diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S
index f7ba4ac..6ff3e52 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -293,3 +293,4 @@
 	.long sys_inotify_init
 	.long sys_inotify_add_watch
 	.long sys_inotify_rm_watch
+	.long sys_migrate_pages
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
index 0741b066..7a6ffd6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1600,5 +1600,6 @@
 	data8 sys_inotify_init
 	data8 sys_inotify_add_watch
 	data8 sys_inotify_rm_watch
+	data8 sys_migrate_pages			// 1280
 
 	.org sys_call_table + 8*NR_syscalls	// guard against failures to increase NR_syscalls
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S
index df0773c..1f0ff5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@
 	.quad sys_inotify_init
 	.quad sys_inotify_add_watch
 	.quad sys_inotify_rm_watch
+	.quad sys_migrate_pages
 ia32_syscall_end:		
 	.rept IA32_NR_syscalls-(ia32_syscall_end-ia32_sys_call_table)/8
 		.quad ni_syscall
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/unistd.h b/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
index fe38b9a..481c3c0 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
@@ -299,8 +299,9 @@
 #define __NR_inotify_init	291
 #define __NR_inotify_add_watch	292
 #define __NR_inotify_rm_watch	293
+#define __NR_migrate_pages	294
 
-#define NR_syscalls 294
+#define NR_syscalls 295
 
 /*
  * user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -128: see
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h b/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
index 2bf5434..962f9bd 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
@@ -269,12 +269,13 @@
 #define __NR_inotify_init		1277
 #define __NR_inotify_add_watch		1278
 #define __NR_inotify_rm_watch		1279
+#define __NR_migrate_pages		1280
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/config.h>
 
-#define NR_syscalls			256 /* length of syscall table */
+#define NR_syscalls			270 /* length of syscall table */
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/ia32_unistd.h b/include/asm-x86_64/ia32_unistd.h
index d5166ec..e884336 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/ia32_unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/ia32_unistd.h
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@
 #define __NR_ia32_inotify_init		291
 #define __NR_ia32_inotify_add_watch	292
 #define __NR_ia32_inotify_rm_watch	293
+#define __NR_ia32_migrate_pages		294
 
-#define IA32_NR_syscalls 294	/* must be > than biggest syscall! */
+#define IA32_NR_syscalls 295	/* must be > than biggest syscall! */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_64_IA32_UNISTD_H_ */
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h b/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h
index 2c42150..e6f89616 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h
@@ -571,8 +571,10 @@
 __SYSCALL(__NR_inotify_add_watch, sys_inotify_add_watch)
 #define __NR_inotify_rm_watch	255
 __SYSCALL(__NR_inotify_rm_watch, sys_inotify_rm_watch)
+#define __NR_migrate_pages	256
+__SYSCALL(__NR_migrate_pages, sys_migrate_pages)
 
-#define __NR_syscall_max __NR_inotify_rm_watch
+#define __NR_syscall_max __NR_migrate_pages
 #ifndef __NO_STUBS
 
 /* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -4095 */
diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index 05443a7..3e61e82 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@
 		policy_zone = k;
 }
 
+int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
+	const nodemask_t *from_nodes, const nodemask_t *to_nodes, int flags);
+
 #else
 
 struct mempolicy {};
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index c7007b1..e910d1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -511,5 +511,7 @@
 asmlinkage long sys_ioprio_get(int which, int who);
 asmlinkage long sys_set_mempolicy(int mode, unsigned long __user *nmask,
 					unsigned long maxnode);
+asmlinkage long sys_migrate_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long maxnode,
+			const unsigned long __user *from, const unsigned long __user *to);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 1ab2370..7a8bc7f 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 cond_syscall(sys_inotify_init);
 cond_syscall(sys_inotify_add_watch);
 cond_syscall(sys_inotify_rm_watch);
+cond_syscall(sys_migrate_pages);
 
 /* arch-specific weak syscall entries */
 cond_syscall(sys_pciconfig_read);
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 9cc6d96..20d5ad3 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -615,11 +615,41 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * For now migrate_pages simply swaps out the pages from nodes that are in
+ * the source set but not in the target set. In the future, we would
+ * want a function that moves pages between the two nodesets in such
+ * a way as to preserve the physical layout as much as possible.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of page that could not be moved.
+ */
+int do_migrate_pages(struct mm_struct *mm,
+	const nodemask_t *from_nodes, const nodemask_t *to_nodes, int flags)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(pagelist);
+	int count = 0;
+	nodemask_t nodes;
+
+	nodes_andnot(nodes, *from_nodes, *to_nodes);
+	nodes_complement(nodes, nodes);
+
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	check_range(mm, mm->mmap->vm_start, TASK_SIZE, &nodes,
+			flags | MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK, &pagelist);
+	if (!list_empty(&pagelist)) {
+		migrate_pages(&pagelist, NULL);
+		if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
+			count = putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);
+	}
+	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	return count;
+}
+
+/*
  * User space interface with variable sized bitmaps for nodelists.
  */
 
 /* Copy a node mask from user space. */
-static int get_nodes(nodemask_t *nodes, unsigned long __user *nmask,
+static int get_nodes(nodemask_t *nodes, const unsigned long __user *nmask,
 		     unsigned long maxnode)
 {
 	unsigned long k;
@@ -708,6 +738,68 @@
 	return do_set_mempolicy(mode, &nodes);
 }
 
+/* Macro needed until Paul implements this function in kernel/cpusets.c */
+#define cpuset_mems_allowed(task) node_online_map
+
+asmlinkage long sys_migrate_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long maxnode,
+		const unsigned long __user *old_nodes,
+		const unsigned long __user *new_nodes)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	nodemask_t old;
+	nodemask_t new;
+	nodemask_t task_nodes;
+	int err;
+
+	err = get_nodes(&old, old_nodes, maxnode);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = get_nodes(&new, new_nodes, maxnode);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	/* Find the mm_struct */
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	task = pid ? find_task_by_pid(pid) : current;
+	if (!task) {
+		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		return -ESRCH;
+	}
+	mm = get_task_mm(task);
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+	if (!mm)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if this process has the right to modify the specified
+	 * process. The right exists if the process has administrative
+	 * capabilities, superuser priviledges or the same
+	 * userid as the target process.
+	 */
+	if ((current->euid != task->suid) && (current->euid != task->uid) &&
+	    (current->uid != task->suid) && (current->uid != task->uid) &&
+	    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		err = -EPERM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	task_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(task);
+	/* Is the user allowed to access the target nodes? */
+	if (!nodes_subset(new, task_nodes) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		err = -EPERM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = do_migrate_pages(mm, &old, &new, MPOL_MF_MOVE);
+out:
+	mmput(mm);
+	return err;
+}
+
+
 /* Retrieve NUMA policy */
 asmlinkage long sys_get_mempolicy(int __user *policy,
 				unsigned long __user *nmask,