diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1d9aff26d..a1722ca73 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ F: lib/librte_eal/include/rte_fbarray.h
 F: lib/librte_eal/include/rte_mem*
 F: lib/librte_eal/include/rte_malloc.h
 F: lib/librte_eal/common/*malloc*
+F: lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dynmem.c
 F: lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_fbarray.c
 F: lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_mem*
 F: lib/librte_eal/common/eal_hugepages.h
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dynmem.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dynmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b07672d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dynmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,521 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(c) 2013 6WIND S.A.
+ */
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
+#include "eal_internal_cfg.h"
+#include "eal_memalloc.h"
+#include "eal_memcfg.h"
+#include "eal_private.h"
+
+/** @file Functions common to EALs that support dynamic memory allocation. */
+
+int
+eal_dynmem_memseg_lists_init(void)
+{
+	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
+	struct memtype {
+		uint64_t page_sz;
+		int socket_id;
+	} *memtypes = NULL;
+	int i, hpi_idx, msl_idx, ret = -1; /* fail unless told to succeed */
+	struct rte_memseg_list *msl;
+	uint64_t max_mem, max_mem_per_type;
+	unsigned int max_seglists_per_type;
+	unsigned int n_memtypes, cur_type;
+
+	/* no-huge does not need this at all */
+	if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * figuring out amount of memory we're going to have is a long and very
+	 * involved process. the basic element we're operating with is a memory
+	 * type, defined as a combination of NUMA node ID and page size (so that
+	 * e.g. 2 sockets with 2 page sizes yield 4 memory types in total).
+	 *
+	 * deciding amount of memory going towards each memory type is a
+	 * balancing act between maximum segments per type, maximum memory per
+	 * type, and number of detected NUMA nodes. the goal is to make sure
+	 * each memory type gets at least one memseg list.
+	 *
+	 * the total amount of memory is limited by RTE_MAX_MEM_MB value.
+	 *
+	 * the total amount of memory per type is limited by either
+	 * RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_TYPE, or by RTE_MAX_MEM_MB divided by the number
+	 * of detected NUMA nodes. additionally, maximum number of segments per
+	 * type is also limited by RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_TYPE. this is because for
+	 * smaller page sizes, it can take hundreds of thousands of segments to
+	 * reach the above specified per-type memory limits.
+	 *
+	 * additionally, each type may have multiple memseg lists associated
+	 * with it, each limited by either RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_LIST for bigger
+	 * page sizes, or RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_LIST segments for smaller ones.
+	 *
+	 * the number of memseg lists per type is decided based on the above
+	 * limits, and also taking number of detected NUMA nodes, to make sure
+	 * that we don't run out of memseg lists before we populate all NUMA
+	 * nodes with memory.
+	 *
+	 * we do this in three stages. first, we collect the number of types.
+	 * then, we figure out memory constraints and populate the list of
+	 * would-be memseg lists. then, we go ahead and allocate the memseg
+	 * lists.
+	 */
+
+	/* create space for mem types */
+	n_memtypes = internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes * rte_socket_count();
+	memtypes = calloc(n_memtypes, sizeof(*memtypes));
+	if (memtypes == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot allocate space for memory types\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* populate mem types */
+	cur_type = 0;
+	for (hpi_idx = 0; hpi_idx < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes;
+			hpi_idx++) {
+		struct hugepage_info *hpi;
+		uint64_t hugepage_sz;
+
+		hpi = &internal_config.hugepage_info[hpi_idx];
+		hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < (int) rte_socket_count(); i++, cur_type++) {
+			int socket_id = rte_socket_id_by_idx(i);
+
+#ifndef RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES
+			/* we can still sort pages by socket in legacy mode */
+			if (!internal_config.legacy_mem && socket_id > 0)
+				break;
+#endif
+			memtypes[cur_type].page_sz = hugepage_sz;
+			memtypes[cur_type].socket_id = socket_id;
+
+			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Detected memory type: "
+				"socket_id:%u hugepage_sz:%" PRIu64 "\n",
+				socket_id, hugepage_sz);
+		}
+	}
+	/* number of memtypes could have been lower due to no NUMA support */
+	n_memtypes = cur_type;
+
+	/* set up limits for types */
+	max_mem = (uint64_t)RTE_MAX_MEM_MB << 20;
+	max_mem_per_type = RTE_MIN((uint64_t)RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_TYPE << 20,
+			max_mem / n_memtypes);
+	/*
+	 * limit maximum number of segment lists per type to ensure there's
+	 * space for memseg lists for all NUMA nodes with all page sizes
+	 */
+	max_seglists_per_type = RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS / n_memtypes;
+
+	if (max_seglists_per_type == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot accommodate all memory types, please increase %s\n",
+			RTE_STR(CONFIG_RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* go through all mem types and create segment lists */
+	msl_idx = 0;
+	for (cur_type = 0; cur_type < n_memtypes; cur_type++) {
+		unsigned int cur_seglist, n_seglists, n_segs;
+		unsigned int max_segs_per_type, max_segs_per_list;
+		struct memtype *type = &memtypes[cur_type];
+		uint64_t max_mem_per_list, pagesz;
+		int socket_id;
+
+		pagesz = type->page_sz;
+		socket_id = type->socket_id;
