VM pageout scalability improvements

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/migrate.h
===================================================================
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ static inline int vma_migratable(struct 
 	return 1;
 }
 
-extern int isolate_lru_page(struct page *p, struct list_head *pagelist);
 extern int putback_lru_pages(struct list_head *l);
 extern int migrate_page(struct address_space *,
 			struct page *, struct page *);

@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ extern int migrate_vmas(struct mm_struct
 static inline int vma_migratable(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 					{ return 0; }
 
-static inline int isolate_lru_page(struct page *p, struct list_head *list)
-					{ return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline int putback_lru_pages(struct list_head *l) { return 0; }
 static inline int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, new_page_t x,
 		unsigned long private) { return -ENOSYS; }

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/internal.h
===================================================================
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static inline void __put_page(struct pag
 	atomic_dec(&page->_count);
 }
 
+extern int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page);
+
 extern void __init __free_pages_bootmem(struct page *page,
 						unsigned int order);
 

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/mempolicy.c
===================================================================
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 /* Internal flags */
 #define MPOL_MF_DISCONTIG_OK (MPOL_MF_INTERNAL << 0)	/* Skip checks for continuous vmas */
 #define MPOL_MF_INVERT (MPOL_MF_INTERNAL << 1)		/* Invert check for nodemask */

@@ -603,8 +605,12 @@ static void migrate_page_add(struct page
 	/*
 	 * Avoid migrating a page that is shared with others.
 	 */
-	if ((flags & MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL) || page_mapcount(page) == 1)
-		isolate_lru_page(page, pagelist);
+	if ((flags & MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL) || page_mapcount(page) == 1) {
+		if (!isolate_lru_page(page)) {
+			get_page(page);
+			list_add_tail(&page->lru, pagelist);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static struct page *new_node_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node, int **x)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
@@ -632,6 +632,9 @@ free_it:
 		continue;
 
 activate_locked:
+		/* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
+		if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
+			remove_exclusive_swap_page(page);
 		SetPageActive(page);
 		pgactivate++;
 keep_locked:

@@ -1214,6 +1217,8 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned 
 			__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE, pgmoved);
 			pgmoved = 0;
 			spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+			if (vm_swap_full())
+				pagevec_swap_free(&pvec);
 			__pagevec_release(&pvec);
 			spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 		}

@@ -1223,6 +1228,8 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned 
 	__count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, pgscanned);
 	__count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgdeactivate);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+	if (vm_swap_full())
+		pagevec_swap_free(&pvec);
 
 	pagevec_release(&pvec);
 }

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/swap.c
===================================================================
@@ -465,6 +465,24 @@ void pagevec_strip(struct pagevec *pvec)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Try to free swap space from the pages in a pagevec
+ */
+void pagevec_swap_free(struct pagevec *pvec)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(pvec); i++) {
+		struct page *page = pvec->pages[i];
+
+		if (PageSwapCache(page) && !TestSetPageLocked(page)) {
+			if (PageSwapCache(page))
+				remove_exclusive_swap_page(page);
+			unlock_page(page);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * pagevec_lookup - gang pagecache lookup
  * @pvec:	Where the resulting pages are placed

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/pagevec.h
===================================================================
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void __pagevec_free(struct pagevec *pvec
 void __pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void __pagevec_lru_add_active(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void pagevec_strip(struct pagevec *pvec);
+void pagevec_swap_free(struct pagevec *pvec);
 unsigned pagevec_lookup(struct pagevec *pvec, struct address_space *mapping,
 		pgoff_t start, unsigned nr_pages);
 unsigned pagevec_lookup_tag(struct pagevec *pvec,

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mm_inline.h
===================================================================
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef LINUX_MM_INLINE_H
+#define LINUX_MM_INLINE_H
+
+/**
+ * page_file_cache(@page)
+ * Returns !0 if @page is page cache page backed by a regular filesystem,
+ * or 0 if @page is anonymous, tmpfs or otherwise ram or swap backed.
+ *
+ * We would like to get this info without a page flag, but the state
+ * needs to survive until the page is last deleted from the LRU, which
+ * could be as far down as __page_cache_release.
+ */
+static inline int page_file_cache(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (PageSwapBacked(page))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* The page is page cache backed by a normal filesystem. */
+	return 2;
+}
+
 static inline void
 add_page_to_active_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 {

@@ -38,3 +59,4 @@ del_page_from_lru(struct zone *zone, str
 	}
 }
 
+#endif

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/shmem.c
===================================================================
@@ -1377,6 +1377,7 @@ repeat:
 				goto failed;
 			}
 
+			SetPageSwapBacked(filepage);
 			spin_lock(&info->lock);
 			entry = shmem_swp_alloc(info, idx, sgp);
 			if (IS_ERR(entry))

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/page-flags.h
===================================================================
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #define PG_mappedtodisk		16	/* Has blocks allocated on-disk */
 #define PG_reclaim		17	/* To be reclaimed asap */
 #define PG_buddy		19	/* Page is free, on buddy lists */
+#define PG_swapbacked		20	/* Page is backed by RAM/swap */
 
 /* PG_readahead is only used for file reads; PG_reclaim is only for writes */
 #define PG_readahead		PG_reclaim /* Reminder to do async read-ahead */

@@ -216,6 +217,10 @@ static inline void SetPageUptodate(struc
 #define ClearPageReclaim(page)	clear_bit(PG_reclaim, &(page)->flags)
 #define TestClearPageReclaim(page) test_and_clear_bit(PG_reclaim, &(page)->flags)
 
+#define PageSwapBacked(page)	test_bit(PG_swapbacked, &(page)->flags)
+#define SetPageSwapBacked(page)	set_bit(PG_swapbacked, &(page)->flags)
+#define __ClearPageSwapBacked(page)	__clear_bit(PG_swapbacked, &(page)->flags)
+
 #define PageCompound(page)	test_bit(PG_compound, &(page)->flags)
 #define __SetPageCompound(page)	__set_bit(PG_compound, &(page)->flags)
 #define __ClearPageCompound(page) __clear_bit(PG_compound, &(page)->flags)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/memory.c
===================================================================
@@ -1664,6 +1664,7 @@ gotten:
 		ptep_clear_flush(vma, address, page_table);
 		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 		update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
+		SetPageSwapBacked(new_page);
 		lru_cache_add_active(new_page);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, address);
 

@@ -2131,6 +2132,7 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct mm_s
 	if (!pte_none(*page_table))
 		goto release;
 	inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
+	SetPageSwapBacked(page);
 	lru_cache_add_active(page);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
 	set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);

@@ -2284,6 +2286,7 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *
 		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 		if (anon) {
                         inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
+			SetPageSwapBacked(page);
                         lru_cache_add_active(page);
                         page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
 		} else {

