diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 8d8f05c..ee1b2fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 				gfp_t gfp_mask);
 extern int mem_cgroup_cache_charge(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 					gfp_t gfp_mask);
+extern void mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page *page, enum lru_list lru);
 extern void mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(struct page *page);
 extern void mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(struct page *page);
-extern void mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page *page, bool active);
 extern int mem_cgroup_shrink_usage(struct mm_struct *mm, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 extern unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_inline.h b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
index f451fed..67d7697 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
@@ -91,11 +91,16 @@
 	enum lru_list l = LRU_BASE;
 
 	list_del(&page->lru);
-	if (PageActive(page)) {
-		__ClearPageActive(page);
-		l += LRU_ACTIVE;
+	if (PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		__ClearPageUnevictable(page);
+		l = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
+	} else {
+		if (PageActive(page)) {
+			__ClearPageActive(page);
+			l += LRU_ACTIVE;
+		}
+		l += page_is_file_cache(page);
 	}
-	l += page_is_file_cache(page);
 	__dec_zone_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + l);
 }
 
@@ -110,9 +115,13 @@
 {
 	enum lru_list lru = LRU_BASE;
 
-	if (PageActive(page))
-		lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
-	lru += page_is_file_cache(page);
+	if (PageUnevictable(page))
+		lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
+	else {
+		if (PageActive(page))
+			lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
+		lru += page_is_file_cache(page);
+	}
 
 	return lru;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 9c5111f..d1f60d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@
 	NR_ACTIVE_ANON,		/*  "     "     "   "       "         */
 	NR_INACTIVE_FILE,	/*  "     "     "   "       "         */
 	NR_ACTIVE_FILE,		/*  "     "     "   "       "         */
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+	NR_UNEVICTABLE,		/*  "     "     "   "       "         */
+#else
+	NR_UNEVICTABLE = 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 */
@@ -128,10 +133,18 @@
 	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_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+	LRU_UNEVICTABLE,
+#else
+	LRU_UNEVICTABLE = 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_evictable_lru(l) for (l = 0; l <= LRU_ACTIVE_FILE; l++)
+
 static inline int is_file_lru(enum lru_list l)
 {
 	return (l == LRU_INACTIVE_FILE || l == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
@@ -142,6 +155,15 @@
 	return (l == LRU_ACTIVE_ANON || l == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
 }
 
+static inline int is_unevictable_lru(enum lru_list l)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+	return (l == LRU_UNEVICTABLE);
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 struct per_cpu_pages {
 	int count;		/* number of pages in the list */
 	int high;		/* high watermark, emptying needed */
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 3d31616..ec1a1ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
 	PG_reclaim,		/* To be reclaimed asap */
 	PG_buddy,		/* Page is free, on buddy lists */
 	PG_swapbacked,		/* Page is backed by RAM/swap */
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+	PG_unevictable,		/* Page is "unevictable"  */
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA64_UNCACHED_ALLOCATOR
 	PG_uncached,		/* Page has been mapped as uncached */
 #endif
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@
 PAGEFLAG(Dirty, dirty) TESTSCFLAG(Dirty, dirty) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Dirty, dirty)
 PAGEFLAG(LRU, lru) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(LRU, lru)
 PAGEFLAG(Active, active) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Active, active)
+	TESTCLEARFLAG(Active, active)
 __PAGEFLAG(Slab, slab)
 PAGEFLAG(Checked, checked)		/* Used by some filesystems */
 PAGEFLAG(Pinned, pinned) TESTSCFLAG(Pinned, pinned)	/* Xen */
@@ -225,6 +229,15 @@
 PAGEFLAG_FALSE(SwapCache)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+PAGEFLAG(Unevictable, unevictable) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Unevictable, unevictable)
+	TESTCLEARFLAG(Unevictable, unevictable)
+#else
+PAGEFLAG_FALSE(Unevictable) TESTCLEARFLAG_FALSE(Unevictable)
+	SETPAGEFLAG_NOOP(Unevictable) CLEARPAGEFLAG_NOOP(Unevictable)
+	__CLEARPAGEFLAG_NOOP(Unevictable)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA64_UNCACHED_ALLOCATOR
 PAGEFLAG(Uncached, uncached)
 #else
@@ -340,9 +353,16 @@
 
