diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index fb0685b..44d3fc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 #define VM_ARCH_1	0x01000000	/* Architecture-specific flag */
 #define VM_NODUMP	0x04000000	/* Do not include in the core dump */
 
-#define VM_CAN_NONLINEAR 0x08000000	/* Has ->fault & does nonlinear pages */
 #define VM_MIXEDMAP	0x10000000	/* Can contain "struct page" and pure PFN pages */
 #define VM_HUGEPAGE	0x20000000	/* MADV_HUGEPAGE marked this vma */
 #define VM_NOHUGEPAGE	0x40000000	/* MADV_NOHUGEPAGE marked this vma */
@@ -171,8 +170,7 @@
  * of VM_FAULT_xxx flags that give details about how the fault was handled.
  *
  * pgoff should be used in favour of virtual_address, if possible. If pgoff
- * is used, one may set VM_CAN_NONLINEAR in the vma->vm_flags to get nonlinear
- * mapping support.
+ * is used, one may implement ->remap_pages to get nonlinear mapping support.
  */
 struct vm_fault {
 	unsigned int flags;		/* FAULT_FLAG_xxx flags */
@@ -230,6 +228,9 @@
 	int (*migrate)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, const nodemask_t *from,
 		const nodemask_t *to, unsigned long flags);
 #endif
+	/* called by sys_remap_file_pages() to populate non-linear mapping */
+	int (*remap_pages)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+			   unsigned long size, pgoff_t pgoff);
 };
 
 struct mmu_gather;