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diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index d633974e7f8b..a33163dbb913 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
#include <linux/splice.h>
#include <linux/pfn.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
@@ -657,6 +658,28 @@ static int mmap_zero(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return 0;
}
+static unsigned long get_unmapped_area_zero(struct file *file,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
+ unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+ if (flags & MAP_SHARED) {
+ /*
+ * mmap_zero() will call shmem_zero_setup() to create a file,
+ * so use shmem's get_unmapped_area in case it can be huge;
+ * and pass NULL for file as in mmap.c's get_unmapped_area(),
+ * so as not to confuse shmem with our handle on "/dev/zero".
+ */
+ return shmem_get_unmapped_area(NULL, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+ }
+
+ /* Otherwise flags & MAP_PRIVATE: with no shmem object beneath it */
+ return current->mm->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
+#else
+ return -ENOSYS;
+#endif
+}
+
static ssize_t write_full(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -764,6 +787,7 @@ static const struct file_operations zero_fops = {
.read_iter = read_iter_zero,
.write_iter = write_iter_zero,
.mmap = mmap_zero,
+ .get_unmapped_area = get_unmapped_area_zero,
#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
.mmap_capabilities = zero_mmap_capabilities,
#endif