 #endif /* !PAGEFLAGS_EXTENDED */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+#define __PG_UNEVICTABLE (1 << PG_unevictable)
+#else
+#define __PG_UNEVICTABLE 0
+#endif
+
 #define PAGE_FLAGS	(1 << PG_lru   | 1 << PG_private   | 1 << PG_locked | \
 			 1 << PG_buddy | 1 << PG_writeback | \
-			 1 << PG_slab  | 1 << PG_swapcache | 1 << PG_active)
+			 1 << PG_slab  | 1 << PG_swapcache | 1 << PG_active | \
+			 __PG_UNEVICTABLE)
 
 /*
  * Flags checked in bad_page().  Pages on the free list should not have
diff --git a/include/linux/pagevec.h b/include/linux/pagevec.h
index 5fc96a4..e90a2cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagevec.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagevec.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
 	____pagevec_lru_add(pvec, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
 }
 
-
 static inline void pagevec_lru_add_file(struct pagevec *pvec)
 {
 	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 7d09d79..a211304 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@
 extern void rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
+extern void add_page_to_unevictable_list(struct page *page);
+
 /**
  * lru_cache_add: add a page to the page lists
  * @page: the page to add
@@ -228,6 +230,16 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+extern int page_evictable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+#else
+static inline int page_evictable(struct page *page,
+						struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+#endif
+
 extern int kswapd_run(int nid);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 1a501a4..5b5790f 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -209,5 +209,16 @@
 	def_bool y
 	depends on !ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
 
+config UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+	bool "Add LRU list to track non-evictable pages"
+	default y
+	depends on MMU
+	help
+	  Keeps unevictable pages off of the active and inactive pageout
+	  lists, so kswapd will not waste CPU time or have its balancing
+	  algorithms thrown off by scanning these pages.  Selecting this
+	  will use one page flag and increase the code size a little,
+	  say Y unless you know what you are doing.
+
 config MMU_NOTIFIER
 	bool
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 4e8e78b..3db17b2 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@
 	atomic_dec(&page->_count);
 }
 
+/*
+ * in mm/vmscan.c:
+ */
 extern int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page);
+extern void putback_lru_page(struct page *page);
 
+/*
+ * in mm/page_alloc.c
+ */
 extern void __free_pages_bootmem(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
 
 /*
@@ -54,6 +61,25 @@
 	return page_private(page);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+/*
+ * unevictable_migrate_page() called only from migrate_page_copy() to
+ * migrate unevictable flag to new page.
+ * Note that the old page has been isolated from the LRU lists at this
+ * point so we don't need to worry about LRU statistics.
+ */
+static inline void unevictable_migrate_page(struct page *new, struct page *old)
+{
+	if (TestClearPageUnevictable(old))
+		SetPageUnevictable(new);
+}
+#else
+static inline void unevictable_migrate_page(struct page *new, struct page *old)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+
 /*
  * FLATMEM and DISCONTIGMEM configurations use alloc_bootmem_node,
  * so all functions starting at paging_init should be marked __init
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 27e9e75..82c065e 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
 	int flags;
 };
-#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_CACHE	(0x1)	/* charged as cache */
-#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE (0x2)	/* page is active in this cgroup */
-#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE	(0x4)	/* page is file system backed */
+#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_CACHE	   (0x1)	/* charged as cache */
+#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE    (0x2)	/* page is active in this cgroup */
+#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE	   (0x4)	/* page is file system backed */
+#define PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_UNEVICTABLE (0x8)	/* page is unevictableable */
 
 static int page_cgroup_nid(struct page_cgroup *pc)
 {
@@ -292,10 +293,14 @@
 {
 	int lru = LRU_BASE;
 
-	if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE)
-		lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
-	if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE)
-		lru += LRU_FILE;
+	if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_UNEVICTABLE)
+		lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
+	else {
+		if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE)
+			lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
+		if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE)
+			lru += LRU_FILE;
+	}
 
 	MEM_CGROUP_ZSTAT(mz, lru) -= 1;
 
@@ -308,10 +313,14 @@
 {
 	int lru = LRU_BASE;
 
-	if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE)
-		lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
-	if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE)
-		lru += LRU_FILE;
+	if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_UNEVICTABLE)
+		lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
+	else {
+		if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE)
+			lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
+		if (pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE)
+			lru += LRU_FILE;
+	}
 
 	MEM_CGROUP_ZSTAT(mz, lru) += 1;
 	list_add(&pc->lru, &mz->lists[lru]);
@@ -319,21 +328,31 @@
 	mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(pc->mem_cgroup, pc->flags, true);
 }
 
-static void __mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page_cgroup *pc, bool active)
+static void __mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page_cgroup *pc, enum lru_list lru)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz = page_cgroup_zoneinfo(pc);
-	int from = pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
-	int file = pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE;
-	int lru = LRU_FILE * !!file + !!from;
+	int active    = pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
+	int file      = pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_FILE;
+	int unevictable = pc->flags & PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_UNEVICTABLE;
+	enum lru_list from = unevictable ? LRU_UNEVICTABLE :
+				(LRU_FILE * !!file + !!active);
 
