diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8fe351c..8f3e63c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -434,7 +434,9 @@
 /* dumpable bits */
 #define MMF_DUMPABLE      0  /* core dump is permitted */
 #define MMF_DUMP_SECURELY 1  /* core file is readable only by root */
+
 #define MMF_DUMPABLE_BITS 2
+#define MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK ((1 << MMF_DUMPABLE_BITS) - 1)
 
 /* coredump filter bits */
 #define MMF_DUMP_ANON_PRIVATE	2
@@ -444,6 +446,7 @@
 #define MMF_DUMP_ELF_HEADERS	6
 #define MMF_DUMP_HUGETLB_PRIVATE 7
 #define MMF_DUMP_HUGETLB_SHARED  8
+
 #define MMF_DUMP_FILTER_SHIFT	MMF_DUMPABLE_BITS
 #define MMF_DUMP_FILTER_BITS	7
 #define MMF_DUMP_FILTER_MASK \
@@ -457,6 +460,10 @@
 #else
 # define MMF_DUMP_MASK_DEFAULT_ELF	0
 #endif
+					/* leave room for more dump flags */
+#define MMF_VM_MERGEABLE	16	/* KSM may merge identical pages */
+
+#define MMF_INIT_MASK		(MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK | MMF_DUMP_FILTER_MASK)
 
 struct sighand_struct {
 	atomic_t		count;