diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 22b4b00dee31..02ba2136a358 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ is not associated with a file:
  [stack]                  = the stack of the main process
  [vdso]                   = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
                             the kernel system call handler
+ [anon:<name>]            = an anonymous mapping that has been
+                            named by userspace
 
  or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
 
@@ -426,6 +428,7 @@ KernelPageSize:        4 kB
 MMUPageSize:           4 kB
 Locked:                0 kB
 VmFlags: rd ex mr mw me dw
+Name:           name from userspace
 
 the first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the
 mapping in /proc/PID/maps.  The remaining lines show the size of the mapping
@@ -498,6 +501,9 @@ Note that there is no guarantee that every flag and associated mnemonic will
 be present in all further kernel releases. Things get changed, the flags may
 be vanished or the reverse -- new added.
 
+The "Name" field will only be present on a mapping that has been named by
+userspace, and will show the name passed in by userspace.
+
 This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
 enabled.
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 5ea1d64cb0b4..2c57d817876c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -123,6 +123,56 @@ static void release_task_mempolicy(struct proc_maps_private *priv)
 }
 #endif
 
+static void seq_print_vma_name(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	const char __user *name = vma_get_anon_name(vma);
+	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+
+	unsigned long page_start_vaddr;
+	unsigned long page_offset;
+	unsigned long num_pages;
+	unsigned long max_len = NAME_MAX;
+	int i;
+
+	page_start_vaddr = (unsigned long)name & PAGE_MASK;
+	page_offset = (unsigned long)name - page_start_vaddr;
+	num_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(page_offset + max_len, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	seq_puts(m, "[anon:");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+		int len;
+		int write_len;
+		const char *kaddr;
+		long pages_pinned;
+		struct page *page;
+
+		pages_pinned = get_user_pages_remote(current, mm,
+				page_start_vaddr, 1, 0, &page, NULL, NULL);
+		if (pages_pinned < 1) {
+			seq_puts(m, "<fault>]");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		kaddr = (const char *)kmap(page);
+		len = min(max_len, PAGE_SIZE - page_offset);
+		write_len = strnlen(kaddr + page_offset, len);
+		seq_write(m, kaddr + page_offset, write_len);
+		kunmap(page);
+		put_page(page);
+
+		/* if strnlen hit a null terminator then we're done */
+		if (write_len != len)
+			break;
+
+		max_len -= len;
+		page_offset = 0;
+		page_start_vaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+
+	seq_putc(m, ']');
+}
+
 static void vma_stop(struct proc_maps_private *priv)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = priv->mm;
@@ -344,8 +394,15 @@ show_map_vma(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-		if (is_stack(vma))
+		if (is_stack(vma)) {
 			name = "[stack]";
+			goto done;
+		}
+
+		if (vma_get_anon_name(vma)) {
+			seq_pad(m, ' ');
+			seq_print_vma_name(m, vma);
+		}
 	}
 
 done:
@@ -780,6 +837,11 @@ static int show_smap(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	smap_gather_stats(vma, &mss);
 
 	show_map_vma(m, vma);
+	if (vma_get_anon_name(vma)) {
+		seq_puts(m, "Name:           ");
+		seq_print_vma_name(m, vma);
+		seq_putc(m, '\n');
+	}
 
