diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/idle_page_tracking.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/idle_page_tracking.rst
index 6f7b7ca1add3..df9394fb39c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/idle_page_tracking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/idle_page_tracking.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ workload one should:
     are not reclaimable, he or she can filter them out using
     ``/proc/kpageflags``.
 
+The page-types tool in the tools/vm directory can be used to assist in this.
+If the tool is run initially with the appropriate option, it will mark all the
+queried pages as idle.  Subsequent runs of the tool can then show which pages have
+their idle flag cleared in the interim.
+
 See :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/mm/pagemap.rst <pagemap>` for more
 information about ``/proc/pid/pagemap``, ``/proc/kpageflags``, and
 ``/proc/kpagecgroup``.
diff --git a/tools/vm/page-types.c b/tools/vm/page-types.c
index 14ebd1695223..30cb0a0713ff 100644
--- a/tools/vm/page-types.c
+++ b/tools/vm/page-types.c
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 #define PROC_KPAGECOUNT		"/proc/kpagecount"
 #define PROC_KPAGECGROUP	"/proc/kpagecgroup"
 
+#define SYS_KERNEL_MM_PAGE_IDLE "/sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap"
+
 /* [32-] kernel hacking assistances */
 #define KPF_RESERVED		32
 #define KPF_MLOCKED		33
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ static const char * const debugfs_known_mountpoints[] = {
 
 static int		opt_raw;	/* for kernel developers */
 static int		opt_list;	/* list pages (in ranges) */
+static int		opt_mark_idle;	/* set accessed bit */
 static int		opt_no_summary;	/* don't show summary */
 static pid_t		opt_pid;	/* process to walk */
 const char		*opt_file;	/* file or directory path */
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@ static int		pagemap_fd;
 static int		kpageflags_fd;
 static int		kpagecount_fd = -1;
 static int		kpagecgroup_fd = -1;
+static int		page_idle_fd = -1;
 
 static int		opt_hwpoison;
 static int		opt_unpoison;
@@ -587,6 +591,30 @@ static int unpoison_page(unsigned long offset)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int mark_page_idle(unsigned long offset)
+{
+	static unsigned long off;
+	static uint64_t buf;
+	int len;
+
+	if ((offset / 64 == off / 64) || buf == 0) {
+		buf |= 1UL << (offset % 64);
+		off = offset;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	len = pwrite(page_idle_fd, &buf, 8, 8 * (off / 64));
+	if (len < 0) {
+		perror("mark page idle");
+		return len;
+	}
+
+	buf = 1UL << (offset % 64);
+	off = offset;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * page frame walker
  */
@@ -635,6 +663,9 @@ static void add_page(unsigned long voffset, unsigned long offset,
 	if (opt_unpoison)
 		unpoison_page(offset);
 
+	if (opt_mark_idle)
+		mark_page_idle(offset);
+
 	if (opt_list == 1)
 		show_page_range(voffset, offset, 1, flags, cgroup, mapcnt);
 	else if (opt_list == 2)
@@ -783,6 +814,9 @@ static void walk_addr_ranges(void)
 		else
 			walk_task(opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]);
 
+	if (opt_mark_idle)
+		mark_page_idle(0);
+
 	close(kpageflags_fd);
 }
 
@@ -813,6 +847,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 "            -c|--cgroup  path|@inode   Walk pages within memory cgroup\n"
 "            -p|--pid     pid           Walk process address space\n"
 "            -f|--file    filename      Walk file address space\n"
+"            -i|--mark-idle             Mark pages idle\n"
 "            -l|--list                  Show page details in ranges\n"
 "            -L|--list-each             Show page details one by one\n"
 "            -C|--list-cgroup           Show cgroup inode for pages\n"
@@ -1221,6 +1256,7 @@ static const struct option opts[] = {
 	{ "bits"      , 1, NULL, 'b' },
 	{ "cgroup"    , 1, NULL, 'c' },
 	{ "describe"  , 1, NULL, 'd' },
+	{ "mark-idle" , 0, NULL, 'i' },
 	{ "list"      , 0, NULL, 'l' },
 	{ "list-each" , 0, NULL, 'L' },
 	{ "list-cgroup", 0, NULL, 'C' },
@@ -1240,7 +1276,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	page_size = getpagesize();
 
 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
-				"rp:f:a:b:d:c:ClLMNXxF:h",
+				"rp:f:a:b:d:c:CilLMNXxF:h",
 				opts, NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'r':
@@ -1267,6 +1303,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'd':
 			describe_flags(optarg);
 			exit(0);
+		case 'i':
+			opt_mark_idle = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'l':
 			opt_list = 1;
 			break;
@@ -1308,6 +1347,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (opt_list && opt_list_mapcnt)
 		kpagecount_fd = checked_open(PROC_KPAGECOUNT, O_RDONLY);
 
+	if (opt_mark_idle && opt_file)
+		page_idle_fd = checked_open(SYS_KERNEL_MM_PAGE_IDLE, O_RDWR);
+
 	if (opt_list && opt_pid)
 		printf("voffset\t");
 	if (opt_list && opt_file)
@@ -1341,5 +1383,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (opt_list_mapcnt)
 		close(kpagecount_fd);
 
+	if (page_idle_fd >= 0)
+		close(page_idle_fd);
+
 	return 0;
 }