diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 208ae72..8e5abd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2731,6 +2731,11 @@
 			we can turn it on.
 			on: enable the feature
 
+	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
+			poisoning on the buddy allocator.
+			off: turn off poisoning
+			on: turn on poisoning
+
 	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
 			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
 			timeout = 0: wait forever
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 69fd6bb..99dcc8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2176,6 +2176,15 @@
 			       unsigned long size, pte_fn_t fn, void *data);
 
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING
+extern bool page_poisoning_enabled(void);
+extern void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable);
+#else
+static inline bool page_poisoning_enabled(void) { return false; }
+static inline void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages,
+					int enable) { }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 extern bool _debug_pagealloc_enabled;
 extern void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable);
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index a0c136a..1f99f9a 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -41,4 +41,27 @@
 	  can be overridden by debug_pagealloc=off|on.
 
 config PAGE_POISONING
-	bool
+	bool "Poison pages after freeing"
+	select PAGE_EXTENSION
+	select PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY if HIBERNATION
+	---help---
+	  Fill the pages with poison patterns after free_pages() and verify
+	  the patterns before alloc_pages. The filling of the memory helps
+	  reduce the risk of information leaks from freed data. This does
+	  have a potential performance impact.
+
+	  Note that "poison" here is not the same thing as the "HWPoison"
+	  for CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE. This is software poisoning only.
+
+	  If unsure, say N
+
+config PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY
+	depends on PAGE_POISONING
+	bool "Only poison, don't sanity check"
+	---help---
+	   Skip the sanity checking on alloc, only fill the pages with
+	   poison on free. This reduces some of the overhead of the
+	   poisoning feature.
+
+	   If you are only interested in sanitization, say Y. Otherwise
+	   say N.
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 2ed4319..cfdd481d 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLOB) += slob.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER) += mmu_notifier.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KSM) += ksm.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING) += debug-pagealloc.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING) += page_poison.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLAB) += slab.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLUB) += slub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KMEMCHECK) += kmemcheck.o
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0691403..2a08349 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@
 					   PAGE_SIZE << order);
 	}
 	arch_free_page(page, order);
+	kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
 	kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
 
 	return true;
@@ -1420,6 +1421,7 @@
 
 	arch_alloc_page(page, order);
 	kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
+	kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
 	kasan_alloc_pages(page, order);
 
 	if (gfp_flags & __GFP_ZERO)
diff --git a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c b/mm/page_poison.c
similarity index 66%
rename from mm/debug-pagealloc.c
rename to mm/page_poison.c
index 5bf5906..89d3bc7 100644
--- a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_poison.c
@@ -6,22 +6,48 @@
 #include <linux/poison.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
-static bool page_poisoning_enabled __read_mostly;
+static bool __page_poisoning_enabled __read_mostly;
+static bool want_page_poisoning __read_mostly;
+
+static int early_page_poison_param(char *buf)
+{
+	if (!buf)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(buf, "on") == 0)
+		want_page_poisoning = true;
+	else if (strcmp(buf, "off") == 0)
+		want_page_poisoning = false;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("page_poison", early_page_poison_param);
+
+bool page_poisoning_enabled(void)
+{
+	return __page_poisoning_enabled;
+}
 
 static bool need_page_poisoning(void)
 {
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled())
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
+	return want_page_poisoning;
 }
 
 static void init_page_poisoning(void)
 {
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled())
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * page poisoning is debug page alloc for some arches. If either
+	 * of those options are enabled, enable poisoning
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC)) {
+		if (!want_page_poisoning && !debug_pagealloc_enabled())
+			return;
+	} else {
+		if (!want_page_poisoning)
+			return;
+	}
 
-	page_poisoning_enabled = true;
+	__page_poisoning_enabled = true;
 }
 
 struct page_ext_operations page_poisoning_ops = {
@@ -83,6 +109,9 @@
 	unsigned char *start;
 	unsigned char *end;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY))
+		return;
+
 	start = memchr_inv(mem, PAGE_POISON, bytes);
 	if (!start)
 		return;
@@ -95,9 +124,9 @@
 	if (!__ratelimit(&ratelimit))
 		return;
 	else if (start == end && single_bit_flip(*start, PAGE_POISON))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "pagealloc: single bit error\n");
+		pr_err("pagealloc: single bit error\n");
 	else
-		printk(KERN_ERR "pagealloc: memory corruption\n");
+		pr_err("pagealloc: memory corruption\n");
 
 	print_hex_dump(KERN_ERR, "", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 16, 1, start,
 			end - start + 1, 1);
@@ -125,9 +154,9 @@
 		unpoison_page(page + i);
 }
 
-void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
+void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
 {
-	if (!page_poisoning_enabled)
+	if (!page_poisoning_enabled())
 		return;
 
 	if (enable)
@@ -135,3 +164,10 @@
 	else
 		poison_pages(page, numpages);
 }
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
+void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
+{
+	/* This function does nothing, all work is done via poison pages */
+}
+#endif