+ struct list_head head; /* Chain of private "related" vmas */
+};
+
+/*
+ * The copy-on-write semantics of fork mean that an anon_vma
+ * can become associated with multiple processes. Furthermore,
+ * each child process will have its own anon_vma, where new
+ * pages for that process are instantiated.
+ *
+ * This structure allows us to find the anon_vmas associated
+ * with a VMA, or the VMAs associated with an anon_vma.
+ * The "same_vma" list contains the anon_vma_chains linking
+ * all the anon_vmas associated with this VMA.
+ * The "same_anon_vma" list contains the anon_vma_chains
+ * which link all the VMAs associated with this anon_vma.
+ */
+struct anon_vma_chain {
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
+ struct list_head same_vma; /* locked by mmap_sem & page_table_lock */
+ struct list_head same_anon_vma; /* locked by anon_vma->lock */