+
+		/*
+		 * we need to create segment lists for this type. we must take
+		 * into account the following things:
+		 *
+		 * 1. total amount of memory we can use for this memory type
+		 * 2. total amount of memory per memseg list allowed
+		 * 3. number of segments needed to fit the amount of memory
+		 * 4. number of segments allowed per type
+		 * 5. number of segments allowed per memseg list
+		 * 6. number of memseg lists we are allowed to take up
+		 */
+
+		/* calculate how much segments we will need in total */
+		max_segs_per_type = max_mem_per_type / pagesz;
+		/* limit number of segments to maximum allowed per type */
+		max_segs_per_type = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_type,
+				(unsigned int)RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_TYPE);
+		/* limit number of segments to maximum allowed per list */
+		max_segs_per_list = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_type,
+				(unsigned int)RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_LIST);
+
+		/* calculate how much memory we can have per segment list */
+		max_mem_per_list = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_list * pagesz,
+				(uint64_t)RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_LIST << 20);
+
+		/* calculate how many segments each segment list will have */
+		n_segs = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_list, max_mem_per_list / pagesz);
+
+		/* calculate how many segment lists we can have */
+		n_seglists = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_type / n_segs,
+				max_mem_per_type / max_mem_per_list);
+
+		/* limit number of segment lists according to our maximum */
+		n_seglists = RTE_MIN(n_seglists, max_seglists_per_type);
+
+		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Creating %i segment lists: "
+				"n_segs:%i socket_id:%i hugepage_sz:%" PRIu64 "\n",
+			n_seglists, n_segs, socket_id, pagesz);
+
+		/* create all segment lists */
+		for (cur_seglist = 0; cur_seglist < n_seglists; cur_seglist++) {
+			if (msl_idx >= RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+					"No more space in memseg lists, please increase %s\n",
+					RTE_STR(CONFIG_RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS));
+				goto out;
+			}
+			msl = &mcfg->memsegs[msl_idx++];
+
+			if (eal_memseg_list_init(msl, pagesz, n_segs,
+					socket_id, cur_seglist, true))
+				goto out;
+
+			if (eal_memseg_list_alloc(msl, 0)) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot allocate VA space for memseg list\n");
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	/* we're successful */
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	free(memtypes);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __rte_unused
+hugepage_count_walk(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, void *arg)
+{
+	struct hugepage_info *hpi = arg;
+
+	if (msl->page_sz != hpi->hugepage_sz)
+		return 0;
+
+	hpi->num_pages[msl->socket_id] += msl->memseg_arr.len;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+limits_callback(int socket_id, size_t cur_limit, size_t new_len)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(socket_id);
+	RTE_SET_USED(cur_limit);
+	RTE_SET_USED(new_len);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int
+eal_dynmem_hugepage_init(void)
+{
+	struct hugepage_info used_hp[MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZES];
+	uint64_t memory[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES];
+	int hp_sz_idx, socket_id;
+
+	memset(used_hp, 0, sizeof(used_hp));
+
+	for (hp_sz_idx = 0;
+			hp_sz_idx < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes;
+			hp_sz_idx++) {
+#ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
+		struct hugepage_info dummy;
+		unsigned int i;
+#endif
+		/* also initialize used_hp hugepage sizes in used_hp */
+		struct hugepage_info *hpi;
+		hpi = &internal_config.hugepage_info[hp_sz_idx];
+		used_hp[hp_sz_idx].hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
+
+#ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
+		/* for 32-bit, limit number of pages on socket to whatever we've
+		 * preallocated, as we cannot allocate more.
+		 */
+		memset(&dummy, 0, sizeof(dummy));
+		dummy.hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
+		if (rte_memseg_list_walk(hugepage_count_walk, &dummy) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(dummy.num_pages); i++) {
+			hpi->num_pages[i] = RTE_MIN(hpi->num_pages[i],
+					dummy.num_pages[i]);
+		}
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* make a copy of socket_mem, needed for balanced allocation. */
+	for (hp_sz_idx = 0; hp_sz_idx < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES; hp_sz_idx++)
+		memory[hp_sz_idx] = internal_config.socket_mem[hp_sz_idx];
+
+	/* calculate final number of pages */
+	if (eal_dynmem_calc_num_pages_per_socket(memory,
+			internal_config.hugepage_info, used_hp,
+			internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (hp_sz_idx = 0;
+			hp_sz_idx < (int)internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes;
+			hp_sz_idx++) {
+		for (socket_id = 0; socket_id < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES;
+				socket_id++) {
+			struct rte_memseg **pages;
+			struct hugepage_info *hpi = &used_hp[hp_sz_idx];
+			unsigned int num_pages = hpi->num_pages[socket_id];
+			unsigned int num_pages_alloc;
+
+			if (num_pages == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL,
+				"Allocating %u pages of size %" PRIu64 "M "
+				"on socket %i\n",
+				num_pages, hpi->hugepage_sz >> 20, socket_id);
+
+			/* we may not be able to allocate all pages in one go,
+			 * because we break up our memory map into multiple
+			 * memseg lists. therefore, try allocating multiple
+			 * times and see if we can get the desired number of
+			 * pages from multiple allocations.