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/swap_state.c
===================================================================
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ int add_to_swap_cache(struct page *page,
 		if (!error) {
 			page_cache_get(page);
 			SetPageSwapCache(page);
+			SetPageSwapBacked(page);
 			set_page_private(page, entry.val);
 			total_swapcache_pages++;
 			__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/migrate.c
===================================================================
@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ static int move_to_new_page(struct page 
 	/* Prepare mapping for the new page.*/
 	newpage->index = page->index;
 	newpage->mapping = page->mapping;
+	if (PageSwapBacked(page))
+		SetPageSwapBacked(newpage);
 
 	mapping = page_mapping(page);
 	if (!mapping)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page)
 			1 << PG_slab    |
 			1 << PG_swapcache |
 			1 << PG_writeback |
+			1 << PG_swapbacked |
 			1 << PG_buddy );
 	set_page_count(page, 0);
 	reset_page_mapcount(page);

@@ -485,6 +486,8 @@ static inline int free_pages_check(struc
 		bad_page(page);
 	if (PageDirty(page))
 		__ClearPageDirty(page);
+	if (PageSwapBacked(page))
+		__ClearPageSwapBacked(page);
 	/*
 	 * For now, we report if PG_reserved was found set, but do not
 	 * clear it, and do not free the page.  But we shall soon need

@@ -631,6 +634,7 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *pa
 			1 << PG_swapcache |
 			1 << PG_writeback |
 			1 << PG_reserved |
+			1 << PG_swapbacked |
 			1 << PG_buddy ))))
 		bad_page(page);
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mmzone.h
===================================================================
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ struct zone_padding {
 enum zone_stat_item {
 	/* First 128 byte cacheline (assuming 64 bit words) */
 	NR_FREE_PAGES,
-	NR_INACTIVE,
-	NR_ACTIVE,
+	NR_INACTIVE,	/* must match order of LRU_[IN]ACTIVE */
+	NR_ACTIVE,	/*  "     "     "   "       "         */
 	NR_ANON_PAGES,	/* Mapped anonymous pages */
 	NR_FILE_MAPPED,	/* pagecache pages mapped into pagetables.
 			   only modified from process context */

@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ enum zone_stat_item {
 #endif
 	NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS };
 
+enum lru_list {
+	LRU_INACTIVE,	/* must match order of NR_[IN]ACTIVE */
+	LRU_ACTIVE,	/*  "     "     "   "       "        */
+	NR_LRU_LISTS };
+
+#define for_each_lru(l) for (l = 0; l < NR_LRU_LISTS; l++)
+
 struct per_cpu_pages {
 	int count;		/* number of pages in the list */
 	int high;		/* high watermark, emptying needed */

@@ -258,10 +265,8 @@ struct zone {
 
 	/* Fields commonly accessed by the page reclaim scanner */
 	spinlock_t		lru_lock;	
-	struct list_head	active_list;
-	struct list_head	inactive_list;
-	unsigned long		nr_scan_active;
-	unsigned long		nr_scan_inactive;
+	struct list_head	list[NR_LRU_LISTS];
+	unsigned long		nr_scan[NR_LRU_LISTS];
 	unsigned long		pages_scanned;	   /* since last reclaim */
 	unsigned long		flags;		   /* zone flags, see below */
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mm_inline.h
===================================================================
@@ -30,43 +30,55 @@ static inline int page_file_cache(struct
 }
 
 static inline void
+add_page_to_lru_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, enum lru_list l)
+{
+	list_add(&page->lru, &zone->list[l]);
+	__inc_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE + l);
+}
+
+static inline void
+del_page_from_lru_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, enum lru_list l)
+{
+	list_del(&page->lru);
+	__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE + l);
+}
+
+
+static inline void
 add_page_to_active_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 {
-	list_add(&page->lru, &zone->active_list);
-	__inc_zone_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE);
+	add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_ACTIVE);
 }
 
 static inline void
 add_page_to_inactive_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 {
-	list_add(&page->lru, &zone->inactive_list);
-	__inc_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE);
+	add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_INACTIVE);
 }
 
 static inline void
 del_page_from_active_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 {
-	list_del(&page->lru);
-	__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE);
+	del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_ACTIVE);
 }
 
 static inline void
 del_page_from_inactive_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 {
-	list_del(&page->lru);
-	__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE);
+	del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_INACTIVE);
 }
 
 static inline void
 del_page_from_lru(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 {
+	enum lru_list l = LRU_INACTIVE;
+
 	list_del(&page->lru);
 	if (PageActive(page)) {
 		__ClearPageActive(page);
-		__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE);
-	} else {
-		__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE);
+		l = LRU_ACTIVE;
 	}
+	__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE + l);
 }
 
 #endif

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
@@ -3413,6 +3413,7 @@ static void __meminit free_area_init_cor
 	for (j = 0; j < MAX_NR_ZONES; j++) {
 		struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + j;
 		unsigned long size, realsize, memmap_pages;
+		enum lru_list l;
 
 		size = zone_spanned_pages_in_node(nid, j, zones_size);
 		realsize = size - zone_absent_pages_in_node(nid, j,

@@ -3462,10 +3463,10 @@ static void __meminit free_area_init_cor
 		zone->prev_priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
 
 		zone_pcp_init(zone);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zone->active_list);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zone->inactive_list);
-		zone->nr_scan_active = 0;
-		zone->nr_scan_inactive = 0;
+		for_each_lru(l) {
+			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zone->list[l]);
+			zone->nr_scan[l] = 0;
+		}
 		zap_zone_vm_stats(zone);
 		zone->flags = 0;
 		if (!size)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/swap.c
===================================================================
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static void pagevec_move_tail(struct pag
 			spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
 		}
 		if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page)) {
-			list_move_tail(&page->lru, &zone->inactive_list);
+			list_move_tail(&page->lru, &zone->list[LRU_INACTIVE]);
 			pgmoved++;
 		}
 	}

