1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index bcaab4e6fe9..4af4f0b1be4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1456,6 +1456,37 @@ extern unsigned long vm_mmap(struct file *, unsigned long,
         unsigned long, unsigned long,
         unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
+struct vm_unmapped_area_info {
+#define VM_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN 1
+        unsigned long flags;
+        unsigned long length;
+        unsigned long low_limit;
+        unsigned long high_limit;
+        unsigned long align_mask;
+        unsigned long align_offset;
+};
+
+extern unsigned long unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info);
+extern unsigned long unmapped_area_topdown(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info);
+
+/*
+ * Search for an unmapped address range.
+ *
+ * We are looking for a range that:
+ * - does not intersect with any VMA;
+ * - is contained within the [low_limit, high_limit) interval;
+ * - is at least the desired size.
+ * - satisfies (begin_addr & align_mask) == (align_offset & align_mask)
+ */
+static inline unsigned long
+vm_unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
+{
+        if (!(info->flags & VM_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN))
+                return unmapped_area(info);
+        else
+                return unmapped_area_topdown(info);
+}
+
 /* truncate.c */
 extern void truncate_inode_pages(struct address_space *, loff_t);
 extern void truncate_inode_pages_range(struct address_space *,