diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e56359fc617b..0d65cb464a3a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5955c7a2cfb6a35429adea5dc480002b15ca8cfc
+refs/heads/master: c296861291669f305deef19b78042330d7135017
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/trunk/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 506e7620a986..9c0890c7a06a 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
 					unsigned long flags, void *caller);
 extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 					unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
+					unsigned long flags,
+					unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+					void *caller);
 extern struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size,
 					  unsigned long flags, int node,
 					  gfp_t gfp_mask);
diff --git a/trunk/mm/vmalloc.c b/trunk/mm/vmalloc.c
index 75f49d312e8c..4dd2636d0b92 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,14 @@ struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_vm_area);
 
+struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
+				       unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+				       void *caller)
+{
+	return __get_vm_area_node(size, flags, start, end, -1, GFP_KERNEL,
+				  caller);
+}
+
 /**
  *	get_vm_area  -  reserve a contiguous kernel virtual area
  *	@size:		size of the area