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmstat.c
===================================================================
@@ -758,7 +758,8 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct s
 		   zone->pages_low,
 		   zone->pages_high,
 		   zone->pages_scanned,
-		   zone->nr_scan_active, zone->nr_scan_inactive,
+		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_ACTIVE],
+		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_INACTIVE],
 		   zone->spanned_pages,
 		   zone->present_pages);
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
===================================================================
@@ -153,43 +153,47 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page,
 	 * Tagged format, for easy grepping and expansion.
 	 */
 	len = sprintf(page,
-		"MemTotal:     %8lu kB\n"
-		"MemFree:      %8lu kB\n"
-		"Buffers:      %8lu kB\n"
-		"Cached:       %8lu kB\n"
-		"SwapCached:   %8lu kB\n"
-		"Active:       %8lu kB\n"
-		"Inactive:     %8lu kB\n"
+		"MemTotal:       %8lu kB\n"
+		"MemFree:        %8lu kB\n"
+		"Buffers:        %8lu kB\n"
+		"Cached:         %8lu kB\n"
+		"SwapCached:     %8lu kB\n"
+		"Active(anon):   %8lu kB\n"
+		"Inactive(anon): %8lu kB\n"
+		"Active(file):   %8lu kB\n"
+		"Inactive(file): %8lu kB\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-		"HighTotal:    %8lu kB\n"
-		"HighFree:     %8lu kB\n"
-		"LowTotal:     %8lu kB\n"
-		"LowFree:      %8lu kB\n"
-#endif
-		"SwapTotal:    %8lu kB\n"
-		"SwapFree:     %8lu kB\n"
-		"Dirty:        %8lu kB\n"
-		"Writeback:    %8lu kB\n"
-		"AnonPages:    %8lu kB\n"
-		"Mapped:       %8lu kB\n"
-		"Slab:         %8lu kB\n"
-		"SReclaimable: %8lu kB\n"
-		"SUnreclaim:   %8lu kB\n"
-		"PageTables:   %8lu kB\n"
-		"NFS_Unstable: %8lu kB\n"
-		"Bounce:       %8lu kB\n"
-		"CommitLimit:  %8lu kB\n"
-		"Committed_AS: %8lu kB\n"
-		"VmallocTotal: %8lu kB\n"
-		"VmallocUsed:  %8lu kB\n"
-		"VmallocChunk: %8lu kB\n",
+		"HighTotal:      %8lu kB\n"
+		"HighFree:       %8lu kB\n"
+		"LowTotal:       %8lu kB\n"
+		"LowFree:        %8lu kB\n"
+#endif
+		"SwapTotal:      %8lu kB\n"
+		"SwapFree:       %8lu kB\n"
+		"Dirty:          %8lu kB\n"
+		"Writeback:      %8lu kB\n"
+		"AnonPages:      %8lu kB\n"
+		"Mapped:         %8lu kB\n"
+		"Slab:           %8lu kB\n"
+		"SReclaimable:   %8lu kB\n"
+		"SUnreclaim:     %8lu kB\n"
+		"PageTables:     %8lu kB\n"
+		"NFS_Unstable:   %8lu kB\n"
+		"Bounce:         %8lu kB\n"
+		"CommitLimit:    %8lu kB\n"
+		"Committed_AS:   %8lu kB\n"
+		"VmallocTotal:   %8lu kB\n"
+		"VmallocUsed:    %8lu kB\n"
+		"VmallocChunk:   %8lu kB\n",
 		K(i.totalram),
 		K(i.freeram),
 		K(i.bufferram),
 		K(cached),
 		K(total_swapcache_pages),
-		K(global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE)),
-		K(global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE)),
+		K(global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON)),
+		K(global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON)),
+		K(global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE)),
+		K(global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE)),
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 		K(i.totalhigh),
 		K(i.freehigh),

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/cifs/file.c
===================================================================
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ static void cifs_copy_cache_pages(struct
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
 		if (!pagevec_add(plru_pvec, page))
-			__pagevec_lru_add(plru_pvec);
+			__pagevec_lru_add_file(plru_pvec);
 		data += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	}
 	return;

@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ static int cifs_readpages(struct file *f
 		bytes_read = 0;
 	}
 
-	pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+	pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
 
 /* need to free smb_read_data buf before exit */
 	if (smb_read_data) {

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/ntfs/file.c
===================================================================
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static inline int __ntfs_grab_cache_page
 			pages[nr] = *cached_page;
 			page_cache_get(*cached_page);
 			if (unlikely(!pagevec_add(lru_pvec, *cached_page)))
-				__pagevec_lru_add(lru_pvec);
+				__pagevec_lru_add_file(lru_pvec);
 			*cached_page = NULL;
 		}
 		index++;

@@ -2084,7 +2084,7 @@ err_out:
 						OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
 		}
   	}
-	pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+	pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
 	ntfs_debug("Done.  Returning %s (written 0x%lx, status %li).",
 			written ? "written" : "status", (unsigned long)written,
 			(long)status);

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/nfs/dir.c
===================================================================
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ static int nfs_symlink(struct inode *dir
 	if (!add_to_page_cache(page, dentry->d_inode->i_mapping, 0,
 							GFP_KERNEL)) {
 		pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page);
-		pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+		pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
 	} else

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
===================================================================
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ static int ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mappin
 			goto add_error;
 
 		if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
-			__pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+			__pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
 
 		unlock_page(page);
 	}
 
-	pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
+	pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
 	return 0;
 
  fsize_exceeded:

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/memory.c
===================================================================
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ gotten:
 		set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 		update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
 		SetPageSwapBacked(new_page);
-		lru_cache_add_active(new_page);
+		lru_cache_add_active_anon(new_page);
 		page_add_new_anon_rmap(new_page, vma, address);
 
 		/* Free the old page.. */

@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct mm_s
 		goto release;
 	inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
 	SetPageSwapBacked(page);
-	lru_cache_add_active(page);
+	lru_cache_add_active_anon(page);
 	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
 	set_pte_at(mm, address, page_table, entry);
 

@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *
 		if (anon) {
                         inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
 			SetPageSwapBacked(page);
-                        lru_cache_add_active(page);
+                        lru_cache_add_active_anon(page);
                         page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
 		} else {
 			inc_mm_counter(mm, file_rss);

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
@@ -1889,10 +1889,13 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	printk("Active:%lu inactive:%lu dirty:%lu writeback:%lu unstable:%lu\n"
+	printk("Active_anon:%lu active_file:%lu inactive_anon%lu\n"
+		" inactive_file:%lu dirty:%lu writeback:%lu unstable:%lu\n"
 		" free:%lu slab:%lu mapped:%lu pagetables:%lu bounce:%lu\n",
-		global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE),
-		global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE),
+		global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON),
+		global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE),
+		global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON),
+		global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE),
 		global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY),
 		global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK),
 		global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS),

@@ -1915,8 +1918,10 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 			" min:%lukB"
 			" low:%lukB"
 			" high:%lukB"
-			" active:%lukB"
-			" inactive:%lukB"
+			" active_anon:%lukB"
+			" inactive_anon:%lukB"
+			" active_file:%lukB"
+			" inactive_file:%lukB"
 			" present:%lukB"
 			" pages_scanned:%lu"
 			" all_unreclaimable? %s"

@@ -1926,8 +1931,10 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 			K(zone->pages_min),
 			K(zone->pages_low),
 			K(zone->pages_high),
-			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE)),
-			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE)),
+			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON)),
+			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON)),
+			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE)),
+			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE)),
 			K(zone->present_pages),
 			zone->pages_scanned,
 			(zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone) ? "yes" : "no")

@@ -3467,6 +3474,9 @@ static void __meminit free_area_init_cor
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zone->list[l]);
 			zone->nr_scan[l] = 0;
 		}
+		zone->recent_rotated_anon = 0;
+		zone->recent_rotated_file = 0;
+//TODO recent_scanned_* ???
 		zap_zone_vm_stats(zone);
 		zone->flags = 0;
 		if (!size)

