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diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 039ddbc574e9..3103099f64fd 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3167,6 +3167,13 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_vm_op_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * When a new function is introduced to vm_operations_struct and added
+ * to hugetlb_vm_ops, please consider adding the function to shm_vm_ops.
+ * This is because under System V memory model, mappings created via
+ * shmget/shmat with "huge page" specified are backed by hugetlbfs files,
+ * their original vm_ops are overwritten with shm_vm_ops.
+ */
const struct vm_operations_struct hugetlb_vm_ops = {
.fault = hugetlb_vm_op_fault,
.open = hugetlb_vm_op_open,