-	MEM_CGROUP_ZSTAT(mz, lru) -= 1;
+	if (lru == from)
+		return;
 
-	if (active)
-		pc->flags |= PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
-	else
+	MEM_CGROUP_ZSTAT(mz, from) -= 1;
+
+	if (is_unevictable_lru(lru)) {
 		pc->flags &= ~PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
+		pc->flags |= PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_UNEVICTABLE;
+	} else {
+		if (is_active_lru(lru))
+			pc->flags |= PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
+		else
+			pc->flags &= ~PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
+		pc->flags &= ~PAGE_CGROUP_FLAG_UNEVICTABLE;
+	}
 
-	lru = LRU_FILE * !!file + !!active;
 	MEM_CGROUP_ZSTAT(mz, lru) += 1;
 	list_move(&pc->lru, &mz->lists[lru]);
 }
@@ -351,7 +370,7 @@
 /*
  * This routine assumes that the appropriate zone's lru lock is already held
  */
-void mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page *page, bool active)
+void mem_cgroup_move_lists(struct page *page, enum lru_list lru)
 {
 	struct page_cgroup *pc;
 	struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz;
@@ -374,7 +393,7 @@
 	if (pc) {
 		mz = page_cgroup_zoneinfo(pc);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&mz->lru_lock, flags);
-		__mem_cgroup_move_lists(pc, active);
+		__mem_cgroup_move_lists(pc, lru);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mz->lru_lock, flags);
 	}
 	unlock_page_cgroup(page);
@@ -472,12 +491,10 @@
 		/*
 		 * TODO: play better with lumpy reclaim, grabbing anything.
 		 */
-		if (PageActive(page) && !active) {
-			__mem_cgroup_move_lists(pc, true);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!PageActive(page) && active) {
-			__mem_cgroup_move_lists(pc, false);
+		if (PageUnevictable(page) ||
+		    (PageActive(page) && !active) ||
+		    (!PageActive(page) && active)) {
+			__mem_cgroup_move_lists(pc, page_lru(page));
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 71b4749..36f4257 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@
 	if (PageSwapCache(page))
 		md->swapcache++;
 
-	if (PageActive(page))
+	if (PageActive(page) || PageUnevictable(page))
 		md->active++;
 
 	if (PageWriteback(page))
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index c073274..b10237d 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -53,14 +53,9 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void move_to_lru(struct page *page)
-{
-	lru_cache_add_lru(page, page_lru(page));
-	put_page(page);
-}
-
 /*
- * Add isolated pages on the list back to the LRU.
+ * Add isolated pages on the list back to the LRU under page lock
+ * to avoid leaking evictable pages back onto unevictable list.
  *
  * returns the number of pages put back.
  */
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, page2, l, lru) {
 		list_del(&page->lru);
-		move_to_lru(page);
+		putback_lru_page(page);
 		count++;
 	}
 	return count;
@@ -354,8 +349,11 @@
 		SetPageReferenced(newpage);
 	if (PageUptodate(page))
 		SetPageUptodate(newpage);
-	if (PageActive(page))
+	if (TestClearPageActive(page)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageUnevictable(page));
 		SetPageActive(newpage);
+	} else
+		unevictable_migrate_page(newpage, page);
 	if (PageChecked(page))
 		SetPageChecked(newpage);
 	if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
@@ -376,7 +374,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 	ClearPageSwapCache(page);
 #endif
-	ClearPageActive(page);
 	ClearPagePrivate(page);
 	set_page_private(page, 0);
 	page->mapping = NULL;
@@ -555,6 +552,10 @@
  *
  * The new page will have replaced the old page if this function
  * is successful.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *   < 0 - error code
+ *  == 0 - success
  */
 static int move_to_new_page(struct page *newpage, struct page *page)
 {
@@ -617,9 +618,10 @@
 	if (!newpage)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (page_count(page) == 1)
+	if (page_count(page) == 1) {
 		/* page was freed from under us. So we are done. */
 		goto move_newpage;
+	}
 
 	charge = mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(page, newpage);
 	if (charge == -ENOMEM) {
@@ -693,7 +695,6 @@
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 unlock:
-
 	unlock_page(page);
 
 	if (rc != -EAGAIN) {
@@ -704,17 +705,19 @@
  		 * restored.
  		 */
  		list_del(&page->lru);
- 		move_to_lru(page);
+		putback_lru_page(page);
 	}
 
