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diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 23ecd0a892df..28bcdc433d88 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -716,6 +716,30 @@ int page_mkclean(struct page *page)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_mkclean);
/**
+ * page_move_anon_rmap - move a page to our anon_vma
+ * @page: the page to move to our anon_vma
+ * @vma: the vma the page belongs to
+ * @address: the user virtual address mapped
+ *
+ * When a page belongs exclusively to one process after a COW event,
+ * that page can be moved into the anon_vma that belongs to just that
+ * process, so the rmap code will not search the parent or sibling
+ * processes.
+ */
+void page_move_anon_rmap(struct page *page,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
+{
+ struct anon_vma *anon_vma = vma->anon_vma;
+
+ VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+ VM_BUG_ON(!anon_vma);
+ VM_BUG_ON(page->index != linear_page_index(vma, address));
+
+ anon_vma = (void *) anon_vma + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON;
+ page->mapping = (struct address_space *) anon_vma;
+}
+
+/**
* __page_set_anon_rmap - setup new anonymous rmap
* @page: the page to add the mapping to
* @vma: the vm area in which the mapping is added