diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 1607322a112c..f60cf43bbf61 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ LDLIBS = -lrt -lpthread
 TEST_GEN_FILES = compaction_test
 TEST_GEN_FILES += gup_test
 TEST_GEN_FILES += hmm-tests
+TEST_GEN_FILES += hugetlb-madvise
 TEST_GEN_FILES += hugepage-mmap
 TEST_GEN_FILES += hugepage-mremap
 TEST_GEN_FILES += hugepage-shm
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb-madvise.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb-madvise.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31c302528f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb-madvise.c
@@ -0,0 +1,401 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * hugepage-madvise:
+ *
+ * Basic functional testing of madvise MADV_DONTNEED and MADV_REMOVE
+ * on hugetlb mappings.
+ *
+ * Before running this test, make sure the administrator has pre-allocated
+ * at least MIN_FREE_PAGES hugetlb pages and they are free.  In addition,
+ * the test takes an argument that is the path to a file in a hugetlbfs
+ * filesystem.  Therefore, a hugetlbfs filesystem must be mounted on some
+ * directory.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#define __USE_GNU
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#define USAGE	"USAGE: %s <hugepagefile_name>\n"
+#define MIN_FREE_PAGES	20
+
+#define validate_free_pages(exp_free)					\
+	do {								\
+		int fhp = get_free_hugepages();				\
+		if (fhp != (exp_free)) {				\
+			printf("Unexpected number of free huge "	\
+				"pages line %d\n", __LINE__);		\
+			exit(1);					\
+		}							\
+	} while (0)
+
+unsigned long huge_page_size;
+unsigned long base_page_size;
+
+/*
+ * default_huge_page_size copied from mlock2-tests.c
+ */
+unsigned long default_huge_page_size(void)
+{
+	unsigned long hps = 0;
+	char *line = NULL;
+	size_t linelen = 0;
+	FILE *f = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
+
+	if (!f)
+		return 0;
+	while (getline(&line, &linelen, f) > 0) {
+		if (sscanf(line, "Hugepagesize:       %lu kB", &hps) == 1) {
+			hps <<= 10;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	free(line);
+	fclose(f);
+	return hps;
+}
+
+unsigned long get_free_hugepages(void)
+{
+	unsigned long fhp = 0;
+	char *line = NULL;
+	size_t linelen = 0;
+	FILE *f = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
+
+	if (!f)
+		return fhp;
+	while (getline(&line, &linelen, f) > 0) {
+		if (sscanf(line, "HugePages_Free:      %lu", &fhp) == 1)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	free(line);
+	fclose(f);
+	return fhp;
+}
+
+void write_fault_pages(void *addr, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	unsigned long i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
+		*((unsigned long *)(addr + (i * huge_page_size))) = i;
+}
+
+void read_fault_pages(void *addr, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	unsigned long i, tmp;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
+		tmp += *((unsigned long *)(addr + (i * huge_page_size)));
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	unsigned long free_hugepages;
+	void *addr, *addr2;
+	int fd;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (argc != 2) {
+		printf(USAGE, argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	huge_page_size = default_huge_page_size();
+	if (!huge_page_size) {
+		printf("Unable to determine huge page size, exiting!\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	base_page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!huge_page_size) {
+		printf("Unable to determine base page size, exiting!\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	free_hugepages = get_free_hugepages();
+	if (free_hugepages < MIN_FREE_PAGES) {
+		printf("Not enough free huge pages to test, exiting!\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	fd = open(argv[1], O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0755);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		perror("Open failed");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Test validity of MADV_DONTNEED addr and length arguments
+	 */
+	addr = mmap(NULL, 12 * huge_page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB,
+			-1, 0);
+	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	/* unmap first and last page so we know nothing is mapped there */
+	if (munmap(addr, huge_page_size) ||
+			munmap(addr + 11 * huge_page_size, huge_page_size)) {
+		perror("munmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	addr = addr + huge_page_size;
+
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* addr before mapping should fail */
+	ret = madvise(addr - base_page_size, 10 * huge_page_size,
+		MADV_DONTNEED);
+	if (!ret) {
+		printf("Unexpected success of madvise call with invalid addr line %d\n",
+				__LINE__);
+			exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* addr + length after mapping should fail */
+	ret = madvise(addr, (10 * huge_page_size) + base_page_size,
+		MADV_DONTNEED);
+	if (!ret) {
+		printf("Unexpected success of madvise call with invalid length line %d\n",
+				__LINE__);
+			exit(1);
+	}
+
+	(void)munmap(addr, 10 * huge_page_size);
+
+	/*
+	 * Test alignment of MADV_DONTNEED addr and length arguments
+	 */
+	addr = mmap(NULL, 10 * huge_page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB,
+			-1, 0);
+	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* addr should be aligned down to huge page size */
+	if (madvise(addr + base_page_size,
+			10 * huge_page_size - base_page_size, MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* should free all pages in mapping */
