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diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index b019ae64e2ab..62da2001d55c 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -37,7 +37,27 @@ struct anon_vma {
* is serialized by a system wide lock only visible to
* mm_take_all_locks() (mm_all_locks_mutex).
*/
- struct list_head head; /* List of private "related" vmas */
+ struct list_head head; /* Chain of private "related" vmas */
+};
+
+/*
+ * The copy-on-write semantics of fork mean that an anon_vma
+ * can become associated with multiple processes. Furthermore,
+ * each child process will have its own anon_vma, where new
+ * pages for that process are instantiated.
+ *
+ * This structure allows us to find the anon_vmas associated
+ * with a VMA, or the VMAs associated with an anon_vma.
+ * The "same_vma" list contains the anon_vma_chains linking
+ * all the anon_vmas associated with this VMA.
+ * The "same_anon_vma" list contains the anon_vma_chains
+ * which link all the VMAs associated with this anon_vma.
+ */
+struct anon_vma_chain {
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
+ struct list_head same_vma; /* locked by mmap_sem & page_table_lock */
+ struct list_head same_anon_vma; /* locked by anon_vma->lock */
};
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -89,12 +109,19 @@ static inline void anon_vma_unlock(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
*/
void anon_vma_init(void); /* create anon_vma_cachep */
int anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *);
-void __anon_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *);
-void anon_vma_unlink(struct vm_area_struct *);
-void anon_vma_link(struct vm_area_struct *);
+void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *);
+int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *);
+int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *);
void __anon_vma_link(struct vm_area_struct *);
void anon_vma_free(struct anon_vma *);
+static inline void anon_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ struct vm_area_struct *next)
+{
+ VM_BUG_ON(vma->anon_vma != next->anon_vma);
+ unlink_anon_vmas(next);
+}
+
/*
* rmap interfaces called when adding or removing pte of page
*/