@@ -1219,6 +1219,20 @@ static long block_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	return blkdev_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Try to release a page associated with block device when the system
+ * is under memory pressure.
+ */
+static int blkdev_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
+{
+	struct super_block *super = BDEV_I(page->mapping->host)->bdev.bd_super;
+
+	if (super && super->s_op->bdev_try_to_free_page)
+		return super->s_op->bdev_try_to_free_page(super, page, wait);
+
+	return try_to_free_buffers(page);
+}
+
 static const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.readpage	= blkdev_readpage,
 	.writepage	= blkdev_writepage,

@@ -1226,6 +1240,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.write_begin	= blkdev_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= blkdev_write_end,
 	.writepages	= generic_writepages,
+	.releasepage	= blkdev_releasepage,
 	.direct_IO	= blkdev_direct_IO,
 };
 

@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ int get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		}
 
 		s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
+		bdev->bd_super = s;
 	}
 
 	return simple_set_mnt(mnt, s);

@@ -819,6 +820,7 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct block_device *bdev = sb->s_bdev;
 	fmode_t mode = sb->s_mode;
 
+	bdev->bd_super = 0;
 	generic_shutdown_super(sb);
 	sync_blockdev(bdev);
 	close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, mode);

@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ struct address_space {
 struct block_device {
 	dev_t			bd_dev;  /* not a kdev_t - it's a search key */
 	struct inode *		bd_inode;	/* will die */
+	struct super_block *	bd_super;
 	int			bd_openers;
 	struct mutex		bd_mutex;	/* open/close mutex */
 	struct semaphore	bd_mount_sem;

@@ -1375,6 +1376,7 @@ struct super_operations {
 	ssize_t (*quota_read)(struct super_block *, int, char *, size_t, loff_t);
 	ssize_t (*quota_write)(struct super_block *, int, const char *, size_t, loff_t);
 #endif
+	int (*bdev_try_to_free_page)(struct super_block*, struct page*, gfp_t);
 };
 
 /*