diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index d8d170fa5210..e0e789398421 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -886,5 +886,7 @@ config MAPPING_DIRTY_HELPERS
 
 config SECRETMEM
 	def_bool ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP && !EMBEDDED
+	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
+	select CMA
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 4be4c9ecac45..d4c44fc568a4 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/cma.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/memfd.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/genalloc.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
 #include <linux/secretmem.h>
 #include <linux/set_memory.h>
@@ -41,25 +44,80 @@
 #define SECRETMEM_FLAGS_MASK	SECRETMEM_MODE_MASK
 
 struct secretmem_ctx {
+	struct gen_pool *pool;
 	unsigned int mode;
 };
 
-static struct page *secretmem_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp)
+static struct cma *secretmem_cma;
+
+static int secretmem_pool_increase(struct secretmem_ctx *ctx, gfp_t gfp)
 {
+	unsigned long nr_pages = (1 << PMD_PAGE_ORDER);
+	struct gen_pool *pool = ctx->pool;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	struct page *page;
+	int err;
+
+	page = cma_alloc(secretmem_cma, nr_pages, PMD_SIZE, gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
+	if (!page)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	err = set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(page, nr_pages);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_cma_release;
+
+	addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
+	err = gen_pool_add(pool, addr, PMD_SIZE, NUMA_NO_NODE);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_set_direct_map;
+
+	flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PMD_SIZE);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_set_direct_map:
 	/*
-	 * FIXME: use a cache of large pages to reduce the direct map
-	 * fragmentation
+	 * If a split of PUD-size page was required, it already happened
+	 * when we marked the pages invalid which guarantees that this call
+	 * won't fail
 	 */
-	return alloc_page(gfp);
+	set_direct_map_default_noflush(page, nr_pages);
+err_cma_release:
+	cma_release(secretmem_cma, page, nr_pages);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct page *secretmem_alloc_page(struct secretmem_ctx *ctx,
+					 gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct gen_pool *pool = ctx->pool;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	struct page *page;
+	int err;
+
+	if (gen_pool_avail(pool) < PAGE_SIZE) {
+		err = secretmem_pool_increase(ctx, gfp);
+		if (err)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	addr = gen_pool_alloc(pool, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!addr)
+		return NULL;
+
+	page = virt_to_page(addr);
+	get_page(page);
+
+	return page;
 }
 
 static vm_fault_t secretmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
+	struct secretmem_ctx *ctx = vmf->vma->vm_file->private_data;
 	struct address_space *mapping = vmf->vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
 	pgoff_t offset = vmf->pgoff;
 	vm_fault_t ret = 0;
-	unsigned long addr;
 	struct page *page;
 	int err;
 
@@ -68,8 +126,7 @@ static vm_fault_t secretmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 	page = find_get_page(mapping, offset);
 	if (!page) {
-
-		page = secretmem_alloc_page(vmf->gfp_mask);
+		page = secretmem_alloc_page(ctx, vmf->gfp_mask);
 		if (!page)
 			return vmf_error(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -77,14 +134,8 @@ static vm_fault_t secretmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			goto err_put_page;
 
-		err = set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(page, 1);
-		if (err)
-			goto err_del_page_cache;
-
-		addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
-		flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
-
 		__SetPageUptodate(page);
+		set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)ctx);
 
 		ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
 	}
@@ -92,8 +143,6 @@ static vm_fault_t secretmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	vmf->page = page;
 	return ret;
 
-err_del_page_cache:
-	delete_from_page_cache(page);
 err_put_page:
 	put_page(page);
 	return vmf_error(err);
@@ -146,8 +195,11 @@ static int secretmem_migratepage(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 static void secretmem_freepage(struct page *page)
 {
-	set_direct_map_default_noflush(page, 1);
-	clear_highpage(page);
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
+	struct secretmem_ctx *ctx = (struct secretmem_ctx *)page_private(page);
+	struct gen_pool *pool = ctx->pool;
+
+	gen_pool_free(pool, addr, PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
 static const struct address_space_operations secretmem_aops = {
@@ -182,13 +234,18 @@ static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
 	if (!ctx)
 		goto err_free_inode;
 
+	ctx->pool = gen_pool_create(PAGE_SHIFT, NUMA_NO_NODE);
+	if (!ctx->pool)
+		goto err_free_ctx;
+
 	file = alloc_file_pseudo(inode, secretmem_mnt, "secretmem",
 				 O_RDWR, &secretmem_fops);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		goto err_free_ctx;
+		goto err_free_pool;
 
 	mapping_set_unevictable(inode->i_mapping);
 
+	inode->i_private = ctx;
 	inode->i_mapping->private_data = ctx;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &secretmem_aops;
 
@@ -202,6 +259,8 @@ static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
 
 	return file;
 
+err_free_pool:
+	gen_pool_destroy(ctx->pool);
 err_free_ctx:
 	kfree(ctx);
 err_free_inode:
@@ -220,6 +279,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(memfd_secret, unsigned long, flags)
 	if (flags & ~(SECRETMEM_FLAGS_MASK | O_CLOEXEC))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!secretmem_cma)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(flags & O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return fd;
@@ -240,11 +302,37 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(memfd_secret, unsigned long, flags)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void secretmem_cleanup_chunk(struct gen_pool *pool,
+				    struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk, void *data)
+{
+	unsigned long start = chunk->start_addr;
+	unsigned long end = chunk->end_addr;
+	struct page *page = virt_to_page(start);
+	unsigned long nr_pages = (end - start + 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+	int i;
+
+	set_direct_map_default_noflush(page, nr_pages);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
+		clear_highpage(page + i);
+
+	cma_release(secretmem_cma, page, nr_pages);
+}
+
+static void secretmem_cleanup_pool(struct secretmem_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct gen_pool *pool = ctx->pool;
+
+	gen_pool_for_each_chunk(pool, secretmem_cleanup_chunk, ctx);
+	gen_pool_destroy(pool);
+}
+
 static void secretmem_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct secretmem_ctx *ctx = inode->i_private;
 
 	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
+	secretmem_cleanup_pool(ctx);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	kfree(ctx);
 }
@@ -281,3 +369,29 @@ static int secretmem_init(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 fs_initcall(secretmem_init);
+
+static int __init secretmem_setup(char *str)
+{
+	phys_addr_t align = PMD_SIZE;
+	unsigned long reserved_size;
+	int err;
+
+	reserved_size = memparse(str, NULL);
+	if (!reserved_size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (reserved_size * 2 > PUD_SIZE)
+		align = PUD_SIZE;
+
+	err = cma_declare_contiguous(0, reserved_size, 0, align, 0, false,
+				     "secretmem", &secretmem_cma);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("failed to create CMA: %d\n", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	pr_info("reserved %luM\n", reserved_size >> 20);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+__setup("secretmem=", secretmem_setup);