+			 */
+
+			num_pages_alloc = 0;
+			do {
+				int i, cur_pages, needed;
+
+				needed = num_pages - num_pages_alloc;
+
+				pages = malloc(sizeof(*pages) * needed);
+
+				/* do not request exact number of pages */
+				cur_pages = eal_memalloc_alloc_seg_bulk(pages,
+						needed, hpi->hugepage_sz,
+						socket_id, false);
+				if (cur_pages <= 0) {
+					free(pages);
+					return -1;
+				}
+
+				/* mark preallocated pages as unfreeable */
+				for (i = 0; i < cur_pages; i++) {
+					struct rte_memseg *ms = pages[i];
+					ms->flags |=
+						RTE_MEMSEG_FLAG_DO_NOT_FREE;
+				}
+				free(pages);
+
+				num_pages_alloc += cur_pages;
+			} while (num_pages_alloc != num_pages);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* if socket limits were specified, set them */
+	if (internal_config.force_socket_limits) {
+		unsigned int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES; i++) {
+			uint64_t limit = internal_config.socket_limit[i];
+			if (limit == 0)
+				continue;
+			if (rte_mem_alloc_validator_register("socket-limit",
+					limits_callback, i, limit))
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to register socket limits validator callback\n");
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+__rte_unused /* function is unused on 32-bit builds */
+static inline uint64_t
+get_socket_mem_size(int socket)
+{
+	uint64_t size = 0;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes; i++) {
+		struct hugepage_info *hpi = &internal_config.hugepage_info[i];
+		size += hpi->hugepage_sz * hpi->num_pages[socket];
+	}
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+int
+eal_dynmem_calc_num_pages_per_socket(
+	uint64_t *memory, struct hugepage_info *hp_info,
+	struct hugepage_info *hp_used, unsigned int num_hp_info)
+{
+	unsigned int socket, j, i = 0;
+	unsigned int requested, available;
+	int total_num_pages = 0;
+	uint64_t remaining_mem, cur_mem;
+	uint64_t total_mem = internal_config.memory;
+
+	if (num_hp_info == 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* if specific memory amounts per socket weren't requested */
+	if (internal_config.force_sockets == 0) {
+		size_t total_size;
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
+		int cpu_per_socket[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES];
+		size_t default_size;
+		unsigned int lcore_id;
+
+		/* Compute number of cores per socket */
+		memset(cpu_per_socket, 0, sizeof(cpu_per_socket));
+		RTE_LCORE_FOREACH(lcore_id) {
+			cpu_per_socket[rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id)]++;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Automatically spread requested memory amongst detected
+		 * sockets according to number of cores from CPU mask present
+		 * on each socket.
+		 */
+		total_size = internal_config.memory;
+		for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0;
+				socket++) {
+
+			/* Set memory amount per socket */
+			default_size = internal_config.memory *
+				cpu_per_socket[socket] / rte_lcore_count();
+
+			/* Limit to maximum available memory on socket */
+			default_size = RTE_MIN(
+				default_size, get_socket_mem_size(socket));
+
+			/* Update sizes */
+			memory[socket] = default_size;
+			total_size -= default_size;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If some memory is remaining, try to allocate it by getting
+		 * all available memory from sockets, one after the other.
+		 */
+		for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0;
+				socket++) {
+			/* take whatever is available */
+			default_size = RTE_MIN(
+				get_socket_mem_size(socket) - memory[socket],
+				total_size);
+
+			/* Update sizes */
+			memory[socket] += default_size;
+			total_size -= default_size;
+		}
+#else
+		/* in 32-bit mode, allocate all of the memory only on master
+		 * lcore socket
+		 */
+		total_size = internal_config.memory;
+		for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0;
+				socket++) {
+			struct rte_config *cfg = rte_eal_get_configuration();
+			unsigned int master_lcore_socket;
+
+			master_lcore_socket =
+				rte_lcore_to_socket_id(cfg->master_lcore);
+
+			if (master_lcore_socket != socket)
+				continue;
+
+			/* Update sizes */
+			memory[socket] = total_size;
+			break;
+		}
+#endif
+	}
+
+	for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_mem != 0;
+			socket++) {
+		/* skips if the memory on specific socket wasn't requested */
+		for (i = 0; i < num_hp_info && memory[socket] != 0; i++) {
+			rte_strscpy(hp_used[i].hugedir, hp_info[i].hugedir,
+				sizeof(hp_used[i].hugedir));
+			hp_used[i].num_pages[socket] = RTE_MIN(
+					memory[socket] / hp_info[i].hugepage_sz,
+					hp_info[i].num_pages[socket]);
+
+			cur_mem = hp_used[i].num_pages[socket] *
+					hp_used[i].hugepage_sz;
+
+			memory[socket] -= cur_mem;
+			total_mem -= cur_mem;
+
+			total_num_pages += hp_used[i].num_pages[socket];
+
+			/* check if we have met all memory requests */
+			if (memory[socket] == 0)
+				break;
+
+			/* Check if we have any more pages left at this size,
+			 * if so, move on to next size.
+			 */
+			if (hp_used[i].num_pages[socket] ==
+					hp_info[i].num_pages[socket])
+				continue;
+			/* At this point we know that there are more pages
+			 * available that are bigger than the memory we want,
+			 * so lets see if we can get enough from other page
+			 * sizes.
+			 */
+			remaining_mem = 0;
+			for (j = i+1; j < num_hp_info; j++)
+				remaining_mem += hp_info[j].hugepage_sz *
+				hp_info[j].num_pages[socket];
+
+			/* Is there enough other memory?
+			 * If not, allocate another page and quit.
+			 */
+			if (remaining_mem < memory[socket]) {
+				cur_mem = RTE_MIN(
+					memory[socket], hp_info[i].hugepage_sz);
+				memory[socket] -= cur_mem;
+				total_mem -= cur_mem;
+				hp_used[i].num_pages[socket]++;
+				total_num_pages++;
+				break; /* we are done with this socket*/
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* if we didn't satisfy all memory requirements per socket */
+		if (memory[socket] > 0 &&
+				internal_config.socket_mem[socket] != 0) {
+			/* to prevent icc errors */
+			requested = (unsigned int)(
+				internal_config.socket_mem[socket] / 0x100000);
+			available = requested -
+				((unsigned int)(memory[socket] / 0x100000));
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Not enough memory available on "
+				"socket %u! Requested: %uMB, available: %uMB\n",
+				socket, requested, available);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* if we didn't satisfy total memory requirements */
+	if (total_mem > 0) {
+		requested = (unsigned int)(internal_config.memory / 0x100000);
+		available = requested - (unsigned int)(total_mem / 0x100000);
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Not enough memory available! "
+			"Requested: %uMB, available: %uMB\n",
+			requested, available);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return total_num_pages;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
index c698ffbaf..290262ff5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 
+#include "eal_internal_cfg.h"
+
 /**
  * Structure storing internal configuration (per-lcore)
  */
@@ -316,6 +318,45 @@ eal_memseg_list_alloc(struct rte_memseg_list *msl, int reserve_flags);
 void
 eal_memseg_list_populate(struct rte_memseg_list *msl, void *addr, int n_segs);
 
+/**
+ * Distribute available memory between MSLs.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  0 on success, (-1) on failure.
+ */
+int
+eal_dynmem_memseg_lists_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * Preallocate hugepages for dynamic allocation.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  0 on success, (-1) on failure.
+ */
+int
+eal_dynmem_hugepage_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * Given the list of hugepage sizes and the number of pages thereof,
+ * calculate the best number of pages of each size to fulfill the request
+ * for RAM on each NUMA node.
+ *
+ * @param memory
+ *  Amounts of memory requested for each NUMA node of RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES.
+ * @param hp_info
+ *  Information about hugepages of different size.
+ * @param hp_used
+ *  Receives information about used hugepages of each size.
+ * @param num_hp_info
+ *  Number of elements in hp_info and hp_used.
+ * @return
+ *  0 on success, (-1) on failure.
+ */
+int
+eal_dynmem_calc_num_pages_per_socket(
+		uint64_t *memory, struct hugepage_info *hp_info,
+		struct hugepage_info *hp_used, unsigned int num_hp_info);
+
 /**
  * Get cpu core_id.
  *
@@ -596,7 +637,7 @@ void *
 eal_mem_reserve(void *requested_addr, size_t size, int flags);
 
 /**
- * Free memory obtained by eal_mem_reserve() or eal_mem_alloc().
+ * Free memory obtained by eal_mem_reserve() and possibly allocated.
  *
  * If *virt* and *size* describe a part of the reserved region,
  * only this part of the region is freed (accurately up to the system
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/common/meson.build
index 55aaeb18e..d91c22220 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/meson.build
@@ -56,3 +56,7 @@ sources += files(
 	'rte_reciprocal.c',
 	'rte_service.c',
 )
+
+if is_linux
+	sources += files('eal_common_dynmem.c')
+endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c
index 29c3ed5a9..7106b8b84 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/eal_memory.c
@@ -317,14 +317,6 @@ get_mem_amount(uint64_t page_sz, uint64_t max_mem)
 	return RTE_ALIGN(area_sz, page_sz);
 }
 
-static int
-memseg_list_init(struct rte_memseg_list *msl, uint64_t page_sz,
-		int n_segs, int socket_id, int type_msl_idx)
-{
-	return eal_memseg_list_init(
-		msl, page_sz, n_segs, socket_id, type_msl_idx, false);
-}
-
 static int
 memseg_list_alloc(struct rte_memseg_list *msl)
 {
@@ -421,8 +413,8 @@ memseg_primary_init(void)
 					cur_max_mem);
 			n_segs = cur_mem / hugepage_sz;
 
-			if (memseg_list_init(msl, hugepage_sz, n_segs,
-					0, type_msl_idx))
+			if (eal_memseg_list_init(msl, hugepage_sz, n_segs,
+					0, type_msl_idx, false))
 				return -1;
 
 			total_segs += msl->memseg_arr.len;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linux/Makefile
index 8febf2212..07ce643ba 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_timer.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_memzone.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_log.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_launch.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_dynmem.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_mcfg.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_memalloc.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX) += eal_common_memory.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_memory.c
index 8b5fe613e..12d72f726 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal_memory.c
@@ -812,20 +812,6 @@ memseg_list_free(struct rte_memseg_list *msl)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-memseg_list_init(struct rte_memseg_list *msl, uint64_t page_sz,
-		int n_segs, int socket_id, int type_msl_idx)
-{
-	return eal_memseg_list_init(
-		msl, page_sz, n_segs, socket_id, type_msl_idx, true);
-}
-
-static int
-memseg_list_alloc(struct rte_memseg_list *msl)
-{
-	return eal_memseg_list_alloc(msl, 0);
-}
-
 /*
  * Our VA space is not preallocated yet, so preallocate it here. We need to know
  * how many segments there are in order to map all pages into one address space,
@@ -969,12 +955,12 @@ prealloc_segments(struct hugepage_file *hugepages, int n_pages)
 			}
 
 			/* now, allocate fbarray itself */
-			if (memseg_list_init(msl, page_sz, n_segs, socket,
-						msl_idx) < 0)
+			if (eal_memseg_list_init(msl, page_sz, n_segs,
+					socket, msl_idx, true) < 0)
 				return -1;
 
 			/* finally, allocate VA space */
-			if (memseg_list_alloc(msl) < 0)
+			if (eal_memseg_list_alloc(msl, 0) < 0)
 				return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1045,182 +1031,6 @@ remap_needed_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepages, int n_pages)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__rte_unused /* function is unused on 32-bit builds */
-static inline uint64_t
-get_socket_mem_size(int socket)
-{
-	uint64_t size = 0;
-	unsigned i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes; i++){
-		struct hugepage_info *hpi = &internal_config.hugepage_info[i];
-		size += hpi->hugepage_sz * hpi->num_pages[socket];
-	}
-
-	return size;
-}
-
-/*
- * This function is a NUMA-aware equivalent of calc_num_pages.
- * It takes in the list of hugepage sizes and the
- * number of pages thereof, and calculates the best number of
- * pages of each size to fulfill the request for <memory> ram
- */
-static int
-calc_num_pages_per_socket(uint64_t * memory,
-		struct hugepage_info *hp_info,
-		struct hugepage_info *hp_used,
-		unsigned num_hp_info)
-{
-	unsigned socket, j, i = 0;
-	unsigned requested, available;
-	int total_num_pages = 0;
-	uint64_t remaining_mem, cur_mem;
-	uint64_t total_mem = internal_config.memory;
-
-	if (num_hp_info == 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	/* if specific memory amounts per socket weren't requested */
-	if (internal_config.force_sockets == 0) {
-		size_t total_size;
-#ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
-		int cpu_per_socket[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES];
-		size_t default_size;
-		unsigned lcore_id;
-
-		/* Compute number of cores per socket */
-		memset(cpu_per_socket, 0, sizeof(cpu_per_socket));
-		RTE_LCORE_FOREACH(lcore_id) {
-			cpu_per_socket[rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id)]++;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Automatically spread requested memory amongst detected sockets according
-		 * to number of cores from cpu mask present on each socket
-		 */
-		total_size = internal_config.memory;
-		for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0; socket++) {
-
-			/* Set memory amount per socket */
-			default_size = (internal_config.memory * cpu_per_socket[socket])
-					/ rte_lcore_count();
-
-			/* Limit to maximum available memory on socket */
-			default_size = RTE_MIN(default_size, get_socket_mem_size(socket));
-
-			/* Update sizes */
-			memory[socket] = default_size;
-			total_size -= default_size;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * If some memory is remaining, try to allocate it by getting all
-		 * available memory from sockets, one after the other
-		 */
-		for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0; socket++) {
-			/* take whatever is available */
-			default_size = RTE_MIN(get_socket_mem_size(socket) - memory[socket],
-					       total_size);
-
-			/* Update sizes */
-			memory[socket] += default_size;
-			total_size -= default_size;
-		}
-#else
-		/* in 32-bit mode, allocate all of the memory only on master
-		 * lcore socket
-		 */
-		total_size = internal_config.memory;
-		for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0;
-				socket++) {
-			struct rte_config *cfg = rte_eal_get_configuration();
-			unsigned int master_lcore_socket;
-
-			master_lcore_socket =
-				rte_lcore_to_socket_id(cfg->master_lcore);
-
-			if (master_lcore_socket != socket)
-				continue;
-
-			/* Update sizes */
-			memory[socket] = total_size;
-			break;
-		}
-#endif
-	}
-
-	for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_mem != 0; socket++) {
-		/* skips if the memory on specific socket wasn't requested */
-		for (i = 0; i < num_hp_info && memory[socket] != 0; i++){
-			strlcpy(hp_used[i].hugedir, hp_info[i].hugedir,
-				sizeof(hp_used[i].hugedir));
-			hp_used[i].num_pages[socket] = RTE_MIN(
-					memory[socket] / hp_info[i].hugepage_sz,
-					hp_info[i].num_pages[socket]);
-
-			cur_mem = hp_used[i].num_pages[socket] *
-					hp_used[i].hugepage_sz;
-
-			memory[socket] -= cur_mem;
-			total_mem -= cur_mem;
-
-			total_num_pages += hp_used[i].num_pages[socket];
-
-			/* check if we have met all memory requests */
-			if (memory[socket] == 0)
-				break;
-
-			/* check if we have any more pages left at this size, if so
-			 * move on to next size */
-			if (hp_used[i].num_pages[socket] == hp_info[i].num_pages[socket])
-				continue;
-			/* At this point we know that there are more pages available that are
-			 * bigger than the memory we want, so lets see if we can get enough
-			 * from other page sizes.