 	SEQ_PUT_DEC("Size:           ", vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
 	SEQ_PUT_DEC(" kB\nKernelPageSize: ", vma_kernel_pagesize(vma));
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index bfa0ec69f924..f4a021d5ec83 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -890,7 +890,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 				 new_flags, vma->anon_vma,
 				 vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
 				 vma_policy(vma),
-				 NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX);
+				 NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX,
+				 vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 		if (prev)
 			vma = prev;
 		else
@@ -1423,7 +1424,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, start, vma_end, new_flags,
 				 vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
 				 vma_policy(vma),
-				 ((struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx){ ctx }));
+				 ((struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx){ ctx }),
+				 vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 		if (prev) {
 			vma = prev;
 			goto next;
@@ -1581,7 +1583,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, start, vma_end, new_flags,
 				 vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
 				 vma_policy(vma),
-				 NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX);
+				 NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX,
+				 vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 		if (prev) {
 			vma = prev;
 			goto next;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a61ebe8ad4ca..ddcdbe3211ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ static inline int vma_adjust(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 extern struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *,
 	struct vm_area_struct *prev, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	unsigned long vm_flags, struct anon_vma *, struct file *, pgoff_t,
-	struct mempolicy *, struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx);
+	struct mempolicy *, struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx, const char __user *);
 extern struct anon_vma *find_mergeable_anon_vma(struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern int __split_vma(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *,
 	unsigned long addr, int new_below);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index cd2bc939efd0..357d9150396f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -290,11 +290,18 @@ struct vm_area_struct {
 	/*
 	 * For areas with an address space and backing store,
 	 * linkage into the address_space->i_mmap interval tree.
+	 *
+	 * For private anonymous mappings, a pointer to a null terminated string
+	 * in the user process containing the name given to the vma, or NULL
+	 * if unnamed.
 	 */
-	struct {
-		struct rb_node rb;
-		unsigned long rb_subtree_last;
-	} shared;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			struct rb_node rb;
+			unsigned long rb_subtree_last;
+		} shared;
+		const char __user *anon_name;
+	};
 
 	/*
 	 * A file's MAP_PRIVATE vma can be in both i_mmap tree and anon_vma
@@ -649,4 +656,13 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned long val;
 } swp_entry_t;
 
+/* Return the name for an anonymous mapping or NULL for a file-backed mapping */
+static inline const char __user *vma_get_anon_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return vma->anon_name;
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_MM_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index c0d7ea0bf5b6..851c0032e14b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -219,4 +219,7 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
 # define PR_SPEC_DISABLE		(1UL << 2)
 # define PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE		(1UL << 3)
 
+#define PR_SET_VMA		0x53564d41
+# define PR_SET_VMA_ANON_NAME		0
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index cf5c67533ff1..0bfeb69734a7 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 #include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
 
