diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index d84feb7..ddadb4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/page-debug-flags.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 
@@ -174,6 +175,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	struct mempolicy *vm_policy;	/* NUMA policy for the VMA */
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_WANT_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS
+	unsigned long debug_flags;	/* Use atomic bitops on this */
+#endif
 };
 
 struct core_thread {
diff --git a/include/linux/page-debug-flags.h b/include/linux/page-debug-flags.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0638fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/page-debug-flags.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#ifndef LINUX_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS_H
+#define  LINUX_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS_H
+
+/*
+ * page->debug_flags bits:
+ *
+ * PAGE_DEBUG_FLAG_POISON is set for poisoned pages. This is used to
+ * implement generic debug pagealloc feature. The pages are filled with
+ * poison patterns and set this flag after free_pages(). The poisoned
+ * pages are verified whether the patterns are not corrupted and clear
+ * the flag before alloc_pages().
+ */
+
+enum page_debug_flags {
+	PAGE_DEBUG_FLAG_POISON,		/* Page is poisoned */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Ensure that CONFIG_WANT_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS reliably
+ * gets turned off when no debug features are enabling it!
+ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_WANT_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS
+#if !defined(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING) \
+/* && !defined(CONFIG_PAGE_DEBUG_SOMETHING_ELSE) && ... */
+#error WANT_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS is turned on with no debug features!
+#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_WANT_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS */
+
+#endif /* LINUX_PAGE_DEBUG_FLAGS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/poison.h b/include/linux/poison.h
index 9f31683..6729f7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/poison.h
+++ b/include/linux/poison.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
  */
 #define TIMER_ENTRY_STATIC	((void *) 0x74737461)
 
+/********** mm/debug-pagealloc.c **********/
+#define PAGE_POISON 0xaa
+
 /********** mm/slab.c **********/
 /*
  * Magic nums for obj red zoning.