
+		goto undo;
+	}
+
+	if (old_min != sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min) {
+		uclamp_default[UCLAMP_MIN].value =
+			sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min;
+		uclamp_default[UCLAMP_MIN].bucket_id =
+			uclamp_bucket_id(sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min);
+	}
+	if (old_max != sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max) {
+		uclamp_default[UCLAMP_MAX].value =
+			sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max;
+		uclamp_default[UCLAMP_MAX].bucket_id =
+			uclamp_bucket_id(sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Updating all the RUNNABLE task is expensive, keep it simple and do
+	 * just a lazy update at each next enqueue time.
+	 */
+	goto done;
+
+undo:
+	sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min = old_min;
+	sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max = old_max;
+done:
+	mutex_unlock(&mutex);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static void uclamp_fork(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	unsigned int clamp_id;
+
+	for (clamp_id = 0; clamp_id < UCLAMP_CNT; ++clamp_id)
+		p->uclamp[clamp_id].active = false;
+}
+
 static void __init init_uclamp(void)
 {
+	struct uclamp_se uc_max = {};
 	unsigned int clamp_id;
 	int cpu;
 
@@ -920,16 +1040,23 @@ static void __init init_uclamp(void)
 	}
 
 	for (clamp_id = 0; clamp_id < UCLAMP_CNT; ++clamp_id) {
-		struct uclamp_se *uc_se = &init_task.uclamp[clamp_id];
+		struct uclamp_se *uc_se = &init_task.uclamp_req[clamp_id];
 
 		uc_se->value = uclamp_none(clamp_id);
 		uc_se->bucket_id = uclamp_bucket_id(uc_se->value);
 	}
+
+	/* System defaults allow max clamp values for both indexes */
+	uc_max.value = uclamp_none(UCLAMP_MAX);
+	uc_max.bucket_id = uclamp_bucket_id(uc_max.value);
+	for (clamp_id = 0; clamp_id < UCLAMP_CNT; ++clamp_id)
+		uclamp_default[clamp_id] = uc_max;
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK */
 static inline void uclamp_rq_inc(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) { }
 static inline void uclamp_rq_dec(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) { }
+static inline void uclamp_fork(struct task_struct *p) { }
 static inline void init_uclamp(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK */
 
@@ -2530,6 +2657,8 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 	 */
 	p->prio = current->normal_prio;
 
+	uclamp_fork(p);
+
 	/*
 	 * Revert to default priority/policy on fork if requested.
 	 */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 987ae08147bf..72277f09887d 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -446,6 +446,22 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= sched_rr_handler,
 	},
+#ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
+	{
+		.procname	= "sched_uclamp_util_min",
+		.data		= &sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= sysctl_sched_uclamp_handler,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "sched_uclamp_util_max",
+		.data		= &sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_max,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= sysctl_sched_uclamp_handler,
+	},
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
 	{
 		.procname	= "sched_autogroup_enabled",