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
@@ -2261,6 +2263,153 @@ int __weak arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_set(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long which,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+static int prctl_update_vma_anon_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		struct vm_area_struct **prev,
+		unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+		const char __user *name_addr)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+	int error = 0;
+	pgoff_t pgoff;
+
+	if (name_addr == vma_get_anon_name(vma)) {
+		*prev = vma;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((start - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	*prev = vma_merge(mm, *prev, start, end, vma->vm_flags, vma->anon_vma,
+				vma->vm_file, pgoff, vma_policy(vma),
+				vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx, name_addr);
+	if (*prev) {
+		vma = *prev;
+		goto success;
+	}
+
+	*prev = vma;
+
+	if (start != vma->vm_start) {
+		error = split_vma(mm, vma, start, 1);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (end != vma->vm_end) {
+		error = split_vma(mm, vma, end, 0);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+success:
+	if (!vma->vm_file)
+		vma->anon_name = name_addr;
+
+out:
+	if (error == -ENOMEM)
+		error = -EAGAIN;
+	return error;
+}
+
+static int prctl_set_vma_anon_name(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
+			unsigned long arg)
+{
+	unsigned long tmp;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
+	int unmapped_error = 0;
+	int error = -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the interval [start,end) covers some unmapped address
+	 * ranges, just ignore them, but return -ENOMEM at the end.
+	 * - this matches the handling in madvise.
+	 */
+	vma = find_vma_prev(current->mm, start, &prev);
+	if (vma && start > vma->vm_start)
+		prev = vma;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		/* Still start < end. */
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		if (!vma)
+			return error;
+
+		/* Here start < (end|vma->vm_end). */
+		if (start < vma->vm_start) {
+			unmapped_error = -ENOMEM;
+			start = vma->vm_start;
+			if (start >= end)
+				return error;
+		}
+
+		/* Here vma->vm_start <= start < (end|vma->vm_end) */
+		tmp = vma->vm_end;
+		if (end < tmp)
+			tmp = end;
+
+		/* Here vma->vm_start <= start < tmp <= (end|vma->vm_end). */
+		error = prctl_update_vma_anon_name(vma, &prev, start, tmp,
+				(const char __user *)arg);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		start = tmp;
+		if (prev && start < prev->vm_end)
+			start = prev->vm_end;
+		error = unmapped_error;
+		if (start >= end)
+			return error;
+		if (prev)
+			vma = prev->vm_next;
+		else	/* madvise_remove dropped mmap_sem */
+			vma = find_vma(current->mm, start);
+	}
+}
+
+static int prctl_set_vma(unsigned long opt, unsigned long start,
+		unsigned long len_in, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+	int error;
+	unsigned long len;
+	unsigned long end;
+
+	if (start & ~PAGE_MASK)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	len = (len_in + ~PAGE_MASK) & PAGE_MASK;
+
+	/* Check to see whether len was rounded up from small -ve to zero */
+	if (len_in && !len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	end = start + len;
+	if (end < start)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (end == start)
+		return 0;
+
+	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	switch (opt) {
+	case PR_SET_VMA_ANON_NAME:
+		error = prctl_set_vma_anon_name(start, end, arg);
+		break;
+	default:
+		error = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	return error;
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_MMU */
+static int prctl_set_vma(unsigned long opt, unsigned long start,
+		unsigned long len_in, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+#endif
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 		unsigned long, arg4, unsigned long, arg5)
 {
@@ -2479,6 +2628,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		error = arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_set(me, arg2, arg3);
 		break;
+	case PR_SET_VMA:
+		error = prctl_set_vma(arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
+		break;
 	default:
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		break;
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 972a9eaa898b..3513dd06739f 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((start - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	*prev = vma_merge(mm, *prev, start, end, new_flags, vma->anon_vma,
 			  vma->vm_file, pgoff, vma_policy(vma),
-			  vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx);
+			  vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx, vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 	if (*prev) {
 		vma = *prev;
 		goto success;
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index da858f794eb6..9625e14b37b4 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -705,7 +705,8 @@ static int mbind_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 			((vmstart - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, vmstart, vmend, vma->vm_flags,
 				 vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, pgoff,
-				 new_pol, vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx);
+				 new_pol, vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+				 vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 		if (prev) {
 			vma = prev;
 			next = vma->vm_next;
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 41cc47e28ad6..9fbe2af06cff 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int mlock_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
 	pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((start - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	*prev = vma_merge(mm, *prev, start, end, newflags, vma->anon_vma,
 			  vma->vm_file, pgoff, vma_policy(vma),
-			  vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx);
+			  vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx, vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 	if (*prev) {
 		vma = *prev;
 		goto success;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 5f2b2b184c60..6d42dc2e792a 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -982,7 +982,8 @@ int __vma_adjust(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
  */
 static inline int is_mergeable_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				struct file *file, unsigned long vm_flags,
-				struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx)
+				struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+				const char __user *anon_name)
 {
 	/*
 	 * VM_SOFTDIRTY should not prevent from VMA merging, if we
@@ -1000,6 +1001,8 @@ static inline int is_mergeable_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return 0;
 	if (!is_mergeable_vm_userfaultfd_ctx(vma, vm_userfaultfd_ctx))
 		return 0;
+	if (vma_get_anon_name(vma) != anon_name)
+		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1032,9 +1035,10 @@ static int
 can_vma_merge_before(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
 		     struct anon_vma *anon_vma, struct file *file,
 		     pgoff_t vm_pgoff,
-		     struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx)
+		     struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+		     const char __user *anon_name)
 {
-	if (is_mergeable_vma(vma, file, vm_flags, vm_userfaultfd_ctx) &&
+	if (is_mergeable_vma(vma, file, vm_flags, vm_userfaultfd_ctx, anon_name) &&
 	    is_mergeable_anon_vma(anon_vma, vma->anon_vma, vma)) {
 		if (vma->vm_pgoff == vm_pgoff)
 			return 1;
@@ -1053,9 +1057,10 @@ static int
 can_vma_merge_after(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
 		    struct anon_vma *anon_vma, struct file *file,
 		    pgoff_t vm_pgoff,
-		    struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx)
+		    struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+		    const char __user *anon_name)
 {
-	if (is_mergeable_vma(vma, file, vm_flags, vm_userfaultfd_ctx) &&
+	if (is_mergeable_vma(vma, file, vm_flags, vm_userfaultfd_ctx, anon_name) &&
 	    is_mergeable_anon_vma(anon_vma, vma->anon_vma, vma)) {
 		pgoff_t vm_pglen;
 		vm_pglen = vma_pages(vma);
@@ -1066,9 +1071,9 @@ can_vma_merge_after(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
 }
 
 /*
- * Given a mapping request (addr,end,vm_flags,file,pgoff), figure out
- * whether that can be merged with its predecessor or its successor.
- * Or both (it neatly fills a hole).
+ * Given a mapping request (addr,end,vm_flags,file,pgoff,anon_name),
+ * figure out whether that can be merged with its predecessor or its
+ * successor.  Or both (it neatly fills a hole).
  *
  * In most cases - when called for mmap, brk or mremap - [addr,end) is
  * certain not to be mapped by the time vma_merge is called; but when
@@ -1110,7 +1115,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			unsigned long end, unsigned long vm_flags,
 			struct anon_vma *anon_vma, struct file *file,
 			pgoff_t pgoff, struct mempolicy *policy,
-			struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx)
+			struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+			const char __user *anon_name)
 {
 	pgoff_t pglen = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct vm_area_struct *area, *next;
@@ -1143,7 +1149,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			mpol_equal(vma_policy(prev), policy) &&
 			can_vma_merge_after(prev, vm_flags,
 					    anon_vma, file, pgoff,
-					    vm_userfaultfd_ctx)) {
+					    vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+					    anon_name)) {
 		/*
 		 * OK, it can.  Can we now merge in the successor as well?
 		 */
@@ -1152,7 +1159,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				can_vma_merge_before(next, vm_flags,
 						     anon_vma, file,
 						     pgoff+pglen,
-						     vm_userfaultfd_ctx) &&
+						     vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+						     anon_name) &&
 				is_mergeable_anon_vma(prev->anon_vma,
 						      next->anon_vma, NULL)) {
 							/* cases 1, 6 */
@@ -1175,7 +1183,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			mpol_equal(policy, vma_policy(next)) &&
 			can_vma_merge_before(next, vm_flags,
 					     anon_vma, file, pgoff+pglen,
-					     vm_userfaultfd_ctx)) {
+					     vm_userfaultfd_ctx,
+					     anon_name)) {
 		if (prev && addr < prev->vm_end)	/* case 4 */
 			err = __vma_adjust(prev, prev->vm_start,
 					 addr, prev->vm_pgoff, NULL, next);
@@ -1720,7 +1729,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	 * Can we just expand an old mapping?
 	 */
 	vma = vma_merge(mm, prev, addr, addr + len, vm_flags,
-			NULL, file, pgoff, NULL, NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX);
+			NULL, file, pgoff, NULL, NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX, NULL);
 	if (vma)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -2973,7 +2982,7 @@ static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long fla
 
 	/* Can we just expand an old private anonymous mapping? */
 	vma = vma_merge(mm, prev, addr, addr + len, flags,
-			NULL, NULL, pgoff, NULL, NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX);
+			NULL, NULL, pgoff, NULL, NULL_VM_UFFD_CTX, NULL);
 	if (vma)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3171,7 +3180,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 		return NULL;	/* should never get here */
 	new_vma = vma_merge(mm, prev, addr, addr + len, vma->vm_flags,
 			    vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, pgoff, vma_policy(vma),
-			    vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx);
+			    vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx, vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 	if (new_vma) {
 		/*
 		 * Source vma may have been merged into new_vma
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 6d331620b9e5..58f591daf578 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **pprev,
 	pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((start - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	*pprev = vma_merge(mm, *pprev, start, end, newflags,
 			   vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, pgoff, vma_policy(vma),
-			   vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx);
+			   vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx, vma_get_anon_name(vma));
 	if (*pprev) {
 		vma = *pprev;
 		VM_WARN_ON((vma->vm_flags ^ newflags) & ~VM_SOFTDIRTY);