diff -Naur linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/include/linux/swap.h linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/include/linux/swap.h
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/include/linux/swap.h	2005-05-12 13:00:13.980931816 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/include/linux/swap.h	2005-05-12 22:40:55.871913960 -0700
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@
 extern int try_to_free_pages(struct zone **, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 extern int shrink_all_memory(int);
 extern unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages(struct zone *, long, int);
-extern int vm_swappiness;
+extern int vm_mapped;
+extern int vm_hardmaplimit;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 /* linux/mm/shmem.c */
diff -Naur linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/include/linux/sysctl.h linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/include/linux/sysctl.h
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/include/linux/sysctl.h	2005-05-12 13:00:13.984931208 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/include/linux/sysctl.h	2005-05-12 22:39:52.718514736 -0700
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 	VM_OVERCOMMIT_RATIO=16, /* percent of RAM to allow overcommit in */
 	VM_PAGEBUF=17,		/* struct: Control pagebuf parameters */
 	VM_HUGETLB_PAGES=18,	/* int: Number of available Huge Pages */
-	VM_SWAPPINESS=19,	/* Tendency to steal mapped memory */
+	VM_MAPPED=19,		/* percent mapped min while evicting cache */
 	VM_LOWMEM_RESERVE_RATIO=20,/* reservation ratio for lower memory zones */
 	VM_MIN_FREE_KBYTES=21,	/* Minimum free kilobytes to maintain */
 	VM_MAX_MAP_COUNT=22,	/* int: Maximum number of mmaps/address-space */
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@
 	VM_VFS_CACHE_PRESSURE=26, /* dcache/icache reclaim pressure */
 	VM_LEGACY_VA_LAYOUT=27, /* legacy/compatibility virtual address space layout */
 	VM_SWAP_TOKEN_TIMEOUT=28, /* default time for token time out */
-};
+	VM_HARDMAPLIMIT=29,	/* Make mapped a hard limit */
+ };
 
 
 /* CTL_NET names: */
diff -Naur linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/kernel/sysctl.c linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/kernel/sysctl.c
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/kernel/sysctl.c	2005-05-12 13:00:14.552844872 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/kernel/sysctl.c	2005-05-12 22:39:52.753509416 -0700
@@ -725,16 +725,24 @@
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
-		.ctl_name	= VM_SWAPPINESS,
-		.procname	= "swappiness",
-		.data		= &vm_swappiness,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(vm_swappiness),
+		.ctl_name	= VM_MAPPED,
+		.procname	= "mapped",
+		.data		= &vm_mapped,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(vm_mapped),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 		.extra2		= &one_hundred,
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= VM_HARDMAPLIMIT,
+		.procname	= "hardmaplimit",
+		.data		= &vm_hardmaplimit,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
 	 {
 		.ctl_name	= VM_HUGETLB_PAGES,
diff -Naur linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/mm/vmscan.c linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/mm/vmscan.c
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1/mm/vmscan.c	2005-05-12 13:00:15.005776016 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4-mm1-mw/mm/vmscan.c	2005-05-12 22:39:52.760508352 -0700
@@ -129,10 +129,8 @@
 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * From 0 .. 100.  Higher means more swappy.
- */
-int vm_swappiness = 60;
+int vm_mapped = 66;
+int vm_hardmaplimit = 1;
 static long total_memory;
 
 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
@@ -772,10 +770,14 @@
 	 * doesn't necessarily mean that page reclaim isn't succeeding.
 	 *
 	 * The distress ratio is important - we don't want to start going oom.
+	 * This distress value is ignored if we apply a hardmaplimit except
+	 * in extreme distress.
 	 *
-	 * A 100% value of vm_swappiness overrides this algorithm altogether.
+	 * A 0% value of vm_mapped overrides this algorithm altogether.
 	 */
-	swap_tendency = mapped_ratio / 2 + distress + vm_swappiness;
+	swap_tendency = mapped_ratio * 100 / (vm_mapped + 1);
+	if (!vm_hardmaplimit || distress == 100)
+		swap_tendency += distress;
 
 	/*
 	 * Now use this metric to decide whether to start moving mapped memory
@@ -1103,6 +1105,7 @@
 			 */
 			for (i = pgdat->nr_zones - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 				struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
+				unsigned long watermark = zone->pages_high;
 
 				if (zone->present_pages == 0)
 					continue;
@@ -1111,8 +1114,16 @@
 				    		priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
 					continue;
 
+				/*
+				 * The watermark is relaxed depending on the
+				 * level of "priority" till it drops to
+				 * pages_high.
+				 */
+				watermark += (zone->pages_high * priority /
+					DEF_PRIORITY);
+
 				if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
-						zone->pages_high, 0, 0, 0)) {
+						watermark, 0, 0, 0)) {
 					end_zone = i;
 					goto scan;
 				}