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/migrate.c
===================================================================
@@ -60,9 +60,15 @@ static inline void move_to_lru(struct pa
 		 * the PG_active bit is off.
 		 */
 		ClearPageActive(page);
-		lru_cache_add_active(page);
+		if (page_file_cache(page))
+			lru_cache_add_active_file(page);
+		else
+			lru_cache_add_active_anon(page);
 	} else {
-		lru_cache_add(page);
+		if (page_file_cache(page))
+			lru_cache_add_file(page);
+		else
+			lru_cache_add_anon(page);
 	}
 	put_page(page);
 }

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/readahead.c
===================================================================
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int do_page_cache_readahead(struct addre
  */
 unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
 {
-	return min(nr, (node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_INACTIVE)
+	return min(nr, (node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_INACTIVE_FILE)
 		+ node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_FREE_PAGES)) / 2);
 }
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h> /* for BUG_ON(!in_atomic()) only */
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
+#include <linux/mm_inline.h> /* for page_file_cache() */
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /*

@@ -493,8 +494,12 @@ int add_to_page_cache_lru(struct page *p
 				pgoff_t offset, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int ret = add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, offset, gfp_mask);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		lru_cache_add(page);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		if (page_file_cache(page))
+			lru_cache_add_file(page);
+		else
+			lru_cache_add_active_anon(page);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmstat.c
===================================================================
@@ -686,8 +686,10 @@ const struct seq_operations pagetypeinfo
 static const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	/* Zoned VM counters */
 	"nr_free_pages",
-	"nr_inactive",
-	"nr_active",
+	"nr_inactive_anon",
+	"nr_active_anon",
+	"nr_inactive_file",
+	"nr_active_file",
 	"nr_anon_pages",
 	"nr_mapped",
 	"nr_file_pages",

@@ -750,7 +752,7 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct s
 		   "\n        min      %lu"
 		   "\n        low      %lu"
 		   "\n        high     %lu"
-		   "\n        scanned  %lu (a: %lu i: %lu)"
+		   "\n        scanned  %lu (aa: %lu ia: %lu af: %lu if: %lu)"
 		   "\n        spanned  %lu"
 		   "\n        present  %lu",
 		   zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES),

@@ -758,8 +760,10 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct s
 		   zone->pages_low,
 		   zone->pages_high,
 		   zone->pages_scanned,
-		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_ACTIVE],
-		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_INACTIVE],
+		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON],
+		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON],
+		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE],
+		   zone->nr_scan[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE],
 		   zone->spanned_pages,
 		   zone->present_pages);
 

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/swap_state.c
===================================================================
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_e
 			/*
 			 * Initiate read into locked page and return.
 			 */
-			lru_cache_add_active(new_page);
+			lru_cache_add_active_anon(new_page);
 			swap_readpage(NULL, new_page);
 			return new_page;
 		}

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mmzone.h
===================================================================
@@ -80,21 +80,23 @@ struct zone_padding {
 enum zone_stat_item {
 	/* First 128 byte cacheline (assuming 64 bit words) */
 	NR_FREE_PAGES,
-	NR_INACTIVE,	/* must match order of LRU_[IN]ACTIVE */
-	NR_ACTIVE,	/*  "     "     "   "       "         */
+	NR_INACTIVE_ANON,	/* must match order of LRU_[IN]ACTIVE_* */
+	NR_ACTIVE_ANON,		/*  "     "     "   "       "           */
+	NR_INACTIVE_FILE,	/*  "     "     "   "       "           */
+	NR_ACTIVE_FILE,		/*  "     "     "   "       "           */
 	NR_ANON_PAGES,	/* Mapped anonymous pages */
 	NR_FILE_MAPPED,	/* pagecache pages mapped into pagetables.
 			   only modified from process context */
 	NR_FILE_PAGES,
 	NR_FILE_DIRTY,
 	NR_WRITEBACK,
-	/* Second 128 byte cacheline */
 	NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE,
 	NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE,
 	NR_PAGETABLE,		/* used for pagetables */
 	NR_UNSTABLE_NFS,	/* NFS unstable pages */
 	NR_BOUNCE,
 	NR_VMSCAN_WRITE,
+	/* Second 128 byte cacheline */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	NUMA_HIT,		/* allocated in intended node */
 	NUMA_MISS,		/* allocated in non intended node */

@@ -105,13 +107,32 @@ enum zone_stat_item {
 #endif
 	NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS };
 
+/*
+ * We do arithmetic on the LRU lists in various places in the code,
+ * so it is important to keep the active lists LRU_ACTIVE higher in
+ * the array than the corresponding inactive lists, and to keep
+ * the *_FILE lists LRU_FILE higher than the corresponding _ANON lists.
+ */
+#define LRU_BASE 0
+#define LRU_ANON LRU_BASE
+#define LRU_ACTIVE 1
+#define LRU_FILE 2
+
 enum lru_list {
-	LRU_INACTIVE,	/* must match order of NR_[IN]ACTIVE */
-	LRU_ACTIVE,	/*  "     "     "   "       "        */
+	LRU_INACTIVE_ANON = LRU_BASE,
+	LRU_ACTIVE_ANON = LRU_BASE + LRU_ACTIVE,
+	LRU_INACTIVE_FILE = LRU_BASE + LRU_FILE,
+	LRU_ACTIVE_FILE = LRU_BASE + LRU_FILE + LRU_ACTIVE,
 	NR_LRU_LISTS };
 
 #define for_each_lru(l) for (l = 0; l < NR_LRU_LISTS; l++)
 
+static inline int is_file_lru(enum lru_list l)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(LRU_INACTIVE_FILE != 2 || LRU_ACTIVE_FILE != 3);
+	return (l/2 == 1);
+}
+
 struct per_cpu_pages {
 	int count;		/* number of pages in the list */
 	int high;		/* high watermark, emptying needed */

@@ -267,6 +288,10 @@ struct zone {
 	spinlock_t		lru_lock;	
 	struct list_head	list[NR_LRU_LISTS];
 	unsigned long		nr_scan[NR_LRU_LISTS];
+
+	unsigned long		recent_rotated_anon;
+	unsigned long		recent_rotated_file;
+
 	unsigned long		pages_scanned;	   /* since last reclaim */
 	unsigned long		flags;		   /* zone flags, see below */
 

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/pagevec.h
===================================================================
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ struct pagevec {
 void __pagevec_release(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void __pagevec_release_nonlru(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void __pagevec_free(struct pagevec *pvec);
-void __pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec);
-void __pagevec_lru_add_active(struct pagevec *pvec);
+void __pagevec_lru_add_file(struct pagevec *pvec);
+void __pagevec_lru_add_active_file(struct pagevec *pvec);
+void __pagevec_lru_add_anon(struct pagevec *pvec);
+void __pagevec_lru_add_active_anon(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void pagevec_strip(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void pagevec_swap_free(struct pagevec *pvec);
 unsigned pagevec_lookup(struct pagevec *pvec, struct address_space *mapping,

@@ -82,10 +84,16 @@ static inline void pagevec_free(struct p
 		__pagevec_free(pvec);
 }
 