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
+
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* addr + length should be aligned up to huge page size */
+	if (madvise(addr, (10 * huge_page_size) - base_page_size,
+			MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* should free all pages in mapping */
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
+
+	(void)munmap(addr, 10 * huge_page_size);
+
+	/*
+	 * Test MADV_DONTNEED on anonymous private mapping
+	 */
+	addr = mmap(NULL, 10 * huge_page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB,
+			-1, 0);
+	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	if (madvise(addr, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* should free all pages in mapping */
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
+
+	(void)munmap(addr, 10 * huge_page_size);
+
+	/*
+	 * Test MADV_DONTNEED on private mapping of hugetlb file
+	 */
+	if (fallocate(fd, 0, 0, 10 * huge_page_size)) {
+		perror("fallocate");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	addr = mmap(NULL, 10 * huge_page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* read should not consume any pages */
+	read_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* madvise should not free any pages */
+	if (madvise(addr, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* writes should allocate private pages */
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 20);
+
+	/* madvise should free private pages */
+	if (madvise(addr, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* writes should allocate private pages */
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 20);
+
+	/*
+	 * The fallocate below certainly should free the pages associated
+	 * with the file.  However, pages in the private mapping are also
+	 * freed.  This is not the 'correct' behavior, but is expected
+	 * because this is how it has worked since the initial hugetlb
+	 * implementation.
+	 */
+	if (fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,
+						0, 10 * huge_page_size)) {
+		perror("fallocate");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
+
+	(void)munmap(addr, 10 * huge_page_size);
+
+	/*
+	 * Test MADV_DONTNEED on shared mapping of hugetlb file
+	 */
+	if (fallocate(fd, 0, 0, 10 * huge_page_size)) {
+		perror("fallocate");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	addr = mmap(NULL, 10 * huge_page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* write should not consume any pages */
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* madvise should not free any pages */
+	if (madvise(addr, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/*
+	 * Test MADV_REMOVE on shared mapping of hugetlb file
+	 *
+	 * madvise is same as hole punch and should free all pages.
+	 */
+	if (madvise(addr, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_REMOVE)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
+	(void)munmap(addr, 10 * huge_page_size);
+
+	/*
+	 * Test MADV_REMOVE on shared and private mapping of hugetlb file
+	 */
+	if (fallocate(fd, 0, 0, 10 * huge_page_size)) {
+		perror("fallocate");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	addr = mmap(NULL, 10 * huge_page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* shared write should not consume any additional pages */
+	write_fault_pages(addr, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	addr2 = mmap(NULL, 10 * huge_page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+	if (addr2 == MAP_FAILED) {
+		perror("mmap");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* private read should not consume any pages */
+	read_fault_pages(addr2, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* private write should consume additional pages */
+	write_fault_pages(addr2, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 20);
+
+	/* madvise of shared mapping should not free any pages */
+	if (madvise(addr, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 20);
+
+	/* madvise of private mapping should free private pages */
+	if (madvise(addr2, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_DONTNEED)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 10);
+
+	/* private write should consume additional pages again */
+	write_fault_pages(addr2, 10);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 20);
+
+	/*
+	 * madvise should free both file and private pages although this is
+	 * not correct.  private pages should not be freed, but this is
+	 * expected.  See comment associated with FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE call.
+	 */
+	if (madvise(addr, 10 * huge_page_size, MADV_REMOVE)) {
+		perror("madvise");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
+
+	(void)munmap(addr, 10 * huge_page_size);
+	(void)munmap(addr2, 10 * huge_page_size);
+
+	close(fd);
+	unlink(argv[1]);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh
index 75d401741394..e0daf9ff0cbe 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ else
 	echo "[PASS]"
 fi
 
+echo "-----------------------"
+echo "running hugetlb-madvise"
+echo "-----------------------"
+./hugetlb-madvise $mnt/madvise-test
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "[FAIL]"
+	exitcode=1
+else
+	echo "[PASS]"
+fi
+rm -f $mnt/madvise-test
+
 echo "NOTE: The above hugetlb tests provide minimal coverage.  Use"
 echo "      https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs.git for"
 echo "      hugetlb regression testing."