 move_newpage:
 	if (!charge)
 		mem_cgroup_end_migration(newpage);
+
 	/*
 	 * Move the new page to the LRU. If migration was not successful
 	 * then this will free the page.
 	 */
-	move_to_lru(newpage);
+	putback_lru_page(newpage);
+
 	if (result) {
 		if (rc)
 			*result = rc;
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 0b1974a..fee6b97 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 			zone = pagezone;
 			spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
 		}
-		if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page)) {
+		if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
 			int lru = page_is_file_cache(page);
 			list_move_tail(&page->lru, &zone->lru[lru].list);
 			pgmoved++;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 void  rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	if (!PageLocked(page) && !PageDirty(page) && !PageActive(page) &&
-	    PageLRU(page)) {
+	    !PageUnevictable(page) && PageLRU(page)) {
 		struct pagevec *pvec;
 		unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
-	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page)) {
+	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
 		int file = page_is_file_cache(page);
 		int lru = LRU_BASE + file;
 		del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 		lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
 		add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
 		__count_vm_event(PGACTIVATE);
-		mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, true);
+		mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, lru);
 
 		zone->recent_rotated[!!file]++;
 		zone->recent_scanned[!!file]++;
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
  */
 void mark_page_accessed(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (!PageActive(page) && PageReferenced(page) && PageLRU(page)) {
+	if (!PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page) &&
+			PageReferenced(page) && PageLRU(page)) {
 		activate_page(page);
 		ClearPageReferenced(page);
 	} else if (!PageReferenced(page)) {
@@ -211,13 +212,38 @@
 void lru_cache_add_lru(struct page *page, enum lru_list lru)
 {
 	if (PageActive(page)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageUnevictable(page));
 		ClearPageActive(page);
+	} else if (PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
+		ClearPageUnevictable(page);
 	}
 
-	VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageActive(page));
+	VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageActive(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
 	__lru_cache_add(page, lru);
 }
 
+/**
+ * add_page_to_unevictable_list - add a page to the unevictable list
+ * @page:  the page to be added to the unevictable list
+ *
+ * Add page directly to its zone's unevictable list.  To avoid races with
+ * tasks that might be making the page evictable, through eg. munlock,
+ * munmap or exit, while it's not on the lru, we want to add the page
+ * while it's locked or otherwise "invisible" to other tasks.  This is
+ * difficult to do when using the pagevec cache, so bypass that.
+ */
+void add_page_to_unevictable_list(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+	SetPageUnevictable(page);
+	SetPageLRU(page);
+	add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, LRU_UNEVICTABLE);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Drain pages out of the cpu's pagevecs.
  * Either "cpu" is the current CPU, and preemption has already been
@@ -316,6 +342,7 @@
 
 		if (PageLRU(page)) {
 			struct zone *pagezone = page_zone(page);
+
 			if (pagezone != zone) {
 				if (zone)
 					spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock,
@@ -392,6 +419,7 @@
 {
 	int i;
 	struct zone *zone = NULL;
+	VM_BUG_ON(is_unevictable_lru(lru));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pagevec_count(pvec); i++) {
 		struct page *page = pvec->pages[i];
@@ -403,6 +431,8 @@
 			zone = pagezone;
 			spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 		}
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageUnevictable(page));
 		VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
 		SetPageLRU(page);
 		if (is_active_lru(lru))
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index a8347b6..154b9b6 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -470,6 +470,79 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
+ * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
+ *
+ * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
+ * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
+ *
+ * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+void putback_lru_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	int lru;
+	int active = !!TestClearPageActive(page);
+
+	VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
+
+redo:
+	ClearPageUnevictable(page);
+
+	if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
+		/*
+		 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
+		 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
+		 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
+		 * We know how to handle that.
+		 */
+		lru = active + page_is_file_cache(page);
+		lru_cache_add_lru(page, lru);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
+		 * list.
+		 */
+		lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
+		add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
+	}
+	mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, lru);
+
+	/*
+	 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
+	 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
+	 * check after we added it to the list, again.
+	 */
+	if (lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE && page_evictable(page, NULL)) {
+		if (!isolate_lru_page(page)) {
+			put_page(page);
+			goto redo;
+		}
+		/* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
+		 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
+		 * nothing to do here.
+		 */
+	}
+
+	put_page(page);		/* drop ref from isolate */
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU */
+
+void putback_lru_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	int lru;
+	VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
+
+	lru = !!TestClearPageActive(page) + page_is_file_cache(page);
+	lru_cache_add_lru(page, lru);
+	mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, lru);
+	put_page(page);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU */
+
+
 /*
  * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
  */
@@ -503,6 +576,12 @@
 
 		sc->nr_scanned++;
 
