atomic_t refcount;
/*
- * Count of child anon_vmas and VMAs which points to this anon_vma.
+ * Count of child anon_vmas. Equals to the count of all anon_vmas that
+ * have ->parent pointing to this one, including itself.
*
* This counter is used for making decision about reusing anon_vma
* instead of forking new one. See comments in function anon_vma_clone.
*/
- unsigned degree;
+ unsigned long num_children;
+ /* Count of VMAs whose ->anon_vma pointer points to this object. */
+ unsigned long num_active_vmas;
struct anon_vma *parent; /* Parent of this anon_vma */