diff --git a/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7521d367f21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+Split page table lock
+=====================
+
+Originally, mm->page_table_lock spinlock protected all page tables of the
+mm_struct. But this approach leads to poor page fault scalability of
+multi-threaded applications due high contention on the lock. To improve
+scalability, split page table lock was introduced.
+
+With split page table lock we have separate per-table lock to serialize
+access to the table. At the moment we use split lock for PTE and PMD
+tables. Access to higher level tables protected by mm->page_table_lock.
+
+There are helpers to lock/unlock a table and other accessor functions:
+ - pte_offset_map_lock()
+	maps pte and takes PTE table lock, returns pointer to the taken
+	lock;
+ - pte_unmap_unlock()
+	unlocks and unmaps PTE table;
+ - pte_alloc_map_lock()
+	allocates PTE table if needed and take the lock, returns pointer
+	to taken lock or NULL if allocation failed;
+ - pte_lockptr()
+	returns pointer to PTE table lock;
+ - pmd_lock()
+	takes PMD table lock, returns pointer to taken lock;
+ - pmd_lockptr()
+	returns pointer to PMD table lock;
+
+Split page table lock for PTE tables is enabled compile-time if
+CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS (usually 4) is less or equal to NR_CPUS.
+If split lock is disabled, all tables guaded by mm->page_table_lock.
+
+Split page table lock for PMD tables is enabled, if it's enabled for PTE
+tables and the architecture supports it (see below).
+
+Hugetlb and split page table lock
+---------------------------------
+
+Hugetlb can support several page sizes. We use split lock only for PMD
+level, but not for PUD.
+
+Hugetlb-specific helpers:
+ - huge_pte_lock()
+	takes pmd split lock for PMD_SIZE page, mm->page_table_lock
+	otherwise;
+ - huge_pte_lockptr()
+	returns pointer to table lock;
+
+Support of split page table lock by an architecture
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+There's no need in special enabling of PTE split page table lock:
+everything required is done by pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_page_dtor(),
+which must be called on PTE table allocation / freeing.
+
+Make sure the architecture doesn't use slab allocator for page table
+allocation: slab uses page->slab_cache and page->first_page for its pages.
+These fields share storage with page->ptl.
+
+PMD split lock only makes sense if you have more than two page table
+levels.
+
+PMD split lock enabling requires pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() call on PMD table
+allocation and pgtable_pmd_page_dtor() on freeing.
+
+Allocation usually happens in pmd_alloc_one(), freeing in pmd_free(), but
+make sure you cover all PMD table allocation / freeing paths: i.e X86_PAE
+preallocate few PMDs on pgd_alloc().
+
+With everything in place you can set CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK.
+
+NOTE: pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() can fail -- it must
+be handled properly.
+
+page->ptl
+---------
+
+page->ptl is used to access split page table lock, where 'page' is struct
+page of page containing the table. It shares storage with page->private
+(and few other fields in union).
+
+To avoid increasing size of struct page and have best performance, we use a
+trick:
+ - if spinlock_t fits into long, we use page->ptr as spinlock, so we
+   can avoid indirect access and save a cache line.
+ - if size of spinlock_t is bigger then size of long, we use page->ptl as
+   pointer to spinlock_t and allocate it dynamically. This allows to use
+   split lock with enabled DEBUG_SPINLOCK or DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC, but costs
+   one more cache line for indirect access;
+
+The spinlock_t allocated in pgtable_page_ctor() for PTE table and in
+pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() for PMD table.
+
+Please, never access page->ptl directly -- use appropriate helper.
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index 455c873ce009..49c962fe7e62 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static spinlock_t *xen_pte_lock(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	spinlock_t *ptl = NULL;
 
 #if USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS
-	ptl = __pte_lockptr(page);
+	ptl = ptlock_ptr(page);
 	spin_lock_nest_lock(ptl, &mm->page_table_lock);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index e855351c3361..d0339741b6ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1317,32 +1317,73 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud, unsigned long a
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU && !__ARCH_HAS_4LEVEL_HACK */
 
