diff --git a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
index 7587493c67f1..fd7c3cfddd8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ There are three components to pagemap:
     * Bits 0-54  page frame number (PFN) if present
     * Bits 0-4   swap type if swapped
     * Bits 5-54  swap offset if swapped
-    * Bits 55-60 page shift (page size = 1<<page shift)
+    * Bit  55    pte is soft-dirty (see Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt)
+    * Bits 56-60 zero
     * Bit  61    page is file-page or shared-anon
     * Bit  62    page swapped
     * Bit  63    page present
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index a18e065c1c3e..dbf61f6174f0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -689,6 +689,23 @@ const struct file_operations proc_tid_smaps_operations = {
 	.release	= seq_release_private,
 };
 
+/*
+ * We do not want to have constant page-shift bits sitting in
+ * pagemap entries and are about to reuse them some time soon.
+ *
+ * Here's the "migration strategy":
+ * 1. when the system boots these bits remain what they are,
+ *    but a warning about future change is printed in log;
+ * 2. once anyone clears soft-dirty bits via clear_refs file,
+ *    these flag is set to denote, that user is aware of the
+ *    new API and those page-shift bits change their meaning.
+ *    The respective warning is printed in dmesg;
+ * 3. In a couple of releases we will remove all the mentions
+ *    of page-shift in pagemap entries.
+ */
+
+static bool soft_dirty_cleared __read_mostly;
+
 enum clear_refs_types {
 	CLEAR_REFS_ALL = 1,
 	CLEAR_REFS_ANON,
@@ -778,6 +795,13 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	type = (enum clear_refs_types)itype;
 	if (type < CLEAR_REFS_ALL || type >= CLEAR_REFS_LAST)
 		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
+		soft_dirty_cleared = true;
+		pr_warn_once("The pagemap bits 55-60 has changed their meaning! "
+				"See the linux/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt for details.\n");
+	}
+
 	task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
@@ -1091,7 +1115,7 @@ static ssize_t pagemap_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (!count)
 		goto out_task;
 
-	pm.v2 = false;
+	pm.v2 = soft_dirty_cleared;
 	pm.len = PM_ENTRY_BYTES * (PAGEMAP_WALK_SIZE >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	pm.buffer = kmalloc(pm.len, GFP_TEMPORARY);
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1164,9 +1188,18 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int pagemap_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	pr_warn_once("Bits 55-60 of /proc/PID/pagemap entries are about "
+			"to stop being page-shift some time soon. See the "
+			"linux/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt for details.\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct file_operations proc_pagemap_operations = {
 	.llseek		= mem_lseek, /* borrow this */
 	.read		= pagemap_read,
+	.open		= pagemap_open,
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR */