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diff --git a/mm/mmu_context.c b/mm/mmu_context.c
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+/* Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * See ../COPYING for licensing terms.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mmu_context.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+
+/*
+ * use_mm
+ *	Makes the calling kernel thread take on the specified
+ *	mm context.
+ *	Called by the retry thread execute retries within the
+ *	iocb issuer's mm context, so that copy_from/to_user
+ *	operations work seamlessly for aio.
+ *	(Note: this routine is intended to be called only
+ *	from a kernel thread context)
+ */
+void use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *active_mm;
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+	task_lock(tsk);
+	active_mm = tsk->active_mm;
+	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	tsk->mm = mm;
+	tsk->active_mm = mm;
+	switch_mm(active_mm, mm, tsk);
+	task_unlock(tsk);
+
+	mmdrop(active_mm);
+}
+
+/*
+ * unuse_mm
+ *	Reverses the effect of use_mm, i.e. releases the
+ *	specified mm context which was earlier taken on
+ *	by the calling kernel thread
+ *	(Note: this routine is intended to be called only
+ *	from a kernel thread context)
+ */
+void unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+	task_lock(tsk);
+	tsk->mm = NULL;
+	/* active_mm is still 'mm' */
+	enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk);
+	task_unlock(tsk);
+}