24 files changed, 119 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index dc234c508a6..d5680cd7746 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -88,10 +88,8 @@ int acpi_table_parse (char *id, acpi_table_handler handler);
 int __init acpi_table_parse_entries(char *id, unsigned long table_size,
 	int entry_id, acpi_table_entry_handler handler, unsigned int max_entries);
 int acpi_table_parse_madt (enum acpi_madt_type id, acpi_table_entry_handler handler, unsigned int max_entries);
-int acpi_table_parse_srat (enum acpi_srat_type id, acpi_table_entry_handler handler, unsigned int max_entries);
 int acpi_parse_mcfg (struct acpi_table_header *header);
 void acpi_table_print_madt_entry (struct acpi_subtable_header *madt);
-void acpi_table_print_srat_entry (struct acpi_subtable_header *srat);
 
 /* the following four functions are architecture-dependent */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PARSE_SRAT
@@ -233,6 +231,9 @@ extern int acpi_paddr_to_node(u64 start_addr, u64 size);
 
 extern int pnpacpi_disabled;
 
+#define PXM_INVAL	(-1)
+#define NID_INVAL	(-1)
+
 #else	/* CONFIG_ACPI */
 
 static inline int acpi_boot_init(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 8ca7ca0b47f..4bbd8601b8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
  * are currently used in an audit field constant understood by the kernel.
  * If you are adding a new #define AUDIT_<whatever>, please ensure that
  * AUDIT_UNUSED_BITS is updated if need be. */
-#define AUDIT_UNUSED_BITS	0x0FFFFC00
+#define AUDIT_UNUSED_BITS	0x07FFFC00
 
 
 /* Rule fields */
@@ -213,25 +213,29 @@
 #define AUDIT_NEGATE			0x80000000
 
 /* These are the supported operators.
- *	4  2  1
- *	=  >  <
- *	-------
- *	0  0  0		0	nonsense
- *	0  0  1		1	<
- *	0  1  0		2	>
- *	0  1  1		3	!=
- *	1  0  0		4	=
- *	1  0  1		5	<=
- *	1  1  0		6	>=
- *	1  1  1		7	all operators
+ *	4  2  1  8
+ *	=  >  <  ?
+ *	----------
+ *	0  0  0	 0	00	nonsense
+ *	0  0  0	 1	08	&  bit mask
+ *	0  0  1	 0	10	<
+ *	0  1  0	 0	20	>
+ *	0  1  1	 0	30	!=
+ *	1  0  0	 0	40	=
+ *	1  0  0	 1	48	&=  bit test
+ *	1  0  1	 0	50	<=
+ *	1  1  0	 0	60	>=
+ *	1  1  1	 1	78	all operators
  */
+#define AUDIT_BIT_MASK			0x08000000
 #define AUDIT_LESS_THAN			0x10000000
 #define AUDIT_GREATER_THAN		0x20000000
 #define AUDIT_NOT_EQUAL			0x30000000
 #define AUDIT_EQUAL			0x40000000
+#define AUDIT_BIT_TEST			(AUDIT_BIT_MASK|AUDIT_EQUAL)
 #define AUDIT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL	(AUDIT_LESS_THAN|AUDIT_EQUAL)
 #define AUDIT_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL	(AUDIT_GREATER_THAN|AUDIT_EQUAL)
-#define AUDIT_OPERATORS			(AUDIT_EQUAL|AUDIT_NOT_EQUAL)
+#define AUDIT_OPERATORS			(AUDIT_EQUAL|AUDIT_NOT_EQUAL|AUDIT_BIT_MASK)
 
 /* Status symbols */
 				/* Mask values */
@@ -407,7 +411,6 @@ extern int audit_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern int audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args);
 extern int audit_sockaddr(int len, void *addr);
 extern int __audit_fd_pair(int fd1, int fd2);
-extern int audit_avc_path(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern int audit_set_macxattr(const char *name);
 extern int __audit_mq_open(int oflag, mode_t mode, struct mq_attr __user *u_attr);
 extern int __audit_mq_timedsend(mqd_t mqdes, size_t msg_len, unsigned int msg_prio, const struct timespec __user *u_abs_timeout);
@@ -487,7 +490,6 @@ extern int audit_signals;
 #define audit_socketcall(n,a) ({ 0; })
 #define audit_fd_pair(n,a) ({ 0; })
 #define audit_sockaddr(len, addr) ({ 0; })
-#define audit_avc_path(dentry, mnt) ({ 0; })
 #define audit_set_macxattr(n) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_mq_open(o,m,a) ({ 0; })
 #define audit_mq_timedsend(d,l,p,t) ({ 0; })
diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h
index 1023ba0d6e5..c897c7b0385 100644
--- a/include/linux/backlight.h
+++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ struct backlight_device {
 