-static inline void pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec)
+static inline void pagevec_lru_add_file(struct pagevec *pvec)
 {
 	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
-		__pagevec_lru_add(pvec);
+		__pagevec_lru_add_file(pvec);
+}
+
+static inline void pagevec_lru_add_anon(struct pagevec *pvec)
+{
+	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
+		__pagevec_lru_add_anon(pvec);
 }
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_PAGEVEC_H */

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/vmstat.h
===================================================================
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ static inline unsigned long zone_page_st
 	return x;
 }
 
+extern unsigned long global_lru_pages(void);
+
+static inline unsigned long zone_lru_pages(struct zone *zone)
+{
+	return (zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON)
+		+ zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE)
+		+ zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON)
+		+ zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE));
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 /*
  * Determine the per node value of a stat item. This function

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/page-writeback.c
===================================================================
@@ -270,9 +270,7 @@ static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_m
 		struct zone *z =
 			&NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
 
-		x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES)
-			+ zone_page_state(z, NR_INACTIVE)
-			+ zone_page_state(z, NR_ACTIVE);
+		x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) + zone_lru_pages(z);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger

@@ -290,9 +288,7 @@ static unsigned long determine_dirtyable
 {
 	unsigned long x;
 
-	x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES)
-		+ global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE)
-		+ global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE);
+	x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_lru_pages();
 
 	if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
 		x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/swap.h
===================================================================
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@ extern unsigned int nr_free_pagecache_pa
 
 
 /* linux/mm/swap.c */
-extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add(struct page *));
-extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_active(struct page *));
+extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_file(struct page *));
+extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_anon(struct page *));
+extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_active_file(struct page *));
+extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_active_anon(struct page *));
 extern void FASTCALL(activate_page(struct page *));
 extern void FASTCALL(mark_page_accessed(struct page *));
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);

@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ extern unsigned long try_to_free_pages(s
 					gfp_t gfp_mask);
 extern unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 							gfp_t gfp_mask);
-extern int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, int mode);
+extern int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, int mode, int file);
 extern unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int vm_swappiness;
 extern int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page);

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/memcontrol.h
===================================================================
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_
 					unsigned long *scanned, int order,
 					int mode, struct zone *z,
 					struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
-					int active);
+					int active, int file);
 extern void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *mem, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 extern int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 					gfp_t gfp_mask);

@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ extern void mem_cgroup_note_reclaim_prio
 extern void mem_cgroup_record_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 							int priority);
 
-extern long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim_active(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
-				struct zone *zone, int priority);
-extern long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim_inactive(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
-				struct zone *zone, int priority);
+extern long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *mem, struct zone *zone,
+					int priority, enum lru_list lru);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_CONT */
 static inline void mm_init_cgroup(struct mm_struct *mm,

@@ -170,14 +168,9 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_record_rec
 {
 }
 
-static inline long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim_active(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
-					struct zone *zone, int priority)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim_inactive(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
-					struct zone *zone, int priority)
+static inline long mem_cgroup_calc_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
+					struct zone *zone, int priority,
+					int active, int file)
 {
 	return 0;
 }

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Index: b/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *
 	 *               anon + file       rotate_sum
 	 */
 	ap = (anon_prio * anon) / (anon + file + 1);
-	ap *= rotate_sum / (zone->recent_rotated_anon + 1);
+	ap = (ap * rotate_sum) / (zone->recent_rotated_anon + 1);
 	if (ap == 0)
 		ap = 1;
 	else if (ap > 100)

@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *
 	percent[0] = ap;
 
 	fp = (file_prio * file) / (anon + file + 1);
-	fp *= rotate_sum / (zone->recent_rotated_file + 1);
+	fp = (fp * rotate_sum) / (zone->recent_rotated_file + 1);
 	if (fp == 0)
 		fp = 1;
 	else if (fp > 100)

@@ -1402,6 +1402,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int pri
 
 	for_each_reclaimable_lru(l) {
 		if (scan_global_lru(sc)) {
+			unsigned long nr_max_scan;
 			int file = is_file_lru(l);
 			/*
 			 * Add one to nr_to_scan just to make sure that the

@@ -1409,7 +1410,11 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int pri
 			 */
 			zone->nr_scan[l] += (zone_page_state(zone,
 				NR_INACTIVE_ANON + l) >> priority) + 1;
-			nr[l] = zone->nr_scan[l] * percent[file] / 100;
+			nr[l] = (zone->nr_scan[l] * percent[file] / 100) + 1;
+			nr_max_scan = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON+l);
+			if (nr[l] > nr_max_scan)
+				nr[l] = nr_max_scan;
+
 			if (nr[l] >= sc->swap_cluster_max)
 				zone->nr_scan[l] = 0;
 			else

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mm_inline.h
===================================================================
@@ -106,4 +106,16 @@ del_page_from_lru(struct zone *zone, str
 	__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON + l);
 }
 
+static inline int inactive_anon_low(struct zone *zone)
+{
+	unsigned long active, inactive;
+
+	active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON);
+	inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
+
+	if (inactive * zone->inactive_ratio < active)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mmzone.h
===================================================================
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ struct zone {
 	 */
 	int prev_priority;
 
+	/*
+	 * The ratio of active to inactive pages.
+	 */
+	unsigned int inactive_ratio;
+
 
 	ZONE_PADDING(_pad2_)
 	/* Rarely used or read-mostly fields */

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
@@ -4230,6 +4230,45 @@ void setup_per_zone_pages_min(void)
 	calculate_totalreserve_pages();
 }
 
+/**
+ * setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio - called when min_free_kbytes changes.
+ *
+ * The inactive anon list should be small enough that the VM never has to
+ * do too much work, but large enough that each inactive page has a chance
+ * to be referenced again before it is swapped out.
+ *
+ * The inactive_anon ratio is the ratio of active to inactive anonymous
+ * pages.  Ie. a ratio of 3 means 3:1 or 25% of the anonymous pages are
+ * on the inactive list.
+ *
+ * total     return    max
+ * memory    value     inactive anon
+ * -------------------------------------
+ *   10MB       1         5MB
+ *  100MB       1        50MB
+ *    1GB       3       250MB
+ *   10GB      10       0.9GB
+ *  100GB      31         3GB
+ *    1TB     101        10GB
+ *   10TB     320        32GB
+ */
+void setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio(void)
+{
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	for_each_zone(zone) {
+		unsigned int gb, ratio;
+
+		/* Zone size in gigabytes */
+		gb = zone->present_pages >> (30 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+		ratio = int_sqrt(10 * gb);
+		if (!ratio)
+			ratio = 1;
+
+		zone->inactive_ratio = ratio;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialise min_free_kbytes.
  *

@@ -4267,6 +4306,7 @@ static int __init init_per_zone_pages_mi
 		min_free_kbytes = 65536;
 	setup_per_zone_pages_min();
 	setup_per_zone_lowmem_reserve();
+	setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio();
 	return 0;
 }
 module_init(init_per_zone_pages_min)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static inline int zone_is_near_oom(struc
 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
 				struct scan_control *sc, int priority, int file)
 {
-	unsigned long pgmoved;
+	unsigned long pgmoved = 0;
 	int pgdeactivate = 0;
 	unsigned long pgscanned;
 	LIST_HEAD(l_hold);	/* The pages which were snipped off */

