diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
index b37300edf27c8bc528700f00b9045bd3f6a20b2d..07375e73981a8747f1432213691a4187ccf6544a 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Possible debug options are
 	P		Poisoning (object and padding)
 	U		User tracking (free and alloc)
 	T		Trace (please only use on single slabs)
+	A		Toggle failslab filter mark for the cache
 	O		Switch debugging off for caches that would have
 			caused higher minimum slab orders
 	-		Switch all debugging off (useful if the kernel is
diff --git a/include/linux/fault-inject.h b/include/linux/fault-inject.h
index 06ca9b21dad23b0d6753d0a92d6cbc2acba81f40..7b64ad40e4ceb8683a34ac0cdf76cdb9d4d1220f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fault-inject.h
+++ b/include/linux/fault-inject.h
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ static inline void cleanup_fault_attr_dentries(struct fault_attr *attr)
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAILSLAB
-extern bool should_failslab(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags);
+extern bool should_failslab(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long flags);
 #else
-static inline bool should_failslab(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags)
+static inline bool should_failslab(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags,
+				unsigned long flags)
 {
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 2da8372519f5e96a32027a9be8b0efc66f35b907..488446289cab4839670d8ff507d1cfb508d2fc98 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 #else
 # define SLAB_NOTRACK		0x00000000UL
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAILSLAB
+# define SLAB_FAILSLAB		0x02000000UL	/* Fault injection mark */
+#else
+# define SLAB_FAILSLAB		0x00000000UL
+#endif
 
 /* The following flags affect the page allocator grouping pages by mobility */
 #define SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT	0x00020000UL		/* Objects are reclaimable */
diff --git a/mm/failslab.c b/mm/failslab.c
index 9339de5f0a915dc0526e276eddbcc5fb918fb13d..bb41f98dd8b700d7ecf1765aa7e76e6cbd6ad97a 100644
--- a/mm/failslab.c
+++ b/mm/failslab.c
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 #include <linux/fault-inject.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 static struct {
 	struct fault_attr attr;
 	u32 ignore_gfp_wait;
+	int cache_filter;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
 	struct dentry *ignore_gfp_wait_file;
+	struct dentry *cache_filter_file;
 #endif
 } failslab = {
 	.attr = FAULT_ATTR_INITIALIZER,
 	.ignore_gfp_wait = 1,
+	.cache_filter = 0,
 };
 
-bool should_failslab(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags)
+bool should_failslab(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long cache_flags)
 {
 	if (gfpflags & __GFP_NOFAIL)
 		return false;
@@ -20,6 +24,9 @@ bool should_failslab(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags)
         if (failslab.ignore_gfp_wait && (gfpflags & __GFP_WAIT))
 		return false;
 
+	if (failslab.cache_filter && !(cache_flags & SLAB_FAILSLAB))
+		return false;
+
 	return should_fail(&failslab.attr, size);
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +37,6 @@ static int __init setup_failslab(char *str)
 __setup("failslab=", setup_failslab);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
-
 static int __init failslab_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	mode_t mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
@@ -46,8 +52,14 @@ static int __init failslab_debugfs_init(void)
 		debugfs_create_bool("ignore-gfp-wait", mode, dir,
 				      &failslab.ignore_gfp_wait);
 
-	if (!failslab.ignore_gfp_wait_file) {
+	failslab.cache_filter_file =
+		debugfs_create_bool("cache-filter", mode, dir,
+				      &failslab.cache_filter);
+
+	if (!failslab.ignore_gfp_wait_file ||
+	    !failslab.cache_filter_file) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
+		debugfs_remove(failslab.cache_filter_file);
 		debugfs_remove(failslab.ignore_gfp_wait_file);
 		cleanup_fault_attr_dentries(&failslab.attr);
 	}
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 7451bdacaf18875044ea97ed3d49da8c401d8249..33496b7048597fb18850ea4a692e473b65e807ee 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ static bool slab_should_failslab(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
 	if (cachep == &cache_cache)
 		return false;
 
-	return should_failslab(obj_size(cachep), flags);
+	return should_failslab(obj_size(cachep), flags, cachep->flags);
 }
 
 static inline void *____cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 8d71aaf888d770b27ba26df5d4d9592832a87b2d..cab5288736c81e4be98cafaa39e99bec2e2207fd 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@
  * Set of flags that will prevent slab merging
  */
 #define SLUB_NEVER_MERGE (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER | \
-		SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE)
+		SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | \
+		SLAB_FAILSLAB)
 
 #define SLUB_MERGE_SAME (SLAB_DEBUG_FREE | SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | \
 		SLAB_CACHE_DMA | SLAB_NOTRACK)
@@ -1020,6 +1021,9 @@ static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str)
 		case 't':
 			slub_debug |= SLAB_TRACE;
 			break;
+		case 'a':
+			slub_debug |= SLAB_FAILSLAB;
+			break;
 		default:
 			printk(KERN_ERR "slub_debug option '%c' "
 				"unknown. skipped\n", *str);
@@ -1718,7 +1722,7 @@ static __always_inline void *slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s,
 	lockdep_trace_alloc(gfpflags);
 	might_sleep_if(gfpflags & __GFP_WAIT);
 
-	if (should_failslab(s->objsize, gfpflags))
+	if (should_failslab(s->objsize, gfpflags, s->flags))
 		return NULL;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
@@ -4171,6 +4175,23 @@ static ssize_t trace_store(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *buf,
 }
 SLAB_ATTR(trace);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAILSLAB
+static ssize_t failslab_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !!(s->flags & SLAB_FAILSLAB));
+}
+
+static ssize_t failslab_store(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *buf,
+							size_t length)
+{
+	s->flags &= ~SLAB_FAILSLAB;
+	if (buf[0] == '1')
+		s->flags |= SLAB_FAILSLAB;
+	return length;
+}
+SLAB_ATTR(failslab);
+#endif
+
 static ssize_t reclaim_account_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !!(s->flags & SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT));
@@ -4467,6 +4488,10 @@ static struct attribute *slab_attrs[] = {
 	&deactivate_remote_frees_attr.attr,
 	&order_fallback_attr.attr,
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAILSLAB
+	&failslab_attr.attr,
+#endif
+
 	NULL
 };