 	/* The framebuffer notifier block */
 	struct notifier_block fb_notif;
-	/* The class device structure */
-	struct class_device class_dev;
+
+	struct device dev;
 };
 
 static inline void backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ extern struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char *name,
 	struct device *dev, void *devdata, struct backlight_ops *ops);
 extern void backlight_device_unregister(struct backlight_device *bd);
 
-#define to_backlight_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct backlight_device, class_dev)
+#define to_backlight_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct backlight_device, dev)
+
+static inline void * bl_get_data(struct backlight_device *bl_dev)
+{
+	return dev_get_drvdata(&bl_dev->dev);
+}
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index f78965fc642..695e34964cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -698,11 +698,6 @@ extern int blk_execute_rq(request_queue_t *, struct gendisk *,
 			  struct request *, int);
 extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(request_queue_t *, struct gendisk *,
 				  struct request *, int, rq_end_io_fn *);
-extern int blk_fill_sghdr_rq(request_queue_t *, struct request *,
-		      struct sg_io_hdr *, int);
-extern int blk_unmap_sghdr_rq(struct request *, struct sg_io_hdr *);
-extern int blk_complete_sghdr_rq(struct request *, struct sg_io_hdr *,
-			  struct bio *);
 extern int blk_verify_command(unsigned char *, int);
 
 static inline request_queue_t *bdev_get_queue(struct block_device *bdev)
diff --git a/include/linux/bsg.h b/include/linux/bsg.h
index 8547b10c388..f415f89e0ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/bsg.h
+++ b/include/linux/bsg.h
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ struct bsg_class_device {
 	struct request_queue *queue;
 };
 
-extern int bsg_register_queue(struct request_queue *, const char *);
+extern int bsg_register_queue(struct request_queue *, struct device *, const char *);
 extern void bsg_unregister_queue(struct request_queue *);
 #else
-#define bsg_register_queue(disk, name)		(0)
+#define bsg_register_queue(disk, dev, name)		(0)
 #define bsg_unregister_queue(disk)	do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/clockchips.h b/include/linux/clockchips.h
index 8486e78f733..e0bd46eb241 100644
--- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum clock_event_mode {
 	CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN,
 	CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC,
 	CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT,
+	CLOCK_EVT_MODE_RESUME,
 };
 
 /* Clock event notification values */
@@ -119,10 +120,6 @@ extern void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev);
 
 extern void clockevents_exchange_device(struct clock_event_device *old,
 					struct clock_event_device *new);
-extern
-struct clock_event_device *clockevents_request_device(unsigned int features,
-						      cpumask_t cpumask);
-extern void clockevents_release_device(struct clock_event_device *dev);
 extern void clockevents_set_mode(struct clock_event_device *dev,
 				 enum clock_event_mode mode);
 extern int clockevents_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/include/linux/coda_linux.h b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
index c4079b403e9..1c47a34aa79 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_linux.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ extern const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations;
 
 /* operations shared over more than one file */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
-int coda_flush(struct file *f, fl_owner_t id);
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd);
 int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *);
diff --git a/include/linux/coda_psdev.h b/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
index aa8f454b3b7..07ae8f84605 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ int venus_setattr(struct super_block *, struct CodaFid *, struct coda_vattr *);
 int venus_lookup(struct super_block *sb, struct CodaFid *fid, 
 		 const char *name, int length, int *type, 
 		 struct CodaFid *resfid);
-int venus_store(struct super_block *sb, struct CodaFid *fid, int flags,
-		vuid_t uid);
-int venus_release(struct super_block *sb, struct CodaFid *fid, int flags);
 int venus_close(struct super_block *sb, struct CodaFid *fid, int flags,
 		vuid_t uid);
 int venus_open(struct super_block *sb, struct CodaFid *fid, int flags,
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
index a03e9398a6c..14f7494280f 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
@@ -23,3 +23,21 @@
  * code
  */
 #define uninitialized_var(x) x = x
+
+#if !(__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+/* Mark functions as cold. gcc will assume any path leading to a call
+   to them will be unlikely.  This means a lot of manual unlikely()s
+   are unnecessary now for any paths leading to the usual suspects
+   like BUG(), printk(), panic() etc. [but let's keep them for now for
+   older compilers]
+
+   Early snapshots of gcc 4.3 don't support this and we can't detect this
+   in the preprocessor, but we can live with this because they're unreleased.
+   Maketime probing would be overkill here.
+
+   gcc also has a __attribute__((__hot__)) to move hot functions into
+   a special section, but I don't see any sense in this right now in
+   the kernel context */
+#define __cold			__attribute__((__cold__))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 8287a72bb6a..12a1291855e 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -174,4 +174,13 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const void __iomem *);
 # define __attribute_const__	/* unimplemented */
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Tell gcc if a function is cold. The compiler will assume any path
+ * directly leading to the call is unlikely.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __cold
+#define __cold
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 5b528531633..f0d0e3295a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 
 /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
    discard it in modules) */
-#define __init		__attribute__ ((__section__ (".init.text")))
+#define __init		__attribute__ ((__section__ (".init.text"))) __cold
 #define __initdata	__attribute__ ((__section__ (".init.data")))
 #define __exitdata	__attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.data")))
-#define __exit_call	__attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__ (".exitcall.exit")))
+#define __exit_call	__attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__ (".exitcall.exit"))) __cold
 