+		if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
+			unlock_page(page);
+			putback_lru_page(page);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (!sc->may_swap && page_mapped(page))
 			goto keep_locked;
 
@@ -602,7 +681,7 @@
 		 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
 		 * clean (all its buffers are clean).  This happens if the
 		 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
-		 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping. 
+		 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
 		 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
 		 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
 		 *
@@ -650,6 +729,7 @@
 		/* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
 		if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
 			remove_exclusive_swap_page_ref(page);
+		VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
 		SetPageActive(page);
 		pgactivate++;
 keep_locked:
@@ -699,6 +779,14 @@
 	if (mode != ISOLATE_BOTH && (!page_is_file_cache(page) != !file))
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * When this function is being called for lumpy reclaim, we
+	 * initially look into all LRU pages, active, inactive and
+	 * unevictable; only give shrink_page_list evictable pages.
+	 */
+	if (PageUnevictable(page))
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = -EBUSY;
 	if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
 		/*
@@ -810,7 +898,7 @@
 				/* else it is being freed elsewhere */
 				list_move(&cursor_page->lru, src);
 			default:
-				break;
+				break;	/* ! on LRU or wrong list */
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -870,8 +958,9 @@
  * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
  *
  * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared.  If it was found on
- * the active list, it will have PageActive set.  That flag may need
- * to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
+ * the active list, it will have PageActive set.  If it was found on
+ * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
+ * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
  *
  * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
  * found will be decremented.
@@ -892,11 +981,10 @@
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 		if (PageLRU(page) && get_page_unless_zero(page)) {
-			int lru = LRU_BASE;
+			int lru = page_lru(page);
 			ret = 0;
 			ClearPageLRU(page);
 
-			lru += page_is_file_cache(page) + !!PageActive(page);
 			del_page_from_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
@@ -1008,11 +1096,20 @@
 		 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
 		 */
 		while (!list_empty(&page_list)) {
+			int lru;
 			page = lru_to_page(&page_list);
 			VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
-			SetPageLRU(page);
 			list_del(&page->lru);
-			add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, page_lru(page));
+			if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
+				spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+				putback_lru_page(page);
+				spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+				continue;
+			}
+			SetPageLRU(page);
+			lru = page_lru(page);
+			add_page_to_lru_list(zone, page, lru);
+			mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, lru);
 			if (PageActive(page) && scan_global_lru(sc)) {
 				int file = !!page_is_file_cache(page);
 				zone->recent_rotated[file]++;
@@ -1107,6 +1204,11 @@
 		page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
 		list_del(&page->lru);
 
+		if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page, NULL))) {
+			putback_lru_page(page);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* page_referenced clears PageReferenced */
 		if (page_mapping_inuse(page) &&
 		    page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup))
@@ -1140,7 +1242,7 @@
 		ClearPageActive(page);
 
 		list_move(&page->lru, &zone->lru[lru].list);
-		mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, false);
+		mem_cgroup_move_lists(page, lru);
 		pgmoved++;
 		if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page)) {
 			__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru, pgmoved);
@@ -1286,7 +1388,7 @@
 
 	get_scan_ratio(zone, sc, percent);
 
-	for_each_lru(l) {
+	for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
 		if (scan_global_lru(sc)) {
 			int file = is_file_lru(l);
 			int scan;
@@ -1318,7 +1420,7 @@
 
 	while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||
 					nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
-		for_each_lru(l) {
+		for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
 			if (nr[l]) {
 				nr_to_scan = min(nr[l],
 					(unsigned long)sc->swap_cluster_max);
@@ -1875,8 +1977,8 @@
 		if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone) && prio != DEF_PRIORITY)
 			continue;
 
-		for_each_lru(l) {
-			/* For pass = 0 we don't shrink the active list */
+		for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
+			/* For pass = 0, we don't shrink the active list */
 			if (pass == 0 &&
 				(l == LRU_ACTIVE || l == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE))
 				continue;
@@ -2213,3 +2315,24 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
+/*
+ * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
+ * @page: the page to test
+ * @vma: the VMA in which the page is or will be mapped, may be NULL
+ *
+ * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
+ * lists vs unevictable list.
+ *
+ * Reasons page might not be evictable:
+ * TODO - later patches
+ */
+int page_evictable(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+
+	/* TODO:  test page [!]evictable conditions */
+
+	return 1;
+}
+#endif