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-rw-r--r--include/linux/rmap.h7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index bf80adca980b..b89b4b86951f 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ struct anon_vma {
atomic_t refcount;
/*
- * Count of child anon_vmas and VMAs which points to this anon_vma.
+ * Count of child anon_vmas. Equals to the count of all anon_vmas that
+ * have ->parent pointing to this one, including itself.
*
* This counter is used for making decision about reusing anon_vma
* instead of forking new one. See comments in function anon_vma_clone.
*/
- unsigned degree;
+ unsigned long num_children;
+ /* Count of VMAs whose ->anon_vma pointer points to this object. */
+ unsigned long num_active_vmas;
struct anon_vma *parent; /* Parent of this anon_vma */