 #if USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS
-/*
- * We tuck a spinlock to guard each pagetable page into its struct page,
- * at page->private, with BUILD_BUG_ON to make sure that this will not
- * overflow into the next struct page (as it might with DEBUG_SPINLOCK).
- * When freeing, reset page->mapping so free_pages_check won't complain.
- */
-#define __pte_lockptr(page)	&((page)->ptl)
-#define pte_lock_init(_page)	do {					\
-	spin_lock_init(__pte_lockptr(_page));				\
-} while (0)
-#define pte_lock_deinit(page)	((page)->mapping = NULL)
-#define pte_lockptr(mm, pmd)	({(void)(mm); __pte_lockptr(pmd_page(*(pmd)));})
+bool __ptlock_alloc(struct page *page);
+void __ptlock_free(struct page *page);
+static inline bool ptlock_alloc(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) > sizeof(page->ptl))
+		return __ptlock_alloc(page);
+	return true;
+}
+static inline void ptlock_free(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) > sizeof(page->ptl))
+		__ptlock_free(page);
+}
+
+static inline spinlock_t *ptlock_ptr(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) > sizeof(page->ptl))
+		return (spinlock_t *) page->ptl;
+	else
+		return (spinlock_t *) &page->ptl;
+}
+
+static inline spinlock_t *pte_lockptr(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
+{
+	return ptlock_ptr(pmd_page(*pmd));
+}
+
+static inline bool ptlock_init(struct page *page)
+{
+	/*
+	 * prep_new_page() initialize page->private (and therefore page->ptl)
+	 * with 0. Make sure nobody took it in use in between.
+	 *
+	 * It can happen if arch try to use slab for page table allocation:
+	 * slab code uses page->slab_cache and page->first_page (for tail
+	 * pages), which share storage with page->ptl.
+	 */
+	VM_BUG_ON(page->ptl);
+	if (!ptlock_alloc(page))
+		return false;
+	spin_lock_init(ptlock_ptr(page));
+	return true;
+}
+
+/* Reset page->mapping so free_pages_check won't complain. */
+static inline void pte_lock_deinit(struct page *page)
+{
+	page->mapping = NULL;
+	ptlock_free(page);
+}
+
 #else	/* !USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS */
 /*
  * We use mm->page_table_lock to guard all pagetable pages of the mm.
  */
-#define pte_lock_init(page)	do {} while (0)
-#define pte_lock_deinit(page)	do {} while (0)
-#define pte_lockptr(mm, pmd)	({(void)(pmd); &(mm)->page_table_lock;})
+static inline spinlock_t *pte_lockptr(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
+{
+	return &mm->page_table_lock;
+}
+static inline bool ptlock_init(struct page *page) { return true; }
+static inline void pte_lock_deinit(struct page *page) {}
 #endif /* USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS */
 
 static inline bool pgtable_page_ctor(struct page *page)
 {
-	pte_lock_init(page);
 	inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_PAGETABLE);
-	return true;
+	return ptlock_init(page);
 }
 
 static inline void pgtable_page_dtor(struct page *page)
@@ -1383,16 +1424,15 @@ static inline void pgtable_page_dtor(struct page *page)
 
 static inline spinlock_t *pmd_lockptr(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
 {
-	return &virt_to_page(pmd)->ptl;
+	return ptlock_ptr(virt_to_page(pmd));
 }
 
 static inline bool pgtable_pmd_page_ctor(struct page *page)
 {
-	spin_lock_init(&page->ptl);
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	page->pmd_huge_pte = NULL;
 #endif
-	return true;
+	return ptlock_init(page);
 }
 
 static inline void pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(struct page *page)
@@ -1400,6 +1440,7 @@ static inline void pgtable_pmd_page_dtor(struct page *page)
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	VM_BUG_ON(page->pmd_huge_pte);
 #endif
+	ptlock_free(page);
 }
 
 #define pmd_huge_pte(mm, pmd) (virt_to_page(pmd)->pmd_huge_pte)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 934261099975..423da79877e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ struct page {
 						 * system if PG_buddy is set.
 						 */
 #if USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS
-		spinlock_t ptl;
+		unsigned long ptl; /* It's spinlock_t if it fits to long,
+				    * otherwise it's pointer to dynamicaly
+				    * allocated spinlock_t.
+				    */
 #endif
 		struct kmem_cache *slab_cache;	/* SL[AU]B: Pointer to slab */
 		struct page *first_page;	/* Compound tail pages */
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 7aa02def4666..de31af256207 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ config SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS
 	int
 	default "999999" if ARM && !CPU_CACHE_VIPT
 	default "999999" if PARISC && !PA20
-	default "999999" if DEBUG_SPINLOCK || DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
-	default "999999" if !64BIT && GENERIC_LOCKBREAK
 	default "4"
 
 config ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d05c6b10e926..24ffae2a530e 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4270,3 +4270,22 @@ void copy_user_huge_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 	}
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE || CONFIG_HUGETLBFS */
+
+#if USE_SPLIT_PTE_PTLOCKS
+bool __ptlock_alloc(struct page *page)
+{
+	spinlock_t *ptl;
+
+	ptl = kmalloc(sizeof(spinlock_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ptl)
+		return false;
+	page->ptl = (unsigned long)ptl;
+	return true;
+}
+
+void __ptlock_free(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) > sizeof(page->ptl))
+		kfree((spinlock_t *)page->ptl);
+}
+#endif