@@ -1058,12 +1058,25 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned 
 		cond_resched();
 		page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
 		list_del(&page->lru);
-		if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup))
-			lru = LRU_ACTIVE_ANON;
+		if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup)) {
+			if (file)
+				/* Referenced file pages stay active. */
+				lru = LRU_ACTIVE_ANON;
+			else
+				/* Anonymous pages always get deactivated. */
+				pgmoved++;
+		}
 		list_add(&page->lru, &list[lru]);
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * Count the referenced anon pages as rotated, to balance pageout
+	 * scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in get_scan_ratio.
+	 */
+	if (!file)
+		zone->recent_rotated_anon += pgmoved;
+
+	/*
 	 * Now put the pages back to the appropriate [file or anon] inactive
 	 * and active lists.
 	 */

@@ -1145,7 +1158,11 @@ static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lr
 {
 	int file = is_file_lru(lru);
 
-	if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_ANON || lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) {
+	if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) {
+		shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_ANON && inactive_anon_low(zone)) {
 		shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
 		return 0;
 	}

@@ -1255,8 +1272,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_zone(int pri
 		}
 	}
 
-	while (nr[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] ||
-				nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] || nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
+	while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||
+						 nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
 		for_each_lru(l) {
 			if (nr[l]) {
 				nr_to_scan = min(nr[l],

@@ -1560,6 +1577,14 @@ loop_again:
 			    priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
 				continue;
 
+			/*
+			 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
+			 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
+			 */
+			if (inactive_anon_low(zone))
+				shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone,
+							&sc, priority, 0);
+
 			if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, zone->pages_high,
 					       0, 0)) {
 				end_zone = i;

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmstat.c
===================================================================
@@ -800,10 +800,12 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct s
 	seq_printf(m,
 		   "\n  all_unreclaimable: %u"
 		   "\n  prev_priority:     %i"
-		   "\n  start_pfn:         %lu",
+		   "\n  start_pfn:         %lu"
+		   "\n  inactive_ratio:    %u",
 			   zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone),
 		   zone->prev_priority,
-		   zone->zone_start_pfn);
+		   zone->zone_start_pfn,
+		   zone->inactive_ratio);
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 }
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lr
 static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control * sc,
 					unsigned long *percent)
 {
-	unsigned long anon, file;
+	unsigned long anon, file, free;
 	unsigned long anon_prio, file_prio;
 	unsigned long rotate_sum;
 	unsigned long ap, fp;

@@ -1230,6 +1230,20 @@ static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *
 	else if (fp > 100)
 		fp = 100;
 	percent[1] = fp;
+
+	free = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages
+	 */
+	if (nr_swap_pages <= 0)
+		percent[0] = 0;
+	/*
+	 * If we already freed most file pages, scan the anon pages
+	 * regardless of the page access ratios or swappiness setting.
+	 */
+	else if (file + free <= zone->pages_high)
+		percent[0] = 100;
 }
 
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/swap_state.c
===================================================================
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_e
 			/*
 			 * Initiate read into locked page and return.
 			 */
-			lru_cache_add_active_anon(new_page);
+			lru_cache_add_anon(new_page);
 			swap_readpage(NULL, new_page);
 			return new_page;
 		}

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
@@ -870,7 +870,8 @@ int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
  * of reclaimed pages
  */
 static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
-			struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc, int file)
+			struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
+			int priority, int file)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(page_list);
 	struct pagevec pvec;

@@ -888,8 +889,19 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_lis
 		unsigned long nr_freed;
 		unsigned long nr_active;
 		unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
-		int mode = (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) ?
-					ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE;
+		int mode = ISOLATE_INACTIVE;
+
+		/*
+		 * If we need a large contiguous chunk of memory, or have
+		 * trouble getting a small set of contiguous pages, we
+		 * will reclaim both active and inactive pages.
+		 *
+		 * We use the same threshold as pageout congestion_wait below.
+		 */
+		if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+			mode = ISOLATE_BOTH;
+		else if (sc->order && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
+			mode = ISOLATE_BOTH;
 
 		nr_taken = sc->isolate_pages(sc->swap_cluster_max,
 			     &page_list, &nr_scan, sc->order, mode,

@@ -1166,7 +1178,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lr
 		shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, file);
+	return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
 }
 
 /*

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/page-flags.h
===================================================================
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 /* PG_readahead is only used for file reads; PG_reclaim is only for writes */
 #define PG_readahead		PG_reclaim /* Reminder to do async read-ahead */
 
+
 /* PG_owner_priv_1 users should have descriptive aliases */
 #define PG_checked		PG_owner_priv_1 /* Used by some filesystems */
 #define PG_pinned		PG_owner_priv_1	/* Xen pinned pagetable */

@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@
  *         63                            32                              0
  */
 #define PG_uncached		31	/* Page has been mapped as uncached */
+
+#define PG_noreclaim		30	/* Page is "non-reclaimable"  */
 #endif
 
 /*

@@ -160,6 +163,7 @@ static inline void SetPageUptodate(struc
 #define SetPageActive(page)	set_bit(PG_active, &(page)->flags)
 #define ClearPageActive(page)	clear_bit(PG_active, &(page)->flags)
 #define __ClearPageActive(page)	__clear_bit(PG_active, &(page)->flags)
+#define TestClearPageActive(page) test_and_clear_bit(PG_active, &(page)->flags)
 
 #define PageSlab(page)		test_bit(PG_slab, &(page)->flags)
 #define __SetPageSlab(page)	__set_bit(PG_slab, &(page)->flags)

@@ -261,6 +265,21 @@ static inline void __ClearPageTail(struc
 #define PageSwapCache(page)	0
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+#define PageNoreclaim(page)	test_bit(PG_noreclaim, &(page)->flags)
+#define SetPageNoreclaim(page)	set_bit(PG_noreclaim, &(page)->flags)
+#define ClearPageNoreclaim(page) clear_bit(PG_noreclaim, &(page)->flags)
+#define __ClearPageNoreclaim(page) __clear_bit(PG_noreclaim, &(page)->flags)
+#define TestClearPageNoreclaim(page) test_and_clear_bit(PG_noreclaim, \
+							 &(page)->flags)
+#else
+#define PageNoreclaim(page)	0
+#define SetPageNoreclaim(page)
+#define ClearPageNoreclaim(page)
+#define __ClearPageNoreclaim(page)
+#define TestClearPageNoreclaim(page) 0
+#endif
+
 #define PageUncached(page)	test_bit(PG_uncached, &(page)->flags)
 #define SetPageUncached(page)	set_bit(PG_uncached, &(page)->flags)
 #define ClearPageUncached(page)	clear_bit(PG_uncached, &(page)->flags)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mmzone.h
===================================================================
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ enum zone_stat_item {
 	NR_ACTIVE_ANON,		/*  "     "     "   "       "           */
 	NR_INACTIVE_FILE,	/*  "     "     "   "       "           */
 	NR_ACTIVE_FILE,		/*  "     "     "   "       "           */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+	NR_NORECLAIM,	/*  "     "     "   "       "         */
+#else
+	NR_NORECLAIM=NR_ACTIVE_FILE, /* avoid compiler errors in dead code */
+#endif
 	NR_ANON_PAGES,	/* Mapped anonymous pages */
 	NR_FILE_MAPPED,	/* pagecache pages mapped into pagetables.
 			   only modified from process context */