-			 */
-			remaining_mem = 0;
-			for (j = i+1; j < num_hp_info; j++)
-				remaining_mem += hp_info[j].hugepage_sz *
-				hp_info[j].num_pages[socket];
-
-			/* is there enough other memory, if not allocate another page and quit */
-			if (remaining_mem < memory[socket]){
-				cur_mem = RTE_MIN(memory[socket],
-						hp_info[i].hugepage_sz);
-				memory[socket] -= cur_mem;
-				total_mem -= cur_mem;
-				hp_used[i].num_pages[socket]++;
-				total_num_pages++;
-				break; /* we are done with this socket*/
-			}
-		}
-		/* if we didn't satisfy all memory requirements per socket */
-		if (memory[socket] > 0 &&
-				internal_config.socket_mem[socket] != 0) {
-			/* to prevent icc errors */
-			requested = (unsigned) (internal_config.socket_mem[socket] /
-					0x100000);
-			available = requested -
-					((unsigned) (memory[socket] / 0x100000));
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Not enough memory available on socket %u! "
-					"Requested: %uMB, available: %uMB\n", socket,
-					requested, available);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* if we didn't satisfy total memory requirements */
-	if (total_mem > 0) {
-		requested = (unsigned) (internal_config.memory / 0x100000);
-		available = requested - (unsigned) (total_mem / 0x100000);
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Not enough memory available! Requested: %uMB,"
-				" available: %uMB\n", requested, available);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return total_num_pages;
-}
-
 static inline size_t
 eal_get_hugepage_mem_size(void)
 {
@@ -1524,7 +1334,7 @@ eal_legacy_hugepage_init(void)
 		memory[i] = internal_config.socket_mem[i];
 
 	/* calculate final number of pages */
-	nr_hugepages = calc_num_pages_per_socket(memory,
+	nr_hugepages = eal_dynmem_calc_num_pages_per_socket(memory,
 			internal_config.hugepage_info, used_hp,
 			internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes);
 
@@ -1651,140 +1461,6 @@ eal_legacy_hugepage_init(void)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int __rte_unused
-hugepage_count_walk(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, void *arg)
-{
-	struct hugepage_info *hpi = arg;
-
-	if (msl->page_sz != hpi->hugepage_sz)
-		return 0;
-
-	hpi->num_pages[msl->socket_id] += msl->memseg_arr.len;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-limits_callback(int socket_id, size_t cur_limit, size_t new_len)
-{
-	RTE_SET_USED(socket_id);
-	RTE_SET_USED(cur_limit);
-	RTE_SET_USED(new_len);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int
-eal_hugepage_init(void)
-{
-	struct hugepage_info used_hp[MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZES];
-	uint64_t memory[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES];
-	int hp_sz_idx, socket_id;
-
-	memset(used_hp, 0, sizeof(used_hp));
-
-	for (hp_sz_idx = 0;
-			hp_sz_idx < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes;
-			hp_sz_idx++) {
-#ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
-		struct hugepage_info dummy;
-		unsigned int i;
-#endif
-		/* also initialize used_hp hugepage sizes in used_hp */
-		struct hugepage_info *hpi;
-		hpi = &internal_config.hugepage_info[hp_sz_idx];
-		used_hp[hp_sz_idx].hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
-
-#ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
-		/* for 32-bit, limit number of pages on socket to whatever we've
-		 * preallocated, as we cannot allocate more.
-		 */
-		memset(&dummy, 0, sizeof(dummy));
-		dummy.hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
-		if (rte_memseg_list_walk(hugepage_count_walk, &dummy) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(dummy.num_pages); i++) {
-			hpi->num_pages[i] = RTE_MIN(hpi->num_pages[i],
-					dummy.num_pages[i]);
-		}
-#endif
-	}
-
-	/* make a copy of socket_mem, needed for balanced allocation. */
-	for (hp_sz_idx = 0; hp_sz_idx < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES; hp_sz_idx++)
-		memory[hp_sz_idx] = internal_config.socket_mem[hp_sz_idx];
-
-	/* calculate final number of pages */
-	if (calc_num_pages_per_socket(memory,
-			internal_config.hugepage_info, used_hp,
-			internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	for (hp_sz_idx = 0;
-			hp_sz_idx < (int)internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes;
-			hp_sz_idx++) {
-		for (socket_id = 0; socket_id < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES;
-				socket_id++) {
-			struct rte_memseg **pages;
-			struct hugepage_info *hpi = &used_hp[hp_sz_idx];
-			unsigned int num_pages = hpi->num_pages[socket_id];
-			unsigned int num_pages_alloc;
-
-			if (num_pages == 0)
-				continue;
-
-			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Allocating %u pages of size %" PRIu64 "M on socket %i\n",
-				num_pages, hpi->hugepage_sz >> 20, socket_id);
-
-			/* we may not be able to allocate all pages in one go,
-			 * because we break up our memory map into multiple
-			 * memseg lists. therefore, try allocating multiple
-			 * times and see if we can get the desired number of
-			 * pages from multiple allocations.
