diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 71e5039d940d..46f0b0fe9ee3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		[ilog2(VM_SHADOW_STACK)] = "ss",
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+		[ilog2(VM_DROPPABLE)] = "dp",
 		[ilog2(VM_SEALED)] = "sl",
 #endif
 	};
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index eb7c96d24ac0..e078c2890bf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 #define VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED		VM_NONE
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#define VM_DROPPABLE_BIT	40
+#define VM_DROPPABLE		BIT(VM_DROPPABLE_BIT)
+#else
+#define VM_DROPPABLE		VM_NONE
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 /* VM is sealed, in vm_flags */
 #define VM_SEALED	_BITUL(63)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index e46d6e82765e..b63d211bd141 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_X(arch_3)
 # define IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(flag, name)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(flag, name) {flag, name},
+#else
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(flag, name)
+#endif
+
 #define __def_vmaflag_names						\
 	{VM_READ,			"read"		},		\
 	{VM_WRITE,			"write"		},		\
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ IF_HAVE_VM_SOFTDIRTY(VM_SOFTDIRTY,	"softdirty"	)		\
 	{VM_MIXEDMAP,			"mixedmap"	},		\
 	{VM_HUGEPAGE,			"hugepage"	},		\
 	{VM_NOHUGEPAGE,			"nohugepage"	},		\
+IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(VM_DROPPABLE,	"droppable"	)		\
 	{VM_MERGEABLE,			"mergeable"	}		\
 
 #define show_vma_flags(flags)						\
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mman.h b/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
index a246e11988d5..e89d00528f2f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x01		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x02		/* Changes are private */
 #define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03	/* share + validate extension flags */
+#define MAP_DROPPABLE	0x08		/* Zero memory under memory pressure. */
 
 /*
  * Huge page size encoding when MAP_HUGETLB is specified, and a huge page
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index a77893462b92..cba5bc652fc4 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1068,13 +1068,16 @@ static int madvise_vma_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		new_flags |= VM_WIPEONFORK;
 		break;
 	case MADV_KEEPONFORK:
+		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		new_flags &= ~VM_WIPEONFORK;
 		break;
 	case MADV_DONTDUMP:
 		new_flags |= VM_DONTDUMP;
 		break;
 	case MADV_DODUMP:
-		if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && new_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
+		if ((!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && new_flags & VM_SPECIAL) ||
+		    (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		new_flags &= ~VM_DONTDUMP;
 		break;
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 30b51cdea89d..b87b3d8cc9cc 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static int mlock_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if (newflags == oldflags || (oldflags & VM_SPECIAL) ||
 	    is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma == get_gate_vma(current->mm) ||
-	    vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma))
+	    vma_is_dax(vma) || vma_is_secretmem(vma) || (oldflags & VM_DROPPABLE))
 		/* don't set VM_LOCKED or VM_LOCKONFAULT and don't count */
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 83b4682ec85c..8aeedeb784c2 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1369,6 +1369,36 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 			pgoff = 0;
 			vm_flags |= VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE;
 			break;
+		case MAP_DROPPABLE:
+			if (VM_DROPPABLE == VM_NONE)
+				return -ENOTSUPP;
+			/*
+			 * A locked or stack area makes no sense to be droppable.
+			 *
+			 * Also, since droppable pages can just go away at any time
+			 * it makes no sense to copy them on fork or dump them.
+			 *
+			 * And don't attempt to combine with hugetlb for now.
+			 */
+			if (flags & (MAP_LOCKED | MAP_HUGETLB))
+			        return -EINVAL;
+			if (vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN | VM_GROWSUP))
+			        return -EINVAL;
+
+			vm_flags |= VM_DROPPABLE;
+
+			/*
+			 * If the pages can be dropped, then it doesn't make
+			 * sense to reserve them.
+			 */
+			vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE;
+
+			/*
+			 * Likewise, they're volatile enough that they
+			 * shouldn't survive forks or coredumps.
+			 */
+			vm_flags |= VM_WIPEONFORK | VM_DONTDUMP;
+			fallthrough;
 		case MAP_PRIVATE:
 			/*
 			 * Set pgoff according to addr for anon_vma.
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index e8fc5ecb59b2..1f9b5a9cb121 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -1397,7 +1397,12 @@ void folio_add_new_anon_rmap(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_hugetlb(folio), folio);
 	VM_BUG_ON_VMA(address < vma->vm_start ||
 			address + (nr << PAGE_SHIFT) > vma->vm_end, vma);
-	__folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
+	/*
+	 * VM_DROPPABLE mappings don't swap; instead they're just dropped when
+	 * under memory pressure.
+	 */
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))
+		__folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
 	__folio_set_anon(folio, vma, address, true);
 
 	if (likely(!folio_test_large(folio))) {
@@ -1841,7 +1846,13 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				 * plus the rmap(s) (dropped by discard:).
 				 */
 				if (ref_count == 1 + map_count &&
-				    !folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
+				    (!folio_test_dirty(folio) ||
+				     /*
+				      * Unlike MADV_FREE mappings, VM_DROPPABLE
+				      * ones can be dropped even if they've
+				      * been dirtied.
+				      */
+				     (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))) {
 					dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
 					goto discard;
 				}
@@ -1851,7 +1862,12 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				 * discarded. Remap the page to page table.
 				 */
 				set_pte_at(mm, address, pvmw.pte, pteval);
-				folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
+				/*
+				 * Unlike MADV_FREE mappings, VM_DROPPABLE ones
+				 * never get swap backed on failure to drop.
+				 */
+				if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE))
+					folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
 				ret = false;
 				page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw);
 				break;
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
index a246e11988d5..e89d00528f2f 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define MAP_SHARED	0x01		/* Share changes */
 #define MAP_PRIVATE	0x02		/* Changes are private */
 #define MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE 0x03	/* share + validate extension flags */
+#define MAP_DROPPABLE	0x08		/* Zero memory under memory pressure. */
 
 /*
  * Huge page size encoding when MAP_HUGETLB is specified, and a huge page
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
index 0b9ab987601c..a8beeb43c2b5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ hugetlb_fault_after_madv
 hugetlb_madv_vs_map
 mseal_test
 seal_elf
+droppable
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index 3b49bc3d0a3b..e3e5740e13e1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += ksm_functional_tests
 TEST_GEN_FILES += mdwe_test
 TEST_GEN_FILES += hugetlb_fault_after_madv
 TEST_GEN_FILES += hugetlb_madv_vs_map
+TEST_GEN_FILES += droppable
 
 ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
 TEST_GEN_FILES += soft-dirty
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3d9ecf96890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/droppable.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <linux/mman.h>
+
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	size_t alloc_size = 134217728;
+	size_t page_size = getpagesize();
+	void *alloc;
+	pid_t child;
+
+	ksft_print_header();
+	ksft_set_plan(1);
+
+	alloc = mmap(0, alloc_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_DROPPABLE, -1, 0);
+	assert(alloc != MAP_FAILED);
+	memset(alloc, 'A', alloc_size);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < alloc_size; i += page_size)
+		assert(*(uint8_t *)(alloc + i));
+
+	child = fork();
+	assert(child >= 0);
+	if (!child) {
+		for (;;)
+			*(char *)malloc(page_size) = 'B';
+	}
+
+	for (bool done = false; !done;) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < alloc_size; i += page_size) {
+			if (!*(uint8_t *)(alloc + i)) {
+				done = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	kill(child, SIGTERM);
+
+	ksft_test_result_pass("MAP_DROPPABLE: PASS\n");
+	exit(KSFT_PASS);
+}
