diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index c02f936..4aea806 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec[NR_LRU_LISTS], lru_add_pvecs);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_rotate_pvecs);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_deactivate_pvecs);
 
 /*
  * This path almost never happens for VM activity - pages are normally
@@ -347,6 +348,60 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * If the page can not be invalidated, it is moved to the
+ * inactive list to speed up its reclaim.  It is moved to the
+ * head of the list, rather than the tail, to give the flusher
+ * threads some time to write it out, as this is much more
+ * effective than the single-page writeout from reclaim.
+ */
+static void lru_deactivate(struct page *page, struct zone *zone)
+{
+	int lru, file;
+
+	if (!PageLRU(page) || !PageActive(page))
+		return;
+
+	/* Some processes are using the page */
+	if (page_mapped(page))
+		return;
+
+	file = page_is_file_cache(page);
+	lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
+	del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru + LRU_ACTIVE);
+	ClearPageActive(page);
+	ClearPageReferenced(page);
+	add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
+	__count_vm_event(PGDEACTIVATE);
+
+	update_page_reclaim_stat(zone, page, file, 0);
+}
+
+static void ____pagevec_lru_deactivate(struct pagevec *pvec)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct zone *zone = NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(pvec); i++) {
+		struct page *page = pvec->pages[i];
+		struct zone *pagezone = page_zone(page);
+
+		if (pagezone != zone) {
+			if (zone)
+				spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+			zone = pagezone;
+			spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+		}
+		lru_deactivate(page, zone);
+	}
+	if (zone)
+		spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+
+	release_pages(pvec->pages, pvec->nr, pvec->cold);
+	pagevec_reinit(pvec);
+}
+
+
+/*
  * Drain pages out of the cpu's pagevecs.
  * Either "cpu" is the current CPU, and preemption has already been
  * disabled; or "cpu" is being hot-unplugged, and is already dead.
@@ -372,6 +427,29 @@
 		pagevec_move_tail(pvec);
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
 	}
+
+	pvec = &per_cpu(lru_deactivate_pvecs, cpu);
+	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
+		____pagevec_lru_deactivate(pvec);
+}
+
+/**
+ * deactivate_page - forcefully deactivate a page
+ * @page: page to deactivate
+ *
+ * This function hints the VM that @page is a good reclaim candidate,
+ * for example if its invalidation fails due to the page being dirty
+ * or under writeback.
+ */
+void deactivate_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
+		struct pagevec *pvec = &get_cpu_var(lru_deactivate_pvecs);
+
+		if (!pagevec_add(pvec, page))
+			____pagevec_lru_deactivate(pvec);
+		put_cpu_var(lru_deactivate_pvecs);
+	}
 }
 
 void lru_add_drain(void)