-			 */
-
-			num_pages_alloc = 0;
-			do {
-				int i, cur_pages, needed;
-
-				needed = num_pages - num_pages_alloc;
-
-				pages = malloc(sizeof(*pages) * needed);
-
-				/* do not request exact number of pages */
-				cur_pages = eal_memalloc_alloc_seg_bulk(pages,
-						needed, hpi->hugepage_sz,
-						socket_id, false);
-				if (cur_pages <= 0) {
-					free(pages);
-					return -1;
-				}
-
-				/* mark preallocated pages as unfreeable */
-				for (i = 0; i < cur_pages; i++) {
-					struct rte_memseg *ms = pages[i];
-					ms->flags |= RTE_MEMSEG_FLAG_DO_NOT_FREE;
-				}
-				free(pages);
-
-				num_pages_alloc += cur_pages;
-			} while (num_pages_alloc != num_pages);
-		}
-	}
-	/* if socket limits were specified, set them */
-	if (internal_config.force_socket_limits) {
-		unsigned int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES; i++) {
-			uint64_t limit = internal_config.socket_limit[i];
-			if (limit == 0)
-				continue;
-			if (rte_mem_alloc_validator_register("socket-limit",
-					limits_callback, i, limit))
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to register socket limits validator callback\n");
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * uses fstat to report the size of a file on disk
  */
@@ -1943,7 +1619,7 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 {
 	return internal_config.legacy_mem ?
 			eal_legacy_hugepage_init() :
-			eal_hugepage_init();
+			eal_dynmem_hugepage_init();
 }
 
 int
@@ -2122,8 +1798,9 @@ memseg_primary_init_32(void)
 						max_pagesz_mem);
 				n_segs = cur_mem / hugepage_sz;
 
-				if (memseg_list_init(msl, hugepage_sz, n_segs,
-						socket_id, type_msl_idx)) {
+				if (eal_memseg_list_init(msl, hugepage_sz,
+						n_segs, socket_id, type_msl_idx,
+						true)) {
 					/* failing to allocate a memseg list is
 					 * a serious error.
 					 */
@@ -2131,7 +1808,7 @@ memseg_primary_init_32(void)
 					return -1;
 				}
 
-				if (memseg_list_alloc(msl)) {
+				if (eal_memseg_list_alloc(msl, 0)) {
 					/* if we couldn't allocate VA space, we
 					 * can try with smaller page sizes.
 					 */
@@ -2162,185 +1839,7 @@ memseg_primary_init_32(void)
 static int __rte_unused
 memseg_primary_init(void)
 {
-	struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
-	struct memtype {
-		uint64_t page_sz;
-		int socket_id;
-	} *memtypes = NULL;
-	int i, hpi_idx, msl_idx, ret = -1; /* fail unless told to succeed */
-	struct rte_memseg_list *msl;
-	uint64_t max_mem, max_mem_per_type;
-	unsigned int max_seglists_per_type;
-	unsigned int n_memtypes, cur_type;
-
-	/* no-huge does not need this at all */
-	if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * figuring out amount of memory we're going to have is a long and very
-	 * involved process. the basic element we're operating with is a memory
-	 * type, defined as a combination of NUMA node ID and page size (so that
-	 * e.g. 2 sockets with 2 page sizes yield 4 memory types in total).
-	 *
-	 * deciding amount of memory going towards each memory type is a
-	 * balancing act between maximum segments per type, maximum memory per
-	 * type, and number of detected NUMA nodes. the goal is to make sure
-	 * each memory type gets at least one memseg list.
-	 *
-	 * the total amount of memory is limited by RTE_MAX_MEM_MB value.
-	 *
-	 * the total amount of memory per type is limited by either
-	 * RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_TYPE, or by RTE_MAX_MEM_MB divided by the number
-	 * of detected NUMA nodes. additionally, maximum number of segments per
-	 * type is also limited by RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_TYPE. this is because for
-	 * smaller page sizes, it can take hundreds of thousands of segments to
-	 * reach the above specified per-type memory limits.
-	 *
-	 * additionally, each type may have multiple memseg lists associated
-	 * with it, each limited by either RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_LIST for bigger
-	 * page sizes, or RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_LIST segments for smaller ones.
-	 *
-	 * the number of memseg lists per type is decided based on the above
-	 * limits, and also taking number of detected NUMA nodes, to make sure
-	 * that we don't run out of memseg lists before we populate all NUMA
-	 * nodes with memory.
-	 *
-	 * we do this in three stages. first, we collect the number of types.
