diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 7a09087e8c77..454a230ad417 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -229,12 +229,12 @@ enum lru_list {
 
 #define for_each_evictable_lru(lru) for (lru = 0; lru <= LRU_ACTIVE_FILE; lru++)
 
-static inline int is_file_lru(enum lru_list lru)
+static inline bool is_file_lru(enum lru_list lru)
 {
 	return (lru == LRU_INACTIVE_FILE || lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
 }
 
-static inline int is_active_lru(enum lru_list lru)
+static inline bool is_active_lru(enum lru_list lru)
 {
 	return (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_ANON || lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
 }
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 527617ee9b73..df859b1d583c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ struct scan_control {
 	 */
 	struct mem_cgroup *target_mem_cgroup;
 
+	/* Can active pages be deactivated as part of reclaim? */
+#define DEACTIVATE_ANON 1
+#define DEACTIVATE_FILE 2
+	unsigned int may_deactivate:2;
+	unsigned int force_deactivate:1;
+	unsigned int skipped_deactivate:1;
+
 	/* Writepage batching in laptop mode; RECLAIM_WRITE */
 	unsigned int may_writepage:1;
 
@@ -101,6 +108,9 @@ struct scan_control {
 	/* One of the zones is ready for compaction */
 	unsigned int compaction_ready:1;
 
+	/* There is easily reclaimable cold cache in the current node */
+	unsigned int cache_trim_mode:1;
+
 	/* The file pages on the current node are dangerously low */
 	unsigned int file_is_tiny:1;
 
@@ -2154,6 +2164,20 @@ unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *page_list)
 	return nr_reclaimed;
 }
 
+static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
+				 struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+	if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
+		if (sc->may_deactivate & (1 << is_file_lru(lru)))
+			shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
+		else
+			sc->skipped_deactivate = 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
+}
+
 /*
  * The inactive anon list should be small enough that the VM never has
  * to do too much work.
@@ -2182,59 +2206,25 @@ unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *page_list)
  *    1TB     101        10GB
  *   10TB     320        32GB
  */
-static bool inactive_list_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool file,
-				 struct scan_control *sc, bool trace)
+static bool inactive_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list inactive_lru)
 {
-	enum lru_list active_lru = file * LRU_FILE + LRU_ACTIVE;
-	struct pglist_data *pgdat = lruvec_pgdat(lruvec);
-	enum lru_list inactive_lru = file * LRU_FILE;
+	enum lru_list active_lru = inactive_lru + LRU_ACTIVE;
 	unsigned long inactive, active;
 	unsigned long inactive_ratio;
-	struct lruvec *target_lruvec;
-	unsigned long refaults;
 	unsigned long gb;
 
-	inactive = lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, inactive_lru, sc->reclaim_idx);
-	active = lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, active_lru, sc->reclaim_idx);
+	inactive = lruvec_page_state(lruvec, inactive_lru);
+	active = lruvec_page_state(lruvec, active_lru);
 
-	/*
-	 * When refaults are being observed, it means a new workingset
-	 * is being established. Disable active list protection to get
-	 * rid of the stale workingset quickly.
-	 */
-	target_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(sc->target_mem_cgroup, pgdat);
-	refaults = lruvec_page_state(target_lruvec, WORKINGSET_ACTIVATE);
-	if (file && target_lruvec->refaults != refaults) {
-		inactive_ratio = 0;
-	} else {
-		gb = (inactive + active) >> (30 - PAGE_SHIFT);
-		if (gb)
-			inactive_ratio = int_sqrt(10 * gb);
-		else
-			inactive_ratio = 1;
-	}
-
-	if (trace)
-		trace_mm_vmscan_inactive_list_is_low(pgdat->node_id, sc->reclaim_idx,
-			lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, inactive_lru, MAX_NR_ZONES), inactive,
-			lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, active_lru, MAX_NR_ZONES), active,
-			inactive_ratio, file);
+	gb = (inactive + active) >> (30 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (gb)
+		inactive_ratio = int_sqrt(10 * gb);
+	else
+		inactive_ratio = 1;
 
 	return inactive * inactive_ratio < active;
 }
 
-static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
-				 struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
-{
-	if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
-		if (inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, is_file_lru(lru), sc, true))
-			shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
-}
-
 enum scan_balance {
 	SCAN_EQUAL,
 	SCAN_FRACT,
@@ -2296,28 +2286,17 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc,
 
 	/*
 	 * If the system is almost out of file pages, force-scan anon.
-	 * But only if there are enough inactive anonymous pages on
-	 * the LRU. Otherwise, the small LRU gets thrashed.
 	 */
-	if (sc->file_is_tiny &&
-	    !inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc, false) &&
-	    lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON,
-			    sc->reclaim_idx) >> sc->priority) {
+	if (sc->file_is_tiny) {
 		scan_balance = SCAN_ANON;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * If there is enough inactive page cache, i.e. if the size of the
-	 * inactive list is greater than that of the active list *and* the
-	 * inactive list actually has some pages to scan on this priority, we
-	 * do not reclaim anything from the anonymous working set right now.
-	 * Without the second condition we could end up never scanning an
-	 * lruvec even if it has plenty of old anonymous pages unless the
-	 * system is under heavy pressure.
+	 * If there is enough inactive page cache, we do not reclaim
+	 * anything from the anonymous working right now.
 	 */
-	if (!inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, true, sc, false) &&
-	    lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE, sc->reclaim_idx) >> sc->priority) {
+	if (sc->cache_trim_mode) {
 		scan_balance = SCAN_FILE;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -2582,7 +2561,7 @@ static void shrink_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
 	 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
 	 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
 	 */
-	if (total_swap_pages && inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc, true))
+	if (total_swap_pages && inactive_is_low(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON))
 		shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
 				   sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
 }
@@ -2722,6 +2701,7 @@ static bool shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 	unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;
 	struct lruvec *target_lruvec;
 	bool reclaimable = false;
+	unsigned long file;
 
