diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index cbd7400..4883f39 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ void drain_local_pages(void *dummy);
  */
 extern gfp_t gfp_allowed_mask;
 
+/* Returns true if the gfp_mask allows use of ALLOC_NO_WATERMARK */
+bool gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask);
+
 extern void pm_restrict_gfp_mask(void);
 extern void pm_restore_gfp_mask(void);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index d205c4b..0336f02 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ struct sk_buff {
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE
 	__u8			ndisc_nodetype:2;
 #endif
+	__u8			pfmemalloc:1;
 	__u8			ooo_okay:1;
 	__u8			l4_rxhash:1;
 	__u8			wifi_acked_valid:1;
@@ -502,6 +503,15 @@ struct sk_buff {
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 
+#define SKB_ALLOC_FCLONE	0x01
+#define SKB_ALLOC_RX		0x02
+
+/* Returns true if the skb was allocated from PFMEMALLOC reserves */
+static inline bool skb_pfmemalloc(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return unlikely(skb->pfmemalloc);
+}
+
 /*
  * skb might have a dst pointer attached, refcounted or not.
  * _skb_refdst low order bit is set if refcount was _not_ taken
@@ -565,7 +575,7 @@ extern bool skb_try_coalesce(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from,
 			     bool *fragstolen, int *delta_truesize);
 
 extern struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size,
-				   gfp_t priority, int fclone, int node);
+				   gfp_t priority, int flags, int node);
 extern struct sk_buff *build_skb(void *data, unsigned int frag_size);
 static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb(unsigned int size,
 					gfp_t priority)
@@ -576,7 +586,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb(unsigned int size,
 static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_fclone(unsigned int size,
 					       gfp_t priority)
 {
-	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 1, NUMA_NO_NODE);
+	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, SKB_ALLOC_FCLONE, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 }
 
 extern void skb_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index c3c0252..ec838a5 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -658,6 +658,12 @@ static inline bool sock_flag(const struct sock *sk, enum sock_flags flag)
 	return test_bit(flag, &sk->sk_flags);
 }
 
+extern struct static_key memalloc_socks;
+static inline int sk_memalloc_socks(void)
+{
+	return static_key_false(&memalloc_socks);
+}
+
 static inline gfp_t sk_gfp_atomic(struct sock *sk, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	return GFP_ATOMIC | (sk->sk_allocation & __GFP_MEMALLOC);
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 5d4a634..0e20156 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ static inline struct page *mem_map_next(struct page *iter,
 #define __paginginit __init
 #endif
 
-/* Returns true if the gfp_mask allows use of ALLOC_NO_WATERMARK */
-bool gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask);
-
 /* Memory initialisation debug and verification */
 enum mminit_level {
 	MMINIT_WARNING,
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index d4ce2dc..907efd2 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ int sk_filter(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	int err;
 	struct sk_filter *filter;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the skb was allocated from pfmemalloc reserves, only
+	 * allow SOCK_MEMALLOC sockets to use it as this socket is
+	 * helping free memory
+	 */
+	if (skb_pfmemalloc(skb) && !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_MEMALLOC))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = security_sock_rcv_skb(sk, skb);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 20106a4..9832001 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -145,6 +145,43 @@ static void skb_under_panic(struct sk_buff *skb, int sz, void *here)
 	BUG();
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * kmalloc_reserve is a wrapper around kmalloc_node_track_caller that tells
+ * the caller if emergency pfmemalloc reserves are being used. If it is and
+ * the socket is later found to be SOCK_MEMALLOC then PFMEMALLOC reserves
+ * may be used. Otherwise, the packet data may be discarded until enough
+ * memory is free
+ */
+#define kmalloc_reserve(size, gfp, node, pfmemalloc) \
+	 __kmalloc_reserve(size, gfp, node, _RET_IP_, pfmemalloc)
+void *__kmalloc_reserve(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node, unsigned long ip,
+			 bool *pfmemalloc)
+{
+	void *obj;
+	bool ret_pfmemalloc = false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Try a regular allocation, when that fails and we're not entitled
+	 * to the reserves, fail.
+	 */
+	obj = kmalloc_node_track_caller(size,
+					flags | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN,
+					node);
+	if (obj || !(gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(flags)))
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Try again but now we are using pfmemalloc reserves */
+	ret_pfmemalloc = true;
+	obj = kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, flags, node);
+
+out:
+	if (pfmemalloc)
+		*pfmemalloc = ret_pfmemalloc;
+
+	return obj;
+}
+
 /* 	Allocate a new skbuff. We do this ourselves so we can fill in a few
  *	'private' fields and also do memory statistics to find all the
  *	[BEEP] leaks.
@@ -155,8 +192,10 @@ static void skb_under_panic(struct sk_buff *skb, int sz, void *here)
  *	__alloc_skb	-	allocate a network buffer
  *	@size: size to allocate
  *	@gfp_mask: allocation mask
- *	@fclone: allocate from fclone cache instead of head cache
- *		and allocate a cloned (child) skb
+ *	@flags: If SKB_ALLOC_FCLONE is set, allocate from fclone cache
+ *		instead of head cache and allocate a cloned (child) skb.
+ *		If SKB_ALLOC_RX is set, __GFP_MEMALLOC will be used for
+ *		allocations in case the data is required for writeback
  *	@node: numa node to allocate memory on
  *
  *	Allocate a new &sk_buff. The returned buffer has no headroom and a
@@ -167,14 +206,19 @@ static void skb_under_panic(struct sk_buff *skb, int sz, void *here)
  *	%GFP_ATOMIC.
  */
 struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-			    int fclone, int node)
+			    int flags, int node)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *cache;
 	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	u8 *data;
+	bool pfmemalloc;
 
