diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
index 9becc5d4b518..67f6314de9f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ static int __init setup_pcpu_embed(bool chosen)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return pcpu_embed_first_chunk(PERCPU_FIRST_CHUNK_RESERVE,
-				      reserve - PERCPU_FIRST_CHUNK_RESERVE);
+				      reserve - PERCPU_FIRST_CHUNK_RESERVE,
+				      PAGE_SIZE, NULL, pcpu_fc_alloc,
+				      pcpu_fc_free);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index a7ec840f596c..25359932740e 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -110,8 +110,11 @@ extern int __init pcpu_setup_first_chunk(const struct pcpu_alloc_info *ai,
 					 void *base_addr);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK
-extern int __init pcpu_embed_first_chunk(size_t reserved_size,
-					 ssize_t dyn_size);
+extern int __init pcpu_embed_first_chunk(size_t reserved_size, ssize_t dyn_size,
+				size_t atom_size,
+				pcpu_fc_cpu_distance_fn_t cpu_distance_fn,
+				pcpu_fc_alloc_fn_t alloc_fn,
+				pcpu_fc_free_fn_t free_fn);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index cc9c4c64606d..c2826d05505c 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -1747,15 +1747,25 @@ early_param("percpu_alloc", percpu_alloc_setup);
  * pcpu_embed_first_chunk - embed the first percpu chunk into bootmem
  * @reserved_size: the size of reserved percpu area in bytes
  * @dyn_size: free size for dynamic allocation in bytes, -1 for auto
+ * @atom_size: allocation atom size
+ * @cpu_distance_fn: callback to determine distance between cpus, optional
+ * @alloc_fn: function to allocate percpu page
+ * @free_fn: funtion to free percpu page
  *
  * This is a helper to ease setting up embedded first percpu chunk and
  * can be called where pcpu_setup_first_chunk() is expected.
  *
  * If this function is used to setup the first chunk, it is allocated
- * as a contiguous area using bootmem allocator and used as-is without
- * being mapped into vmalloc area.  This enables the first chunk to
- * piggy back on the linear physical mapping which often uses larger
- * page size.
+ * by calling @alloc_fn and used as-is without being mapped into
+ * vmalloc area.  Allocations are always whole multiples of @atom_size
+ * aligned to @atom_size.
+ *
+ * This enables the first chunk to piggy back on the linear physical
+ * mapping which often uses larger page size.  Please note that this
+ * can result in very sparse cpu->unit mapping on NUMA machines thus
+ * requiring large vmalloc address space.  Don't use this allocator if
+ * vmalloc space is not orders of magnitude larger than distances
+ * between node memory addresses (ie. 32bit NUMA machines).
  *
  * When @dyn_size is positive, dynamic area might be larger than
  * specified to fill page alignment.  When @dyn_size is auto,
@@ -1763,53 +1773,88 @@ early_param("percpu_alloc", percpu_alloc_setup);
  * and reserved areas.
  *
  * If the needed size is smaller than the minimum or specified unit
- * size, the leftover is returned to the bootmem allocator.
+ * size, the leftover is returned using @free_fn.
  *
  * RETURNS:
  * 0 on success, -errno on failure.
  */
-int __init pcpu_embed_first_chunk(size_t reserved_size, ssize_t dyn_size)
+int __init pcpu_embed_first_chunk(size_t reserved_size, ssize_t dyn_size,
+				  size_t atom_size,
+				  pcpu_fc_cpu_distance_fn_t cpu_distance_fn,
+				  pcpu_fc_alloc_fn_t alloc_fn,
+				  pcpu_fc_free_fn_t free_fn)
 {
+	void *base = (void *)ULONG_MAX;
+	void **areas = NULL;
 	struct pcpu_alloc_info *ai;
-	size_t size_sum, chunk_size;
-	void *base;
-	int unit;
-	int rc;
+	size_t size_sum, areas_size;
+	int group, i, rc;
 
