diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
index 0d783c504ead..dbe4d87d2615 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ use up all the memory on the machine; but enhances the scalability of
 that instance in a system with many cpus making intensive use of it.
 
 
+tmpfs has a mount option to set the NUMA memory allocation policy for
+all files in that instance:
+mpol=interleave		prefers to allocate memory from each node in turn
+mpol=default		prefers to allocate memory from the local node
+mpol=bind		prefers to allocate from mpol_nodelist
+mpol=preferred		prefers to allocate from first node in mpol_nodelist
+
+The following mount option is used in conjunction with mpol=interleave,
+mpol=bind or mpol=preferred:
+mpol_nodelist:	nodelist suitable for parsing with nodelist_parse.
+
+
 To specify the initial root directory you can use the following mount
 options:
 
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index ab4c3a9d51b8..f568102da1e8 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, uid_t uid,
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info =&hugetlbfs_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		info = HUGETLBFS_I(inode);
-		mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy);
+		mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, MPOL_DEFAULT, NULL);
 		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 		default:
 			init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index c7ac77e873b3..d6a53ed6ab6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -132,12 +132,8 @@ struct shared_policy {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
-static inline void mpol_shared_policy_init(struct shared_policy *info)
-{
-	info->root = RB_ROOT;
-	spin_lock_init(&info->lock);
-}
-
+void mpol_shared_policy_init(struct shared_policy *info, int policy,
+				nodemask_t *nodes);
 int mpol_set_shared_policy(struct shared_policy *info,
 				struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				struct mempolicy *new);
@@ -211,7 +207,8 @@ static inline int mpol_set_shared_policy(struct shared_policy *info,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static inline void mpol_shared_policy_init(struct shared_policy *info)
+static inline void mpol_shared_policy_init(struct shared_policy *info,
+					int policy, nodemask_t *nodes)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
index c3e598276e78..c057f0b32318 100644
--- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct shmem_sb_info {
 	unsigned long free_blocks;  /* How many are left for allocation */
 	unsigned long max_inodes;   /* How many inodes are allowed */
 	unsigned long free_inodes;  /* How many are left for allocation */
+	int policy;		    /* Default NUMA memory alloc policy */
+	nodemask_t policy_nodes;    /* nodemask for preferred and bind */
 	spinlock_t    stat_lock;
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index b62cab575a84..3171f884d245 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1359,6 +1359,30 @@ static int shared_policy_replace(struct shared_policy *sp, unsigned long start,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void mpol_shared_policy_init(struct shared_policy *info, int policy,
+				nodemask_t *policy_nodes)
+{
+	info->root = RB_ROOT;
+	spin_lock_init(&info->lock);
+
+	if (policy != MPOL_DEFAULT) {
+		struct mempolicy *newpol;
+
+		/* Falls back to MPOL_DEFAULT on any error */
+		newpol = mpol_new(policy, policy_nodes);
+		if (!IS_ERR(newpol)) {
+			/* Create pseudo-vma that contains just the policy */
+			struct vm_area_struct pvma;
+
+			memset(&pvma, 0, sizeof(struct vm_area_struct));
+			/* Policy covers entire file */
+			pvma.vm_end = TASK_SIZE;
+			mpol_set_shared_policy(info, &pvma, newpol);
+			mpol_free(newpol);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 int mpol_set_shared_policy(struct shared_policy *info,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *npol)
 {
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 343b3c0937e5..ce501bce1c2e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,8 @@ shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t dev)
 		case S_IFREG:
 			inode->i_op = &shmem_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_fop = &shmem_file_operations;
-			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy);
+			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, sbinfo->policy,
+							&sbinfo->policy_nodes);
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
 			inode->i_nlink++;
@@ -1330,7 +1331,8 @@ shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t dev)
 			 * Must not load anything in the rbtree,
 			 * mpol_free_shared_policy will not be called.
 			 */
-			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy);
+			mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, MPOL_DEFAULT,
+						NULL);
 			break;
 		}
 	} else if (sbinfo->max_inodes) {
@@ -1843,7 +1845,9 @@ static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.put_link	= shmem_put_link,
 };
 
-static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, int *mode, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, unsigned long *blocks, unsigned long *inodes)
+static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, int *mode, uid_t *uid,
+	gid_t *gid, unsigned long *blocks, unsigned long *inodes,
+	int *policy, nodemask_t *policy_nodes)
 {
 	char *this_char, *value, *rest;
 
@@ -1897,6 +1901,19 @@ static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, int *mode, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid,
 			*gid = simple_strtoul(value,&rest,0);
 			if (*rest)
 				goto bad_val;
+		} else if (!strcmp(this_char,"mpol")) {
+			if (!strcmp(value,"default"))
+				*policy = MPOL_DEFAULT;
+			else if (!strcmp(value,"preferred"))
+				*policy = MPOL_PREFERRED;
+			else if (!strcmp(value,"bind"))
+				*policy = MPOL_BIND;
+			else if (!strcmp(value,"interleave"))
+				*policy = MPOL_INTERLEAVE;
+			else
+				goto bad_val;
+		} else if (!strcmp(this_char,"mpol_nodelist")) {
+			nodelist_parse(value, *policy_nodes);
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "tmpfs: Bad mount option %s\n",
 			       this_char);
@@ -1917,12 +1934,14 @@ static int shmem_remount_fs(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(sb);
 	unsigned long max_blocks = sbinfo->max_blocks;
 	unsigned long max_inodes = sbinfo->max_inodes;
+	int policy = sbinfo->policy;
+	nodemask_t policy_nodes = sbinfo->policy_nodes;
 	unsigned long blocks;
 	unsigned long inodes;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (shmem_parse_options(data, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-				&max_blocks, &max_inodes))
+	if (shmem_parse_options(data, NULL, NULL, NULL, &max_blocks,
+				&max_inodes, &policy, &policy_nodes))
 		return error;
 
 	spin_lock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
@@ -1948,6 +1967,8 @@ static int shmem_remount_fs(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	sbinfo->free_blocks = max_blocks - blocks;
 	sbinfo->max_inodes  = max_inodes;
 	sbinfo->free_inodes = max_inodes - inodes;
+	sbinfo->policy = policy;
+	sbinfo->policy_nodes = policy_nodes;
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
 	return error;
@@ -1972,6 +1993,8 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo;
 	unsigned long blocks = 0;
 	unsigned long inodes = 0;
+	int policy = MPOL_DEFAULT;
+	nodemask_t policy_nodes = node_online_map;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 	/*
@@ -1984,8 +2007,8 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,
 		inodes = totalram_pages - totalhigh_pages;
 		if (inodes > blocks)
 			inodes = blocks;
-		if (shmem_parse_options(data, &mode, &uid, &gid,
-					&blocks, &inodes))
+		if (shmem_parse_options(data, &mode, &uid, &gid, &blocks,
+					&inodes, &policy, &policy_nodes))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 #else
@@ -2003,6 +2026,8 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	sbinfo->free_blocks = blocks;
 	sbinfo->max_inodes = inodes;
 	sbinfo->free_inodes = inodes;
+	sbinfo->policy = policy;
+	sbinfo->policy_nodes = policy_nodes;
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbinfo;
 	sb->s_maxbytes = SHMEM_MAX_BYTES;