 	target_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(sc->target_mem_cgroup, pgdat);
 
@@ -2731,6 +2711,44 @@ static bool shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 	nr_reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed;
 	nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
 
+	/*
+	 * Target desirable inactive:active list ratios for the anon
+	 * and file LRU lists.
+	 */
+	if (!sc->force_deactivate) {
+		unsigned long refaults;
+
+		if (inactive_is_low(target_lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON))
+			sc->may_deactivate |= DEACTIVATE_ANON;
+		else
+			sc->may_deactivate &= ~DEACTIVATE_ANON;
+
+		/*
+		 * When refaults are being observed, it means a new
+		 * workingset is being established. Deactivate to get
+		 * rid of any stale active pages quickly.
+		 */
+		refaults = lruvec_page_state(target_lruvec,
+					     WORKINGSET_ACTIVATE);
+		if (refaults != target_lruvec->refaults ||
+		    inactive_is_low(target_lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE))
+			sc->may_deactivate |= DEACTIVATE_FILE;
+		else
+			sc->may_deactivate &= ~DEACTIVATE_FILE;
+	} else
+		sc->may_deactivate = DEACTIVATE_ANON | DEACTIVATE_FILE;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have plenty of inactive file pages that aren't
+	 * thrashing, try to reclaim those first before touching
+	 * anonymous pages.
+	 */
+	file = lruvec_page_state(target_lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
+	if (file >> sc->priority && !(sc->may_deactivate & DEACTIVATE_FILE))
+		sc->cache_trim_mode = 1;
+	else
+		sc->cache_trim_mode = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Prevent the reclaimer from falling into the cache trap: as
 	 * cache pages start out inactive, every cache fault will tip
@@ -2741,10 +2759,9 @@ static bool shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 	 * anon pages.  Try to detect this based on file LRU size.
 	 */
 	if (!cgroup_reclaim(sc)) {
-		unsigned long file;
-		unsigned long free;
-		int z;
 		unsigned long total_high_wmark = 0;
+		unsigned long free, anon;
+		int z;
 
 		free = sum_zone_node_page_state(pgdat->node_id, NR_FREE_PAGES);
 		file = node_page_state(pgdat, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
@@ -2758,7 +2775,17 @@ static bool shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 			total_high_wmark += high_wmark_pages(zone);
 		}
 
-		sc->file_is_tiny = file + free <= total_high_wmark;
+		/*
+		 * Consider anon: if that's low too, this isn't a
+		 * runaway file reclaim problem, but rather just
+		 * extreme pressure. Reclaim as per usual then.
+		 */
+		anon = node_page_state(pgdat, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
+
+		sc->file_is_tiny =
+			file + free <= total_high_wmark &&
+			!(sc->may_deactivate & DEACTIVATE_ANON) &&
+			anon >> sc->priority;
 	}
 
 	shrink_node_memcgs(pgdat, sc);
@@ -3062,9 +3089,27 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	if (sc->compaction_ready)
 		return 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * We make inactive:active ratio decisions based on the node's
+	 * composition of memory, but a restrictive reclaim_idx or a
+	 * memory.low cgroup setting can exempt large amounts of
+	 * memory from reclaim. Neither of which are very common, so
+	 * instead of doing costly eligibility calculations of the
+	 * entire cgroup subtree up front, we assume the estimates are
+	 * good, and retry with forcible deactivation if that fails.
+	 */
+	if (sc->skipped_deactivate) {
+		sc->priority = initial_priority;
+		sc->force_deactivate = 1;
+		sc->skipped_deactivate = 0;
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
 	/* Untapped cgroup reserves?  Don't OOM, retry. */
 	if (sc->memcg_low_skipped) {
 		sc->priority = initial_priority;
+		sc->force_deactivate = 0;
+		sc->skipped_deactivate = 0;
 		sc->memcg_low_reclaim = 1;
 		sc->memcg_low_skipped = 0;
 		goto retry;
@@ -3347,18 +3392,20 @@ static void age_active_anon(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 				struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+	struct lruvec *lruvec;
 
 	if (!total_swap_pages)
 		return;
 
+	lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(NULL, pgdat);
+	if (!inactive_is_low(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON))
+		return;
+
 	memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	do {
-		struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
-
-		if (inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc, true))
-			shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
-					   sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
-
+		lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
+		shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
+				   sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
 		memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL);
 	} while (memcg);
 }