-	ai = pcpu_build_alloc_info(reserved_size, dyn_size, PAGE_SIZE, NULL);
+	ai = pcpu_build_alloc_info(reserved_size, dyn_size, atom_size,
+				   cpu_distance_fn);
 	if (IS_ERR(ai))
 		return PTR_ERR(ai);
-	BUG_ON(ai->nr_groups != 1);
-	BUG_ON(ai->groups[0].nr_units != num_possible_cpus());
 
 	size_sum = ai->static_size + ai->reserved_size + ai->dyn_size;
-	chunk_size = ai->unit_size * num_possible_cpus();
+	areas_size = PFN_ALIGN(ai->nr_groups * sizeof(void *));
 
-	base = __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(chunk_size, PAGE_SIZE,
-				       __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
-	if (!base) {
-		pr_warning("PERCPU: failed to allocate %zu bytes for "
-			   "embedding\n", chunk_size);
+	areas = alloc_bootmem_nopanic(areas_size);
+	if (!areas) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_free_ai;
+		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	/* return the leftover and copy */
-	for (unit = 0; unit < num_possible_cpus(); unit++) {
-		void *ptr = base + unit * ai->unit_size;
+	/* allocate, copy and determine base address */
+	for (group = 0; group < ai->nr_groups; group++) {
+		struct pcpu_group_info *gi = &ai->groups[group];
+		unsigned int cpu = NR_CPUS;
+		void *ptr;
 
-		free_bootmem(__pa(ptr + size_sum), ai->unit_size - size_sum);
-		memcpy(ptr, __per_cpu_load, ai->static_size);
+		for (i = 0; i < gi->nr_units && cpu == NR_CPUS; i++)
+			cpu = gi->cpu_map[i];
+		BUG_ON(cpu == NR_CPUS);
+
+		/* allocate space for the whole group */
+		ptr = alloc_fn(cpu, gi->nr_units * ai->unit_size, atom_size);
+		if (!ptr) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_free_areas;
+		}
+		areas[group] = ptr;
+
+		base = min(ptr, base);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < gi->nr_units; i++, ptr += ai->unit_size) {
+			if (gi->cpu_map[i] == NR_CPUS) {
+				/* unused unit, free whole */
+				free_fn(ptr, ai->unit_size);
+				continue;
+			}
+			/* copy and return the unused part */
+			memcpy(ptr, __per_cpu_load, ai->static_size);
+			free_fn(ptr + size_sum, ai->unit_size - size_sum);
+		}
 	}
 
-	/* we're ready, commit */
+	/* base address is now known, determine group base offsets */
+	for (group = 0; group < ai->nr_groups; group++)
+		ai->groups[group].base_offset = areas[group] - base;
+
 	pr_info("PERCPU: Embedded %zu pages/cpu @%p s%zu r%zu d%zu u%zu\n",
 		PFN_DOWN(size_sum), base, ai->static_size, ai->reserved_size,
 		ai->dyn_size, ai->unit_size);
 
 	rc = pcpu_setup_first_chunk(ai, base);
-out_free_ai:
+	goto out_free;
+
+out_free_areas:
+	for (group = 0; group < ai->nr_groups; group++)
+		free_fn(areas[group],
+			ai->groups[group].nr_units * ai->unit_size);
+out_free:
 	pcpu_free_alloc_info(ai);
+	if (areas)
+		free_bootmem(__pa(areas), areas_size);
 	return rc;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK ||
@@ -2177,6 +2222,17 @@ void *pcpu_lpage_remapped(void *kaddr)
 unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_offset);
 
+static void * __init pcpu_dfl_fc_alloc(unsigned int cpu, size_t size,
+				       size_t align)
+{
+	return __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(size, align, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
+}
+
+static void __init pcpu_dfl_fc_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	free_bootmem(__pa(ptr), size);
+}
+
 void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 {
 	unsigned long delta;
@@ -2188,7 +2244,8 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 	 * what the legacy allocator did.
 	 */
 	rc = pcpu_embed_first_chunk(PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE,
-				    PERCPU_DYNAMIC_RESERVE);
+				    PERCPU_DYNAMIC_RESERVE, PAGE_SIZE, NULL,
+				    pcpu_dfl_fc_alloc, pcpu_dfl_fc_free);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		panic("Failed to initialized percpu areas.");