diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 4d559325d919..c335055c4253 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ extern void mark_page_accessed(struct page *);
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);
 extern int lru_add_drain_all(void);
 extern void rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page);
+extern void deactivate_page(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
 extern void add_page_to_unevictable_list(struct page *page);
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index c02f93611a84..4aea806d0d44 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int page_cluster;
 
 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
@@ -346,6 +347,60 @@ void add_page_to_unevictable_list(struct page *page)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * 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
@@ -372,6 +427,29 @@ static void drain_cpu_pagevecs(int cpu)
 		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)
diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 3d2ae1f423dc..a95667529135 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -321,11 +321,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_inode_pages);
  * pagetables.
  */
 unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
-				       pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
+		pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
 {
 	struct pagevec pvec;
 	pgoff_t next = start;
-	unsigned long ret = 0;
+	unsigned long ret;
+	unsigned long count = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
@@ -352,9 +353,15 @@ unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			if (lock_failed)
 				continue;
 
-			ret += invalidate_inode_page(page);
-
+			ret = invalidate_inode_page(page);
 			unlock_page(page);
+			/*
+			 * Invalidation is a hint that the page is no longer
+			 * of interest and try to speed up its reclaim.
+			 */
+			if (!ret)
+				deactivate_page(page);
+			count += ret;
 			if (next > end)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -362,7 +369,7 @@ unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		mem_cgroup_uncharge_end();
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-	return ret;
+	return count;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_mapping_pages);