-	 * then, we figure out memory constraints and populate the list of
-	 * would-be memseg lists. then, we go ahead and allocate the memseg
-	 * lists.
-	 */
-
-	/* create space for mem types */
-	n_memtypes = internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes * rte_socket_count();
-	memtypes = calloc(n_memtypes, sizeof(*memtypes));
-	if (memtypes == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot allocate space for memory types\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	/* populate mem types */
-	cur_type = 0;
-	for (hpi_idx = 0; hpi_idx < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes;
-			hpi_idx++) {
-		struct hugepage_info *hpi;
-		uint64_t hugepage_sz;
-
-		hpi = &internal_config.hugepage_info[hpi_idx];
-		hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < (int) rte_socket_count(); i++, cur_type++) {
-			int socket_id = rte_socket_id_by_idx(i);
-
-#ifndef RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES
-			/* we can still sort pages by socket in legacy mode */
-			if (!internal_config.legacy_mem && socket_id > 0)
-				break;
-#endif
-			memtypes[cur_type].page_sz = hugepage_sz;
-			memtypes[cur_type].socket_id = socket_id;
-
-			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Detected memory type: "
-				"socket_id:%u hugepage_sz:%" PRIu64 "\n",
-				socket_id, hugepage_sz);
-		}
-	}
-	/* number of memtypes could have been lower due to no NUMA support */
-	n_memtypes = cur_type;
-
-	/* set up limits for types */
-	max_mem = (uint64_t)RTE_MAX_MEM_MB << 20;
-	max_mem_per_type = RTE_MIN((uint64_t)RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_TYPE << 20,
-			max_mem / n_memtypes);
-	/*
-	 * limit maximum number of segment lists per type to ensure there's
-	 * space for memseg lists for all NUMA nodes with all page sizes
-	 */
-	max_seglists_per_type = RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS / n_memtypes;
-
-	if (max_seglists_per_type == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot accommodate all memory types, please increase %s\n",
-			RTE_STR(CONFIG_RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS));
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* go through all mem types and create segment lists */
-	msl_idx = 0;
-	for (cur_type = 0; cur_type < n_memtypes; cur_type++) {
-		unsigned int cur_seglist, n_seglists, n_segs;
-		unsigned int max_segs_per_type, max_segs_per_list;
-		struct memtype *type = &memtypes[cur_type];
-		uint64_t max_mem_per_list, pagesz;
-		int socket_id;
-
-		pagesz = type->page_sz;
-		socket_id = type->socket_id;
-
-		/*
-		 * we need to create segment lists for this type. we must take
-		 * into account the following things:
-		 *
-		 * 1. total amount of memory we can use for this memory type
-		 * 2. total amount of memory per memseg list allowed
-		 * 3. number of segments needed to fit the amount of memory
-		 * 4. number of segments allowed per type
-		 * 5. number of segments allowed per memseg list
-		 * 6. number of memseg lists we are allowed to take up
-		 */
-
-		/* calculate how much segments we will need in total */
-		max_segs_per_type = max_mem_per_type / pagesz;
-		/* limit number of segments to maximum allowed per type */
-		max_segs_per_type = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_type,
-				(unsigned int)RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_TYPE);
-		/* limit number of segments to maximum allowed per list */
-		max_segs_per_list = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_type,
-				(unsigned int)RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_PER_LIST);
-
-		/* calculate how much memory we can have per segment list */
-		max_mem_per_list = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_list * pagesz,
-				(uint64_t)RTE_MAX_MEM_MB_PER_LIST << 20);
-
-		/* calculate how many segments each segment list will have */
-		n_segs = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_list, max_mem_per_list / pagesz);
-
-		/* calculate how many segment lists we can have */
-		n_seglists = RTE_MIN(max_segs_per_type / n_segs,
-				max_mem_per_type / max_mem_per_list);
-
-		/* limit number of segment lists according to our maximum */
-		n_seglists = RTE_MIN(n_seglists, max_seglists_per_type);
-
-		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Creating %i segment lists: "
-				"n_segs:%i socket_id:%i hugepage_sz:%" PRIu64 "\n",
-			n_seglists, n_segs, socket_id, pagesz);
-
-		/* create all segment lists */
-		for (cur_seglist = 0; cur_seglist < n_seglists; cur_seglist++) {
-			if (msl_idx >= RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
-					"No more space in memseg lists, please increase %s\n",
-					RTE_STR(CONFIG_RTE_MAX_MEMSEG_LISTS));
-				goto out;
-			}
-			msl = &mcfg->memsegs[msl_idx++];
-
-			if (memseg_list_init(msl, pagesz, n_segs,
-					socket_id, cur_seglist))
-				goto out;
-
-			if (memseg_list_alloc(msl)) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot allocate VA space for memseg list\n");
-				goto out;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	/* we're successful */
-	ret = 0;
-out:
-	free(memtypes);
-	return ret;
+	return eal_dynmem_memseg_lists_init();
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2364,7 +1863,7 @@ memseg_secondary_init(void)
 		}
 
 		/* preallocate VA space */
-		if (memseg_list_alloc(msl)) {
+		if (eal_memseg_list_alloc(msl, 0)) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot preallocate VA space for hugepage memory\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
