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diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 67f0ab9077d9..6793b9c68107 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -994,6 +994,29 @@ unsigned long zap_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
return end;
}
+/**
+ * zap_vma_ptes - remove ptes mapping the vma
+ * @vma: vm_area_struct holding ptes to be zapped
+ * @address: starting address of pages to zap
+ * @size: number of bytes to zap
+ *
+ * This function only unmaps ptes assigned to VM_PFNMAP vmas.
+ *
+ * The entire address range must be fully contained within the vma.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful.
+ */
+int zap_vma_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+ unsigned long size)
+{
+ if (address < vma->vm_start || address + size > vma->vm_end ||
+ !(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
+ return -1;
+ zap_page_range(vma, address, size, NULL);
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zap_vma_ptes);
+
/*
* Do a quick page-table lookup for a single page.
*/