diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index 5765f67..d58f823 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 
 static void moom_callback(void *ignored)
 {
-	out_of_memory(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+	out_of_memory(&NODE_DATA(0)->node_zonelists[ZONE_NORMAL], GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 }
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(moom_work, moom_callback, NULL);
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index f3e17d5..d572b19 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 #define vm_swap_full() (nr_swap_pages*2 < total_swap_pages)
 
 /* linux/mm/oom_kill.c */
-extern void out_of_memory(gfp_t gfp_mask, int order);
+extern void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order);
 
 /* linux/mm/memory.c */
 extern void swapin_readahead(swp_entry_t, unsigned long, struct vm_area_struct *);
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 949eba1..8123fad 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -133,6 +133,36 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Types of limitations to the nodes from which allocations may occur
+ */
+#define CONSTRAINT_NONE 1
+#define CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY 2
+#define CONSTRAINT_CPUSET 3
+
+/*
+ * Determine the type of allocation constraint.
+ */
+static inline int constrained_alloc(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	struct zone **z;
+	nodemask_t nodes = node_online_map;
+
+	for (z = zonelist->zones; *z; z++)
+		if (cpuset_zone_allowed(*z, gfp_mask))
+			node_clear((*z)->zone_pgdat->node_id,
+					nodes);
+		else
+			return CONSTRAINT_CPUSET;
+
+	if (!nodes_empty(nodes))
+		return CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY;
+#endif
+
+	return CONSTRAINT_NONE;
+}
+
+/*
  * Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
  * number of 'points'. We expect the caller will lock the tasklist.
  *
@@ -184,7 +214,7 @@
  * CAP_SYS_RAW_IO set, send SIGTERM instead (but it's unlikely that
  * we select a process with CAP_SYS_RAW_IO set).
  */
-static void __oom_kill_task(task_t *p)
+static void __oom_kill_task(task_t *p, const char *message)
 {
 	if (p->pid == 1) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
@@ -200,8 +230,8 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	task_unlock(p);
-	printk(KERN_ERR "Out of Memory: Killed process %d (%s).\n",
-							p->pid, p->comm);
+	printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Killed process %d (%s).\n",
+				message, p->pid, p->comm);
 
 	/*
 	 * We give our sacrificial lamb high priority and access to
@@ -214,7 +244,7 @@
 	force_sig(SIGKILL, p);
 }
 
-static struct mm_struct *oom_kill_task(task_t *p)
+static struct mm_struct *oom_kill_task(task_t *p, const char *message)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(p);
 	task_t * g, * q;
@@ -226,21 +256,21 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	__oom_kill_task(p);
+	__oom_kill_task(p, message);
 	/*
 	 * kill all processes that share the ->mm (i.e. all threads),
 	 * but are in a different thread group
 	 */
 	do_each_thread(g, q)
 		if (q->mm == mm && q->tgid != p->tgid)
-			__oom_kill_task(q);
+			__oom_kill_task(q, message);
 	while_each_thread(g, q);
 
 	return mm;
 }
 
 static struct mm_struct *oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p,
-					  unsigned long points)
+				unsigned long points, const char *message)
 {
  	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct task_struct *c;
@@ -253,11 +283,11 @@
 		c = list_entry(tsk, struct task_struct, sibling);
 		if (c->mm == p->mm)
 			continue;
-		mm = oom_kill_task(c);
+		mm = oom_kill_task(c, message);
 		if (mm)
 			return mm;
 	}
-	return oom_kill_task(p);
+	return oom_kill_task(p, message);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -268,10 +298,10 @@
  * OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we
  * don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good.
  */
-void out_of_memory(gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
+void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = NULL;
-	task_t * p;
+	task_t *p;
 	unsigned long points;
 
 	if (printk_ratelimit()) {
@@ -283,25 +313,48 @@
 
 	cpuset_lock();
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if there were limitations on the allocation (only relevant for
+	 * NUMA) that may require different handling.
+	 */
+	switch (constrained_alloc(zonelist, gfp_mask)) {
+	case CONSTRAINT_MEMORY_POLICY:
+		mm = oom_kill_process(current, points,
+				"No available memory (MPOL_BIND)");
+		break;
+
+	case CONSTRAINT_CPUSET:
+		mm = oom_kill_process(current, points,
+				"No available memory in cpuset");
+		break;
+
+	case CONSTRAINT_NONE:
 retry:
-	p = select_bad_process(&points);
+		/*
+		 * Rambo mode: Shoot down a process and hope it solves whatever
+		 * issues we may have.
+		 */
+		p = select_bad_process(&points);
 
-	if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
-		goto out;
+		if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
+			goto out;
 
-	/* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
-	if (!p) {
-		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-		cpuset_unlock();
-		panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
+		/* Found nothing?!?! Either we hang forever, or we panic. */
+		if (!p) {
+			read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+			cpuset_unlock();
+			panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
+		}
+
+		mm = oom_kill_process(p, points, "Out of memory");
+		if (!mm)
+			goto retry;
+
+		break;
 	}
 
-	mm = oom_kill_process(p, points);
-	if (!mm)
-		goto retry;
-
- out:
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+out:
 	cpuset_unlock();
 	if (mm)
 		mmput(mm);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 208812b..791690d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@
 		if (page)
 			goto got_pg;
 
-		out_of_memory(gfp_mask, order);
+		out_of_memory(zonelist, gfp_mask, order);
 		goto restart;
 	}