-	cache = fclone ? skbuff_fclone_cache : skbuff_head_cache;
+	cache = (flags & SKB_ALLOC_FCLONE)
+		? skbuff_fclone_cache : skbuff_head_cache;
+
+	if (sk_memalloc_socks() && (flags & SKB_ALLOC_RX))
+		gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
 
 	/* Get the HEAD */
 	skb = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cache, gfp_mask & ~__GFP_DMA, node);
@@ -189,7 +233,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	 */
 	size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(size);
 	size += SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
-	data = kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, gfp_mask, node);
+	data = kmalloc_reserve(size, gfp_mask, node, &pfmemalloc);
 	if (!data)
 		goto nodata;
 	/* kmalloc(size) might give us more room than requested.
@@ -207,6 +251,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, tail));
 	/* Account for allocated memory : skb + skb->head */
 	skb->truesize = SKB_TRUESIZE(size);
+	skb->pfmemalloc = pfmemalloc;
 	atomic_set(&skb->users, 1);
 	skb->head = data;
 	skb->data = data;
@@ -222,7 +267,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	atomic_set(&shinfo->dataref, 1);
 	kmemcheck_annotate_variable(shinfo->destructor_arg);
 
-	if (fclone) {
+	if (flags & SKB_ALLOC_FCLONE) {
 		struct sk_buff *child = skb + 1;
 		atomic_t *fclone_ref = (atomic_t *) (child + 1);
 
@@ -232,6 +277,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		atomic_set(fclone_ref, 1);
 
 		child->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE;
+		child->pfmemalloc = pfmemalloc;
 	}
 out:
 	return skb;
@@ -299,14 +345,7 @@ struct netdev_alloc_cache {
 };
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct netdev_alloc_cache, netdev_alloc_cache);
 
-/**
- * netdev_alloc_frag - allocate a page fragment
- * @fragsz: fragment size
- *
- * Allocates a frag from a page for receive buffer.
- * Uses GFP_ATOMIC allocations.
- */
-void *netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz)
+static void *__netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct netdev_alloc_cache *nc;
 	void *data = NULL;
@@ -316,7 +355,7 @@ void *netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz)
 	nc = &__get_cpu_var(netdev_alloc_cache);
 	if (unlikely(!nc->page)) {
 refill:
-		nc->page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+		nc->page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
 		nc->offset = 0;
 	}
 	if (likely(nc->page)) {
@@ -331,6 +370,18 @@ refill:
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return data;
 }
+
+/**
+ * netdev_alloc_frag - allocate a page fragment
+ * @fragsz: fragment size
+ *
+ * Allocates a frag from a page for receive buffer.
+ * Uses GFP_ATOMIC allocations.
+ */
+void *netdev_alloc_frag(unsigned int fragsz)
+{
+	return __netdev_alloc_frag(fragsz, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_alloc_frag);
 
 /**
@@ -354,7 +405,12 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 			      SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
 
 	if (fragsz <= PAGE_SIZE && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT)) {
-		void *data = netdev_alloc_frag(fragsz);
+		void *data;
+
+		if (sk_memalloc_socks())
+			gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
+
+		data = __netdev_alloc_frag(fragsz, gfp_mask);
 
 		if (likely(data)) {
 			skb = build_skb(data, fragsz);
@@ -362,7 +418,8 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 				put_page(virt_to_head_page(data));
 		}
 	} else {
-		skb = __alloc_skb(length + NET_SKB_PAD, gfp_mask, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE);
+		skb = __alloc_skb(length + NET_SKB_PAD, gfp_mask,
+				  SKB_ALLOC_RX, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	}
 	if (likely(skb)) {
 		skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD);
@@ -644,6 +701,7 @@ static void __copy_skb_header(struct sk_buff *new, const struct sk_buff *old)
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IP_VS)
 	new->ipvs_property	= old->ipvs_property;
 #endif
+	new->pfmemalloc		= old->pfmemalloc;
 	new->protocol		= old->protocol;
 	new->mark		= old->mark;
 	new->skb_iif		= old->skb_iif;
@@ -801,6 +859,9 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		n->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_CLONE;
 		atomic_inc(fclone_ref);
 	} else {
+		if (skb_pfmemalloc(skb))
+			gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
+
 		n = kmem_cache_alloc(skbuff_head_cache, gfp_mask);
 		if (!n)
 			return NULL;
@@ -837,6 +898,13 @@ static void copy_skb_header(struct sk_buff *new, const struct sk_buff *old)
 	skb_shinfo(new)->gso_type = skb_shinfo(old)->gso_type;
 }
 
+static inline int skb_alloc_rx_flag(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (skb_pfmemalloc(skb))
+		return SKB_ALLOC_RX;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  *	skb_copy	-	create private copy of an sk_buff
  *	@skb: buffer to copy
@@ -858,7 +926,8 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_copy(const struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int headerlen = skb_headroom(skb);
 	unsigned int size = skb_end_offset(skb) + skb->data_len;
-	struct sk_buff *n = alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask);
+	struct sk_buff *n = __alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask,
+					skb_alloc_rx_flag(skb), NUMA_NO_NODE);
 
 	if (!n)
 		return NULL;
@@ -893,7 +962,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy);
 struct sk_buff *__pskb_copy(struct sk_buff *skb, int headroom, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	unsigned int size = skb_headlen(skb) + headroom;
-	struct sk_buff *n = alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask);
+	struct sk_buff *n = __alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask,
+					skb_alloc_rx_flag(skb), NUMA_NO_NODE);
 
 	if (!n)
 		goto out;
@@ -966,8 +1036,10 @@ int pskb_expand_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhead, int ntail,
 
 	size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(size);
 
-	data = kmalloc(size + SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)),
-		       gfp_mask);
+	if (skb_pfmemalloc(skb))
+		gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
+	data = kmalloc_reserve(size + SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)),
+			       gfp_mask, NUMA_NO_NODE, NULL);
 	if (!data)
 		goto nodata;
 	size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(ksize(data));
@@ -1079,8 +1151,9 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_copy_expand(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/*
 	 *	Allocate the copy buffer
 	 */
-	struct sk_buff *n = alloc_skb(newheadroom + skb->len + newtailroom,
-				      gfp_mask);
+	struct sk_buff *n = __alloc_skb(newheadroom + skb->len + newtailroom,
+					gfp_mask, skb_alloc_rx_flag(skb),
+					NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	int oldheadroom = skb_headroom(skb);
 	int head_copy_len, head_copy_off;
 	int off;
@@ -2762,8 +2835,9 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t features)
 			skb_release_head_state(nskb);
 			__skb_push(nskb, doffset);
 		} else {
-			nskb = alloc_skb(hsize + doffset + headroom,
-					 GFP_ATOMIC);
+			nskb = __alloc_skb(hsize + doffset + headroom,
+					   GFP_ATOMIC, skb_alloc_rx_flag(skb),
+					   NUMA_NO_NODE);
 
 			if (unlikely(!nskb))
 				goto err;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 5c9ca2b..159dccc 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ __u32 sysctl_rmem_default __read_mostly = SK_RMEM_MAX;
 int sysctl_optmem_max __read_mostly = sizeof(unsigned long)*(2*UIO_MAXIOV+512);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_optmem_max);
 
+struct static_key memalloc_socks = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memalloc_socks);
+
 /**
  * sk_set_memalloc - sets %SOCK_MEMALLOC
  * @sk: socket to set it on
@@ -283,6 +286,7 @@ void sk_set_memalloc(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_MEMALLOC);
 	sk->sk_allocation |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;
+	static_key_slow_inc(&memalloc_socks);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_set_memalloc);
 
@@ -290,6 +294,7 @@ void sk_clear_memalloc(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_MEMALLOC);
 	sk->sk_allocation &= ~__GFP_MEMALLOC;
+	static_key_slow_dec(&memalloc_socks);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_clear_memalloc);
 