@@ -123,10 +128,18 @@ enum lru_list {
 	LRU_ACTIVE_ANON = LRU_BASE + LRU_ACTIVE,
 	LRU_INACTIVE_FILE = LRU_BASE + LRU_FILE,
 	LRU_ACTIVE_FILE = LRU_BASE + LRU_FILE + LRU_ACTIVE,
-	NR_LRU_LISTS };
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+	LRU_NORECLAIM,
+#else
+	LRU_NORECLAIM=LRU_ACTIVE_FILE,	/* avoid compiler errors in dead code */
+#endif
+	NR_LRU_LISTS
+};
 
 #define for_each_lru(l) for (l = 0; l < NR_LRU_LISTS; l++)
 
+#define for_each_reclaimable_lru(l) for (l = 0; l <= LRU_ACTIVE_FILE; l++)
+
 static inline int is_file_lru(enum lru_list l)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(LRU_INACTIVE_FILE != 2 || LRU_ACTIVE_FILE != 3);

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page)
 			1 << PG_private |
 			1 << PG_locked	|
 			1 << PG_active	|
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+			1 << PG_noreclaim	|
+#endif
 			1 << PG_dirty	|
 			1 << PG_reclaim |
 			1 << PG_slab    |

@@ -482,6 +485,9 @@ static inline int free_pages_check(struc
 			1 << PG_swapcache |
 			1 << PG_writeback |
 			1 << PG_reserved |
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+			1 << PG_noreclaim |
+#endif
 			1 << PG_buddy ))))
 		bad_page(page);
 	if (PageDirty(page))

@@ -629,6 +635,9 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *pa
 			1 << PG_private	|
 			1 << PG_locked	|
 			1 << PG_active	|
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+			1 << PG_noreclaim	|
+#endif
 			1 << PG_dirty	|
 			1 << PG_slab    |
 			1 << PG_swapcache |

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/mm_inline.h
===================================================================
@@ -82,13 +82,36 @@ del_page_from_inactive_file_list(struct 
 	del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+static inline void
+add_page_to_noreclaim_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
+{
+	add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_NORECLAIM);
+}
+
+static inline void
+del_page_from_noreclaim_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
+{
+	del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_NORECLAIM);
+}
+#else
+static inline void
+add_page_to_noreclaim_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page) { }
+
+static inline void
+del_page_from_noreclaim_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page) { }
+#endif
+
 static inline void
 del_page_from_lru(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
 {
 	enum lru_list l = LRU_INACTIVE_ANON;
 
 	list_del(&page->lru);
-	if (PageActive(page)) {
+	if (PageNoreclaim(page)) {
+		__ClearPageNoreclaim(page);
+		l = LRU_NORECLAIM;
+	} else if (PageActive(page)) {
 		__ClearPageActive(page);
 		l = LRU_ACTIVE_ANON;
 	}

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/swap.h
===================================================================
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_file(
 extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_anon(struct page *));
 extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_active_file(struct page *));
 extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_active_anon(struct page *));
+extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_active_or_noreclaim(struct page *page,
+						struct vm_area_struct *vma));
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+extern void FASTCALL(lru_cache_add_noreclaim(struct page *page));
+#else
+static inline void lru_cache_add_noreclaim(struct page *page) { }
+#endif
 extern void FASTCALL(activate_page(struct page *));
 extern void FASTCALL(mark_page_accessed(struct page *));
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);

@@ -206,6 +213,16 @@ static inline int zone_reclaim(struct zo
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+extern int page_reclaimable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+#else
+static inline int page_reclaimable(struct page *page,
+						struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+#endif
+
 extern int kswapd_run(int nid);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/pagevec.h
===================================================================
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ void __pagevec_lru_add_file(struct pagev
 void __pagevec_lru_add_active_file(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void __pagevec_lru_add_anon(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void __pagevec_lru_add_active_anon(struct pagevec *pvec);
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+void __pagevec_lru_add_noreclaim(struct pagevec *pvec);
+#else
+static inline void __pagevec_lru_add_noreclaim(struct pagevec *pvec) { }
+#endif
 void pagevec_strip(struct pagevec *pvec);
 void pagevec_swap_free(struct pagevec *pvec);
 unsigned pagevec_lookup(struct pagevec *pvec, struct address_space *mapping,

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/migrate.c
===================================================================
@@ -52,9 +52,18 @@ int migrate_prep(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * move_to_lru() - place @page onto appropriate lru list
+ * based on preserved page flags:  active, noreclaim, none
+ */
 static inline void move_to_lru(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (PageActive(page)) {
+	if (PageNoreclaim(page)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
+		ClearPageNoreclaim(page);
+		lru_cache_add_noreclaim(page);
+	} else if (PageActive(page)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageNoreclaim(page));	/* race ? */
 		/*
 		 * lru_cache_add_active checks that
 		 * the PG_active bit is off.

@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@ static inline void move_to_lru(struct pa
 		else
 			lru_cache_add_active_anon(page);
 	} else {
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageNoreclaim(page));	/* race ? */
 		if (page_file_cache(page))
 			lru_cache_add_file(page);
 		else

@@ -341,8 +351,11 @@ static void migrate_page_copy(struct pag
 		SetPageReferenced(newpage);
 	if (PageUptodate(page))
 		SetPageUptodate(newpage);
-	if (PageActive(page))
+	if (TestClearPageActive(page)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageNoreclaim(page));
 		SetPageActive(newpage);
+	} else if (TestClearPageNoreclaim(page))
+		SetPageNoreclaim(newpage);
 	if (PageChecked(page))
 		SetPageChecked(newpage);
 	if (PageMappedToDisk(page))

@@ -356,7 +369,6 @@ static void migrate_page_copy(struct pag
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 	ClearPageSwapCache(page);
 #endif
-	ClearPageActive(page);
 	ClearPagePrivate(page);
 	set_page_private(page, 0);
 	page->mapping = NULL;

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/mempolicy.c
===================================================================
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ static void gather_stats(struct page *pa
 	if (PageSwapCache(page))
 		md->swapcache++;
 
-	if (PageActive(page))
+	if (PageActive(page) || PageNoreclaim(page))
 		md->active++;
 
 	if (PageWriteback(page))

