diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index 94a740d2883..634b9ae713e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ static int ashmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (vma->vm_file)
 		fput(vma->vm_file);
 	vma->vm_file = asma->file;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index dd6f7ee1e31..c2483e97bee 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ v9fs_cached_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
 static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite = v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 5caf285c6e4..f6b40e86121 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1599,6 +1599,7 @@ out:
 static const struct vm_operations_struct btrfs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= btrfs_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 static int btrfs_file_mmap(struct file	*filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -1610,7 +1611,6 @@ static int btrfs_file_mmap(struct file	*filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	file_accessed(filp);
 	vma->vm_ops = &btrfs_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 22b6e4583fa..6690269f5dd 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ out:
 static struct vm_operations_struct ceph_vmops = {
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= ceph_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 int ceph_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -1234,6 +1235,5 @@ int ceph_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &ceph_vmops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 7d7bbdc4c8e..edb25b4bbb9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -3003,6 +3003,7 @@ cifs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 static struct vm_operations_struct cifs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite = cifs_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 int cifs_file_strict_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index ca6f07afe60..bf3966bccd3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ ext4_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ext4_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite   = ext4_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 static int ext4_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -217,7 +218,6 @@ static int ext4_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &ext4_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index aba15f1b7ad..78d2837bc94 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1379,6 +1379,7 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct fuse_file_vm_ops = {
 	.close		= fuse_vma_close,
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= fuse_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 static int fuse_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 30e21997a1a..0def0504afc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ out:
 static const struct vm_operations_struct gfs2_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite = gfs2_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -526,7 +527,6 @@ static int gfs2_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 			return error;
 	}
 	vma->vm_ops = &gfs2_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 6a7fcab7ecb..f692be97676 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ out:
 static const struct vm_operations_struct nfs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite = nfs_vm_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 static int nfs_need_sync_write(struct file *filp, struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 5b387a4c293..16f35f7423c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 static const struct vm_operations_struct nilfs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= nilfs_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 static int nilfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &nilfs_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
index d150372fd81..47a87dda54c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ out:
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ocfs2_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= ocfs2_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= ocfs2_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 int ocfs2_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
@@ -188,7 +189,6 @@ int ocfs2_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(file->f_dentry->d_inode, lock_level);
 out:
 	vma->vm_ops = &ocfs2_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index ff48c5a8530..5bc77817f38 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,7 @@ out_unlock:
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ubifs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault        = filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite = ubifs_vm_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 static int ubifs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 1eaeb8be3aa..aa473fa640a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -940,7 +940,6 @@ xfs_file_mmap(
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	vma->vm_ops = &xfs_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 
 	file_accessed(filp);
 	return 0;
@@ -1443,4 +1442,5 @@ const struct file_operations xfs_dir_file_operations = {
 static const struct vm_operations_struct xfs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= xfs_vm_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ca6d8c806f4..5a8a273d5b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2552,6 +2552,8 @@ extern int sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *, int);
 
 extern int generic_file_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
+extern int generic_file_remap_pages(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long addr,
+		unsigned long size, pgoff_t pgoff);
 extern int file_read_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
 int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, int isblk);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index fb0685b1791..44d3fc25f55 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 #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 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16];
  * 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 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
 	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;
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 384344575c3..a9827b42556 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1737,6 +1737,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_page_mkwrite);
 const struct vm_operations_struct generic_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= filemap_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 /* This is used for a general mmap of a disk file */
@@ -1749,7 +1750,6 @@ int generic_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &generic_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index 13e013b1270..91750227a19 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ out:
 static const struct vm_operations_struct xip_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault	= xip_file_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= filemap_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 int xip_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ int xip_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
 
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &xip_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR | VM_MIXEDMAP;
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_MIXEDMAP;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_file_mmap);
diff --git a/mm/fremap.c b/mm/fremap.c
index 048659c0c03..3d731a49878 100644
--- a/mm/fremap.c
+++ b/mm/fremap.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  *
  * started by Ingo Molnar, Copyright (C) 2002, 2003
  */
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
@@ -80,9 +81,10 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int populate_range(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-			unsigned long addr, unsigned long size, pgoff_t pgoff)
+int generic_file_remap_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+			     unsigned long size, pgoff_t pgoff)
 {
+	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	int err;
 
 	do {
@@ -95,9 +97,9 @@ static int populate_range(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		pgoff++;
 	} while (size);
 
-        return 0;
-
+	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_remap_pages);
 
 /**
  * sys_remap_file_pages - remap arbitrary pages of an existing VM_SHARED vma
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, size,
 	if (vma->vm_private_data && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR))
+	if (!vma->vm_ops->remap_pages)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (start < vma->vm_start || start + size > vma->vm_end)
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, size,
 	}
 
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(mm, start, start + size);
-	err = populate_range(mm, vma, start, size, pgoff);
+	err = vma->vm_ops->remap_pages(vma, start, size, pgoff);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, start, start + size);
 	if (!err && !(flags & MAP_NONBLOCK)) {
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index b0989f4d4f0..d0686d35511 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -669,8 +669,7 @@ again:			remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end);
 static inline int is_mergeable_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			struct file *file, unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
-	/* VM_CAN_NONLINEAR may get set later by f_op->mmap() */
-	if ((vma->vm_flags ^ vm_flags) & ~VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
+	if (vma->vm_flags ^ vm_flags)
 		return 0;
 	if (vma->vm_file != file)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index dee2ff89fd5..98318dcff74 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1961,6 +1961,14 @@ int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);
 
+int generic_file_remap_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+			     unsigned long size, pgoff_t pgoff)
+{
+	BUG();
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_remap_pages);
+
 static int __access_remote_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
 {
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index d3752110c8c..cc12072f878 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,6 @@ static int shmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &shmem_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2643,6 +2642,7 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_vm_ops = {
 	.set_policy     = shmem_set_policy,
 	.get_policy     = shmem_get_policy,
 #endif
+	.remap_pages	= generic_file_remap_pages,
 };
 
 static struct dentry *shmem_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
@@ -2836,7 +2836,6 @@ int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		fput(vma->vm_file);
 	vma->vm_file = file;
 	vma->vm_ops = &shmem_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }