*/
 enum mem_cgroup_events_target {
        MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_THRESH,
+       MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT,
        MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_NUMAINFO,
        MEM_CGROUP_NTARGETS,
 };
        atomic_t        numainfo_events;
        atomic_t        numainfo_updating;
 #endif
+       /*
+        * Protects soft_contributed transitions.
+        * See mem_cgroup_update_soft_limit
+        */
+       spinlock_t soft_lock;
+
+       /*
+        * If true then this group has increased parents' children_in_excess
+         * when it got over the soft limit.
+        * When a group falls bellow the soft limit, parents' children_in_excess
+        * is decreased and soft_contributed changed to false.
+        */
+       bool soft_contributed;
+
+       /* Number of children that are in soft limit excess */
+       atomic_t children_in_excess;
 
        struct mem_cgroup_per_node *nodeinfo[0];
        /* WARNING: nodeinfo must be the last member here */
                case MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_THRESH:
                        next = val + THRESHOLDS_EVENTS_TARGET;
                        break;
+               case MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT:
+                       next = val + SOFTLIMIT_EVENTS_TARGET;
+                       break;
                case MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_NUMAINFO:
                        next = val + NUMAINFO_EVENTS_TARGET;
                        break;
        return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called from rate-limitted memcg_check_events when enough
+ * MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT events are accumulated and it makes sure
+ * that all the parents up the hierarchy will be noticed that this group
+ * is in excess or that it is not in excess anymore. mmecg->soft_contributed
+ * makes the transition a single action whenever the state flips from one to
+ * other.
+ */
+static void mem_cgroup_update_soft_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+       unsigned long long excess = res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&memcg->res);
+       struct mem_cgroup *parent = memcg;
+       int delta = 0;
+
+       spin_lock(&memcg->soft_lock);
+       if (excess) {
+               if (!memcg->soft_contributed) {
+                       delta = 1;
+                       memcg->soft_contributed = true;
+               }
+       } else {
+               if (memcg->soft_contributed) {
+                       delta = -1;
+                       memcg->soft_contributed = false;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Necessary to update all ancestors when hierarchy is used
+        * because their event counter is not touched.
+        */
+       while (delta && (parent = parent_mem_cgroup(parent)))
+               atomic_add(delta, &parent->children_in_excess);
+       spin_unlock(&memcg->soft_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Check events in order.
  *
        /* threshold event is triggered in finer grain than soft limit */
        if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_event_ratelimit(memcg,
                                                MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_THRESH))) {
+               bool do_softlimit;
                bool do_numainfo __maybe_unused;
 
+               do_softlimit = mem_cgroup_event_ratelimit(memcg,
+                                               MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_SOFTLIMIT);
 #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
                do_numainfo = mem_cgroup_event_ratelimit(memcg,
                                                MEM_CGROUP_TARGET_NUMAINFO);
                preempt_enable();
 
                mem_cgroup_threshold(memcg);
+               if (unlikely(do_softlimit))
+                       mem_cgroup_update_soft_limit(memcg);
 #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
                if (unlikely(do_numainfo))
                        atomic_inc(&memcg->numainfo_events);
  * hierarchy if
  *     a) it is over its soft limit
  *     b) any parent up the hierarchy is over its soft limit
+ *
+ * If the given group doesn't have any children over the limit then it
+ * doesn't make any sense to iterate its subtree.
  */
 enum mem_cgroup_filter_t
 mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim_eligible(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
                        break;
        }
 
+       if (!atomic_read(&memcg->children_in_excess))
+               return SKIP_TREE;
        return SKIP;
 }
 
        mutex_init(&memcg->thresholds_lock);
        spin_lock_init(&memcg->move_lock);
        vmpressure_init(&memcg->vmpressure);
+       spin_lock_init(&memcg->soft_lock);
 
        return &memcg->css;
 
 
        mem_cgroup_invalidate_reclaim_iterators(memcg);
        mem_cgroup_reparent_charges(memcg);
+       if (memcg->soft_contributed) {
+               while ((memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg)))
+                       atomic_dec(&memcg->children_in_excess);
+       }
        mem_cgroup_destroy_all_caches(memcg);
        vmpressure_cleanup(&memcg->vmpressure);
 }