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/memcontrol.c
===================================================================
@@ -520,6 +520,10 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(u
 		scan++;
 		list_move(&pc->lru, &pc_list);
 
+//TODO:  for now, don't isolate non-reclaimable pages.  When/if
+// mem controller supports a noreclaim list, we'll need to make
+// at least ISOLATE_ACTIVE visible outside of vm_scan and pass
+// the 'take_nonreclaimable' flag accordingly.
 		if (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode, file) == 0) {
 			list_move(&page->lru, dst);
 			nr_taken++;

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
@@ -1899,12 +1899,20 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 	}
 
 	printk("Active_anon:%lu active_file:%lu inactive_anon%lu\n"
-		" inactive_file:%lu dirty:%lu writeback:%lu unstable:%lu\n"
+		" inactive_file:%lu"
+//TODO:  check/adjust line lengths
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+		" noreclaim:%lu"
+#endif
+		" dirty:%lu writeback:%lu unstable:%lu\n"
 		" free:%lu slab:%lu mapped:%lu pagetables:%lu bounce:%lu\n",
 		global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON),
 		global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE),
 		global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON),
 		global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE),
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+		global_page_state(NR_NORECLAIM),
+#endif
 		global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY),
 		global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK),
 		global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS),

@@ -1931,6 +1939,9 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 			" inactive_anon:%lukB"
 			" active_file:%lukB"
 			" inactive_file:%lukB"
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+			" noreclaim:%lukB"
+#endif
 			" present:%lukB"
 			" pages_scanned:%lu"
 			" all_unreclaimable? %s"

@@ -1944,6 +1955,9 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON)),
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE)),
 			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE)),
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+			K(zone_page_state(zone, NR_NORECLAIM)),
+#endif
 			K(zone->present_pages),
 			zone->pages_scanned,
 			(zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone) ? "yes" : "no")

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmstat.c
===================================================================
@@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ static const char * const vmstat_text[] 
 	"nr_active_anon",
 	"nr_inactive_file",
 	"nr_active_file",
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+	"nr_noreclaim",
+#endif
 	"nr_anon_pages",
 	"nr_mapped",
 	"nr_file_pages",

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/drivers/base/node.c
===================================================================
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct 
 		       "Node %d Inactive(anon): %8lu kB\n"
 		       "Node %d Active(file):   %8lu kB\n"
 		       "Node %d Inactive(file): %8lu kB\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+		       "Node %d Noreclaim:    %8lu kB\n"
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 		       "Node %d HighTotal:      %8lu kB\n"
 		       "Node %d HighFree:       %8lu kB\n"

@@ -76,6 +79,9 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct 
 		       nid, node_page_state(nid, NR_INACTIVE_ANON),
 		       nid, node_page_state(nid, NR_ACTIVE_FILE),
 		       nid, node_page_state(nid, NR_INACTIVE_FILE),
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+		       nid, node_page_state(nid, NR_NORECLAIM),
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 		       nid, K(i.totalhigh),
 		       nid, K(i.freehigh),

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
===================================================================
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page,
 		"Inactive(anon): %8lu kB\n"
 		"Active(file):   %8lu kB\n"
 		"Inactive(file): %8lu kB\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+		"Noreclaim:    %8lu kB\n"
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 		"HighTotal:      %8lu kB\n"
 		"HighFree:       %8lu kB\n"

@@ -194,6 +197,9 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page,
 		K(global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON)),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE)),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE)),
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+		K(global_page_state(NR_NORECLAIM)),
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 		K(i.totalhigh),
 		K(i.freehigh),

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/swap.h
===================================================================
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
+#include <linux/node.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>

@@ -215,12 +216,26 @@ static inline int zone_reclaim(struct zo
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
 extern int page_reclaimable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+extern void scan_zone_noreclaim_pages(struct zone *);
+extern void scan_all_zones_noreclaim_pages(void);
+extern unsigned long scan_noreclaim_pages;
+extern int scan_noreclaim_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
+					void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+extern int scan_noreclaim_register_node(struct node *node);
+extern void scan_noreclaim_unregister_node(struct node *node);
 #else
 static inline int page_reclaimable(struct page *page,
 						struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
+static inline void scan_zone_noreclaim_pages(struct zone *z) { }
+static inline void scan_all_zones_noreclaim_pages(void) { }
+static inline int scan_noreclaim_register_node(struct node *node)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void scan_noreclaim_unregister_node(struct node *node) { }
 #endif
 
 extern int kswapd_run(int nid);

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Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/kernel/sysctl.c
===================================================================
@@ -1151,6 +1151,16 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "scan_noreclaim_pages",
+		.data		= &scan_noreclaim_pages,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(scan_noreclaim_pages),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &scan_noreclaim_handler,
+	},
+#endif
 /*
  * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
  * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/drivers/base/node.c
===================================================================
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
 
 static struct sysdev_class node_class = {
 	.name = "node",

@@ -162,6 +163,8 @@ int register_node(struct node *node, int
 		sysdev_create_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_meminfo);
 		sysdev_create_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_numastat);
 		sysdev_create_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_distance);
+
+		scan_noreclaim_register_node(node);
 	}
 	return error;
 }

@@ -180,6 +183,8 @@ void unregister_node(struct node *node)
 	sysdev_remove_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_numastat);
 	sysdev_remove_file(&node->sysdev, &attr_distance);
 
+	scan_noreclaim_unregister_node(node);
+
 	sysdev_unregister(&node->sysdev);
 }
 

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/include/linux/pagemap.h
===================================================================
@@ -30,6 +30,28 @@ static inline void mapping_set_error(str
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NORECLAIM
+#define AS_NORECLAIM	(__GFP_BITS_SHIFT + 2)	/* e.g., ramdisk, SHM_LOCK */
+
+static inline void mapping_set_noreclaim(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	set_bit(AS_NORECLAIM, &mapping->flags);
+}
+
+static inline int mapping_non_reclaimable(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	if (mapping && (mapping->flags & AS_NORECLAIM))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static inline void mapping_set_noreclaim(struct address_space *mapping) { }
+static inline int mapping_non_reclaimable(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline gfp_t mapping_gfp_mask(struct address_space * mapping)
 {
 	return (__force gfp_t)mapping->flags & __GFP_BITS_MASK;

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
@@ -2258,6 +2258,7 @@ int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_
  *               If !NULL, called from fault path.
  *
  * Reasons page might not be reclaimable:
+ * + page's mapping marked non-reclaimable
  * TODO - later patches
  *
  * TODO:  specify locking assumptions

@@ -2267,6 +2268,9 @@ int page_reclaimable(struct page *page, 
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(PageNoreclaim(page));
 
+	if (mapping_non_reclaimable(page_mapping(page)))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* TODO:  test page [!]reclaimable conditions */
 
 	return 1;

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/ramfs/inode.c
===================================================================
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct inode *ramfs_get_inode(struct sup
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ramfs_aops;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &ramfs_backing_dev_info;
 		mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
+		mapping_set_noreclaim(inode->i_mapping);
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 		default: