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diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 0e266fe1b4c..a17b147c61e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -296,6 +296,24 @@ void put_pages_list(struct list_head *pages);
void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
/*
+ * Compound pages have a destructor function. Provide a
+ * prototype for that function and accessor functions.
+ * These are _only_ valid on the head of a PG_compound page.
+ */
+typedef void compound_page_dtor(struct page *);
+
+static inline void set_compound_page_dtor(struct page *page,
+ compound_page_dtor *dtor)
+{
+ page[1].lru.next = (void *)dtor;
+}
+
+static inline compound_page_dtor *get_compound_page_dtor(struct page *page)
+{
+ return (compound_page_dtor *)page[1].lru.next;
+}
+
+/*
* Multiple processes may "see" the same page. E.g. for untouched
* mappings of /dev/null, all processes see the same page full of
* zeroes, and text pages of executables and shared libraries have