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vm_area_struct
struct vm_area_struct {
struct mm_struct * vm_mm; /* The address space we belong to. */
unsigned long vm_start; /* Our start address within vm_mm. */
unsigned long vm_end;/* The first byte after our end address within vm_mm. */
/* linked list of VM areas per task, sorted by address */
struct vm_area_struct *vm_next;
pgprot_t vm_page_prot; /* Access permissions of this VMA. */
unsigned long vm_flags;/* Flags, listed below. */
struct rb_node vm_rb;
/** For areas with an address space and backing store,one of the
address_space->i_mmap{,shared} lists, for shm areas, the list of attaches,
otherwise unused. */
struct list_head shared;
/* Function pointers to deal with this struct. */
struct vm_operations_struct * vm_ops;
/* Information about our backing store: */
unsigned long vm_pgoff; /* Offset (within vm_file) in PAGE_SIZE
units, *not* PAGE_CACHE_SIZE */
struct file * vm_file; /* File we map to (can be NULL). */
void * vm_private_data; /* was vm_pte (shared mem) */
};