+/* LRU Isolation modes. */
+#define ISOLATE_INACTIVE 0 /* Isolate inactive pages. */
+#define ISOLATE_ACTIVE 1 /* Isolate active pages. */
+#define ISOLATE_BOTH 2 /* Isolate both active and inactive pages. */
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
+ * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
+ * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
+ *
+ * page: page to consider
+ * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
+ *
+ * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
+ */
+static int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, int mode)
+{
+ int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
+ if (!PageLRU(page))
+ return ret;
+
+ /*
+ * When checking the active state, we need to be sure we are
+ * dealing with comparible boolean values. Take the logical not
+ * of each.
+ */
+ if (mode != ISOLATE_BOTH && (!PageActive(page) != !mode))
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
+ /*
+ * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
+ * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
+ * page release code relies on it.
+ */
+ ClearPageLRU(page);
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+