 /* modpost check for section mismatches during the kernel build.
  * A section mismatch happens when there are references from a
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 #define __initdata_refok          __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.init.refok")))
 
 #ifdef MODULE
-#define __exit		__attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text")))
+#define __exit		__attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text"))) __cold
 #else
-#define __exit		__attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text")))
+#define __exit		__attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text"))) __cold
 #endif
 
 /* For assembly routines */
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 5323f627585..0a3c2ebf200 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ extern void devm_free_irq(struct device *dev, unsigned int irq, void *dev_id);
 # define local_irq_enable_in_hardirq()	local_irq_enable()
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 extern void disable_irq_nosync(unsigned int irq);
 extern void disable_irq(unsigned int irq);
 extern void enable_irq(unsigned int irq);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 /*
  * Special lockdep variants of irq disabling/enabling.
  * These should be used for locking constructs that
diff --git a/include/linux/irda.h b/include/linux/irda.h
index 8e3735714c1..28f88ecba34 100644
--- a/include/linux/irda.h
+++ b/include/linux/irda.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	IRDA_ACT200L_DONGLE      = 10,
 	IRDA_MA600_DONGLE        = 11,
 	IRDA_TOIM3232_DONGLE     = 12,
+	IRDA_EP7211_DONGLE       = 13,
 } IRDA_DONGLE;
 
 /* Protocol types to be used for SOCK_DGRAM */
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 1eb9cde550c..4300bb462d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ extern int cond_resched(void);
 extern struct atomic_notifier_head panic_notifier_list;
 extern long (*panic_blink)(long time);
 NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((NORET_AND format (printf, 1, 2)));
+	__attribute__ ((NORET_AND format (printf, 1, 2))) __cold;
 extern void oops_enter(void);
 extern void oops_exit(void);
 extern int oops_may_print(void);
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ extern void dump_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, struct user *dump);
 asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));
 asmlinkage int printk(const char * fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))) __cold;
 #else
 static inline int vprintk(const char *s, va_list args)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));
 static inline int vprintk(const char *s, va_list args) { return 0; }
 static inline int printk(const char *s, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-static inline int printk(const char *s, ...) { return 0; }
+static inline int __cold printk(const char *s, ...) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
 #define TAINT_USER			(1<<6)
 #define TAINT_DIE			(1<<7)
 
-extern void dump_stack(void);
+extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;
 
 enum {
 	DUMP_PREFIX_NONE,
diff --git a/include/linux/lcd.h b/include/linux/lcd.h
index 598793c0745..1d379787f2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/lcd.h
+++ b/include/linux/lcd.h
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ struct lcd_device {
 	struct mutex update_lock;
 	/* The framebuffer notifier block */
 	struct notifier_block fb_notif;
-	/* The class device structure */
-	struct class_device class_dev;
+
+	struct device dev;
 };
 
 static inline void lcd_set_power(struct lcd_device *ld, int power)
@@ -75,9 +75,15 @@ static inline void lcd_set_power(struct lcd_device *ld, int power)
 }
 
 extern struct lcd_device *lcd_device_register(const char *name,
-	void *devdata, struct lcd_ops *ops);
+	struct device *parent, void *devdata, struct lcd_ops *ops);
 extern void lcd_device_unregister(struct lcd_device *ld);
 
-#define to_lcd_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct lcd_device, class_dev)
+#define to_lcd_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct lcd_device, dev)
+
+static inline void * lcd_get_data(struct lcd_device *ld_dev)
+{
+	return dev_get_drvdata(&ld_dev->dev);
+}
+
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index 494bed7c2fc..421175092ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
 struct device;
-struct class_device;
 /*
  * LED Core
  */
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ struct led_classdev {
 	void		(*brightness_set)(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 					  enum led_brightness brightness);
 
-	struct class_device	*class_dev;
+	struct device		*dev;
 	struct list_head	 node;			/* LED Device list */
 	char			*default_trigger;	/* Trigger to use */
 
@@ -109,4 +108,18 @@ extern void ledtrig_ide_activity(void);
 #define ledtrig_ide_activity() do {} while(0)
 #endif
 
