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diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 5edccd9c9218..ed75bc962fbe 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -266,6 +266,27 @@ void *vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, int node)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_node);
+#ifndef PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC
+# define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC PAGE_KERNEL
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * vmalloc_exec - allocate virtually contiguous, executable memory
+ * @size: allocation size
+ *
+ * Kernel-internal function to allocate enough pages to cover @size
+ * the page level allocator and map them into contiguous and
+ * executable kernel virtual space.
+ *
+ * For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags
+ * use __vmalloc() instead.
+ */
+
+void *vmalloc_exec(unsigned long size)
+{
+ return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
+}
+
/**
* vmalloc_32 - allocate virtually contiguous memory (32bit addressable)
* @size: allocation size