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diff --git a/include/linux/mm_inline.h b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
index 2704729777ef..96e970485b6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef LINUX_MM_INLINE_H
+#define LINUX_MM_INLINE_H
+
+/**
+ * page_is_file_cache - should the page be on a file LRU or anon LRU?
+ * @page: the page to test
+ *
+ * Returns !0 if @page is page cache page backed by a regular filesystem,
+ * or 0 if @page is anonymous, tmpfs or otherwise ram or swap backed.
+ * Used by functions that manipulate the LRU lists, to sort a page
+ * onto the right LRU list.
+ *
+ * We would like to get this info without a page flag, but the state
+ * needs to survive until the page is last deleted from the LRU, which
+ * could be as far down as __page_cache_release.
+ */
+static inline int page_is_file_cache(struct page *page)
+{
+ if (PageSwapBacked(page))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* The page is page cache backed by a normal filesystem. */
+ return 1;
+}
+
static inline void
add_page_to_lru_list(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, enum lru_list l)
{
@@ -65,3 +90,5 @@ static inline enum lru_list page_lru(struct page *page)
return lru;
}
+
+#endif