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diff --git a/include/linux/topology.h b/include/linux/topology.h
index 47a3e3c08036..eb2fe6edd73c 100644
--- a/include/linux/topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/topology.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_TOPOLOGY_H
#define _LINUX_TOPOLOGY_H
+#include <linux/arch_topology.h>
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/mmzone.h>
@@ -59,6 +60,20 @@ int arch_update_cpu_topology(void);
*/
#define RECLAIM_DISTANCE 30
#endif
+
+/*
+ * The following tunable allows platforms to override the default node
+ * reclaim distance (RECLAIM_DISTANCE) if remote memory accesses are
+ * sufficiently fast that the default value actually hurts
+ * performance.
+ *
+ * AMD EPYC machines use this because even though the 2-hop distance
+ * is 32 (3.2x slower than a local memory access) performance actually
+ * *improves* if allowed to reclaim memory and load balance tasks
+ * between NUMA nodes 2-hops apart.
+ */
+extern int __read_mostly node_reclaim_distance;
+
#ifndef PENALTY_FOR_NODE_WITH_CPUS
#define PENALTY_FOR_NODE_WITH_CPUS (1)
#endif