diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 78a928d..f8a6a39 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
 	 */
 	spinlock_t lru_lock;
 	unsigned long control_type;	/* control RSS or RSS+Pagecache */
+	int	prev_priority;	/* for recording reclaim priority */
 	/*
 	 * statistics.
 	 */
@@ -451,6 +452,25 @@
 	return (long) (active / (inactive + 1));
 }
 
+/*
+ * prev_priority control...this will be used in memory reclaim path.
+ */
+int mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
+{
+	return mem->prev_priority;
+}
+
+void mem_cgroup_note_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int priority)
+{
+	if (priority < mem->prev_priority)
+		mem->prev_priority = priority;
+}
+
+void mem_cgroup_record_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem, int priority)
+{
+	mem->prev_priority = priority;
+}
+
 unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 					struct list_head *dst,
 					unsigned long *scanned, int order,