+/* For the leds-gpio driver */
+struct gpio_led {
+	const char *name;
+	char *default_trigger;
+	unsigned 	gpio;
+	u8 		active_low;
+};
+
+struct gpio_led_platform_data {
+	int 		num_leds;
+	struct gpio_led *leds;
+};
+
+
 #endif		/* __LINUX_LEDS_H_INCLUDED */
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index be5a43928c8..9aa6c10f7bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ struct ata_queued_cmd {
 	ata_qc_cb_t		complete_fn;
 
 	void			*private_data;
+	void			*lldd_task;
 };
 
 struct ata_port_stats {
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9820ca1e45e..4a616d73cc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ struct net_device
 
 	/* The TX queue control structures */
 	unsigned int			egress_subqueue_count;
-	struct net_device_subqueue	egress_subqueue[0];
+	struct net_device_subqueue	egress_subqueue[1];
 };
 #define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/of_platform.h b/include/linux/of_platform.h
index 5fd44e63fb2..448f70b30a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_platform.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_platform.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ extern struct bus_type of_platform_bus_type;
  */
 struct of_platform_driver
 {
-	char			*name;
-	struct of_device_id	*match_table;
+	const char		*name;
+	const struct of_device_id	*match_table;
 	struct module		*owner;
 
 	int	(*probe)(struct of_device* dev,
diff --git a/include/linux/pci_ids.h b/include/linux/pci_ids.h
index b15c6498fe6..cbabb9c675c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci_ids.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci_ids.h
@@ -2019,6 +2019,8 @@
 
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_ARIMA		0x161f
 
+#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROCADE		0x1657
+
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_SIBYTE		0x166d
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_BCM1250_PCI	0x0001
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_BCM1250_HT	0x0002
@@ -2040,6 +2042,8 @@
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ALTIMA_AC9100	0x03ea
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ALTIMA_AC1003	0x03eb
 
+#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_LENOVO		0x17aa
+
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_ARECA		0x17d3
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ARECA_1110	0x1110
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ARECA_1120	0x1120
diff --git a/include/linux/resume-trace.h b/include/linux/resume-trace.h
index 81e9299ca14..f3f4f28c696 100644
--- a/include/linux/resume-trace.h
+++ b/include/linux/resume-trace.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define RESUME_TRACE_H
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_TRACE
+#include <asm/resume-trace.h>
 
 extern int pm_trace_enabled;
 
@@ -9,20 +10,10 @@ struct device;
 extern void set_trace_device(struct device *);
 extern void generate_resume_trace(void *tracedata, unsigned int user);
 
-#define TRACE_DEVICE(dev) set_trace_device(dev)
-#define TRACE_RESUME(user) do {					\
-	if (pm_trace_enabled) {					\
-		void *tracedata;				\
-		asm volatile("movl $1f,%0\n"			\
-			".section .tracedata,\"a\"\n"		\
-			"1:\t.word %c1\n"			\
-			"\t.long %c2\n"				\
-			".previous"				\
-			:"=r" (tracedata)			\
-			: "i" (__LINE__), "i" (__FILE__));	\
-		generate_resume_trace(tracedata, user);		\
-	}							\
-} while (0)
+#define TRACE_DEVICE(dev) do { \
+	if (pm_trace_enabled) \
+		set_trace_device(dev); \
+	} while(0)
 
 #else
 
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index ea91abe740d..0ae33886624 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -237,12 +237,15 @@ extern int group_send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct
 extern int __group_send_sig_info(int, struct siginfo *, struct task_struct *);
 extern long do_sigpending(void __user *, unsigned long);
 extern int sigprocmask(int, sigset_t *, sigset_t *);
+extern int show_unhandled_signals;
 
 struct pt_regs;
 extern int get_signal_to_deliver(siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *return_ka, struct pt_regs *regs, void *cookie);
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *sighand_cachep;
 
+int unhandled_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig);
+
 /*
  * In POSIX a signal is sent either to a specific thread (Linux task)
  * or to the process as a whole (Linux thread group).  How the signal
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index ec3b0ced0af..e6aea5146e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+# include <linux/cache.h>
 # include <linux/seqlock.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ extern struct timespec wall_to_monotonic;
 extern seqlock_t xtime_lock __attribute__((weak));
 
 extern unsigned long read_persistent_clock(void);
+extern int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now);
+extern int no_sync_cmos_clock __read_mostly;
 void timekeeping_init(void);
 
 static inline unsigned long get_seconds(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index c2b10cae5da..89338b468d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ void vmalloc_sync_all(void);
 /*
  *	Lowlevel-APIs (not for driver use!)
  */
+
+static inline size_t get_vm_area_size(const struct vm_struct *area)
+{
+	/* return actual size without guard page */
+	return area->size - PAGE_SIZE;
+}
+
 extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags);
 extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 					unsigned long start, unsigned long end);