diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 78c57046fa93..b28b6aeb8636 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5029,6 +5029,7 @@ L:	linux-mm@kvack.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	mm/memcontrol.c
 F:	mm/swap_cgroup.c
+F:	tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/memcg_protection.m
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/memcg_protection.m b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/memcg_protection.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..051daa3477b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/memcg_protection.m
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+% SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+%
+% run as: octave-cli memcg_protection.m
+%
+% This script simulates reclaim protection behavior on a single level of memcg
+% hierarchy to illustrate how overcommitted protection spreads among siblings
+% (as it depends also on their current consumption).
+%
+% Simulation assumes siblings consumed the initial amount of memory (w/out
+% reclaim) and then the reclaim starts, all memory is reclaimable, i.e. treated
+% same. It simulates only non-low reclaim and assumes all memory.min = 0.
+%
+% Input configurations
+% --------------------
+% E number	parent effective protection
+% n vector	nominal protection of siblings set at the given level (memory.low)
+% c vector	current consumption -,,- (memory.current)
+
+% example from testcase (values in GB)
+E = 50 / 1024;
+n = [75 25 0 500 ] / 1024;
+c = [50 50 50 0] / 1024;
+
+% Reclaim parameters
+% ------------------
+
+% Minimal reclaim amount (GB)
+cluster = 32*4 / 2**20;
+
+% Reclaim coefficient (think as 0.5^sc->priority)
+alpha = .1
+
+% Simulation parameters
+% ---------------------
+epsilon = 1e-7;
+timeout = 1000;
+
+% Simulation loop
+% ---------------
+
+ch = [];
+eh = [];
+rh = [];
+
+for t = 1:timeout
+        % low_usage
+        u = min(c, n);
+        siblings = sum(u);
+
+        % effective_protection()
+        protected = min(n, c);                % start with nominal
+        e = protected * min(1, E / siblings); % normalize overcommit
+
+        % recursive protection
+        unclaimed = max(0, E - siblings);
+        parent_overuse = sum(c) - siblings;
+        if (unclaimed > 0 && parent_overuse > 0)
+                overuse = max(0, c - protected);
+                e += unclaimed * (overuse / parent_overuse);
+        endif
+
+        % get_scan_count()
+        r = alpha * c;             % assume all memory is in a single LRU list
+
+        % commit 1bc63fb1272b ("mm, memcg: make scan aggression always exclude protection")
+        sz = max(e, c);
+        r .*= (1 - (e+epsilon) ./ (sz+epsilon));
+
+        % uncomment to debug prints
+        % e, c, r
+
+        % nothing to reclaim, reached equilibrium
+        if max(r) < epsilon
+                break;
+        endif
+
+        % SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX roundup
+        r = max(r, (r > epsilon) .* cluster);
+        % XXX here I do parallel reclaim of all siblings
+        % in reality reclaim is serialized and each sibling recalculates own residual
+        c = max(c - r, 0);
+
+        ch = [ch ; c];
+        eh = [eh ; e];
+        rh = [rh ; r];
+endfor
+
+t
+c, e
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
index 4924425639b0..dc2c7d6e3572 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static int cg_test_proc_killed(const char *cgroup)
 /*
  * First, this test creates the following hierarchy:
  * A       memory.min = 50M,  memory.max = 200M
- * A/B     memory.min = 50M,  memory.current = 50M
+ * A/B     memory.min = 50M
  * A/B/C   memory.min = 75M,  memory.current = 50M
  * A/B/D   memory.min = 25M,  memory.current = 50M
  * A/B/E   memory.min = 0,    memory.current = 50M
@@ -259,10 +259,13 @@ static int cg_test_proc_killed(const char *cgroup)
  * Then it creates A/G and creates a significant
  * memory pressure in it.
  *
+ * Then it checks actual memory usages and expects that:
  * A/B    memory.current ~= 50M
- * A/B/C  memory.current ~= 33M
- * A/B/D  memory.current ~= 17M
- * A/B/F  memory.current ~= 0
+ * A/B/C  memory.current ~= 29M
+ * A/B/D  memory.current ~= 21M
+ * A/B/E  memory.current ~= 0
+ * A/B/F  memory.current  = 0
+ * (for origin of the numbers, see model in memcg_protection.m.)
  *
  * After that it tries to allocate more than there is
  * unprotected memory in A available, and checks
@@ -365,10 +368,10 @@ static int test_memcg_min(const char *root)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(children); i++)
 		c[i] = cg_read_long(children[i], "memory.current");
 
-	if (!values_close(c[0], MB(33), 10))
+	if (!values_close(c[0], MB(29), 10))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	if (!values_close(c[1], MB(17), 10))
+	if (!values_close(c[1], MB(21), 10))
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (c[3] != 0)
@@ -405,7 +408,7 @@ static int test_memcg_min(const char *root)
 /*
  * First, this test creates the following hierarchy:
  * A       memory.low = 50M,  memory.max = 200M
- * A/B     memory.low = 50M,  memory.current = 50M
+ * A/B     memory.low = 50M
  * A/B/C   memory.low = 75M,  memory.current = 50M
  * A/B/D   memory.low = 25M,  memory.current = 50M
  * A/B/E   memory.low = 0,    memory.current = 50M
@@ -417,9 +420,11 @@ static int test_memcg_min(const char *root)
  *
  * Then it checks actual memory usages and expects that:
  * A/B    memory.current ~= 50M
- * A/B/   memory.current ~= 33M
- * A/B/D  memory.current ~= 17M
- * A/B/F  memory.current ~= 0
+ * A/B/C  memory.current ~= 29M
+ * A/B/D  memory.current ~= 21M
+ * A/B/E  memory.current ~= 0
+ * A/B/F  memory.current  = 0
+ * (for origin of the numbers, see model in memcg_protection.m.)
  *
  * After that it tries to allocate more than there is
  * unprotected memory in A available,
@@ -512,10 +517,10 @@ static int test_memcg_low(const char *root)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(children); i++)
 		c[i] = cg_read_long(children[i], "memory.current");
 
-	if (!values_close(c[0], MB(33), 10))
+	if (!values_close(c[0], MB(29), 10))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	if (!values_close(c[1], MB(17), 10))
+	if (!values_close(c[1], MB(21), 10))
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (c[3] != 0)
