diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vma_manager.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vma_manager.c
index 63b471205072fb5bf2c11b2273efe1b9a7e63b5d..68c1f32fb086babba23c883cb6ec5b2f431dd3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vma_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vma_manager.c
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
  *
  * You must not use multiple offset managers on a single address_space.
  * Otherwise, mm-core will be unable to tear down memory mappings as the VM will
- * no longer be linear. Please use VM_NONLINEAR in that case and implement your
- * own offset managers.
+ * no longer be linear.
  *
  * This offset manager works on page-based addresses. That is, every argument
  * and return code (with the exception of drm_vma_node_offset_addr()) is given
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 18391eec486417e439b00b1e67396fa21ba8215e..a0da685bdb8231237208211b521eeaa6780a1ba3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 #define VM_ACCOUNT	0x00100000	/* Is a VM accounted object */
 #define VM_NORESERVE	0x00200000	/* should the VM suppress accounting */
 #define VM_HUGETLB	0x00400000	/* Huge TLB Page VM */
-#define VM_NONLINEAR	0x00800000	/* Is non-linear (remap_file_pages) */
 #define VM_ARCH_1	0x01000000	/* Architecture-specific flag */
 #define VM_ARCH_2	0x02000000
 #define VM_DONTDUMP	0x04000000	/* Do not include in the core dump */
diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
index 6adfb7bfbf4482a2c71a3e7a3358745a1232e289..50cbc876be56a2daf19b0850d3470c2dae2eed5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/swapops.h
+++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline pgoff_t swp_offset(swp_entry_t entry)
 /* check whether a pte points to a swap entry */
 static inline int is_swap_pte(pte_t pte)
 {
-	return !pte_none(pte) && !pte_present_nonuma(pte) && !pte_file(pte);
+	return !pte_none(pte) && !pte_present_nonuma(pte);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ static inline swp_entry_t pte_to_swp_entry(pte_t pte)
 {
 	swp_entry_t arch_entry;
 
-	BUG_ON(pte_file(pte));
 	if (pte_swp_soft_dirty(pte))
 		pte = pte_swp_clear_soft_dirty(pte);
 	arch_entry = __pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ static inline pte_t swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry_t entry)
 	swp_entry_t arch_entry;
 
 	arch_entry = __swp_entry(swp_type(entry), swp_offset(entry));
-	BUG_ON(pte_file(__swp_entry_to_pte(arch_entry)));
 	return __swp_entry_to_pte(arch_entry);
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/debug.c b/mm/debug.c
index 0e58f3211f89702e5e1faaf6fd4fa4aa5ba9b729..d69cb5a7ba9af3cbe10192fd64fdddb0414e6c39 100644
--- a/mm/debug.c
+++ b/mm/debug.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ static const struct trace_print_flags vmaflags_names[] = {
 	{VM_ACCOUNT,			"account"	},
 	{VM_NORESERVE,			"noreserve"	},
 	{VM_HUGETLB,			"hugetlb"	},
-	{VM_NONLINEAR,			"nonlinear"	},
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86)
 	{VM_PAT,			"pat"		},
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PPC)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 8dd50ce6326fd50540b24fe6e93d12546b20594a..12bc2bc33da759259af801b0af65de61bd82d90b 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 */
 		if (likely(!(flags & FOLL_MIGRATION)))
 			goto no_page;
-		if (pte_none(pte) || pte_file(pte))
+		if (pte_none(pte))
 			goto no_page;
 		entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
 		if (!is_migration_entry(entry))
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 15647fb0394fabc54b10206bf35590aa69b5830c..4162dce2eb44c3aa336a9084f7458d9ac719888e 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ int ksm_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 		 */
 		if (*vm_flags & (VM_MERGEABLE | VM_SHARED  | VM_MAYSHARE   |
 				 VM_PFNMAP    | VM_IO      | VM_DONTEXPAND |
-				 VM_HUGETLB | VM_NONLINEAR | VM_MIXEDMAP))
+				 VM_HUGETLB | VM_MIXEDMAP))
 			return 0;		/* just ignore the advice */
 
 #ifdef VM_SAO
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 917754d26c17cdce4b7cc0dc32b7f1f813d5938b..d79fb5e8f80a0b4148e4e8bfb48bed81097d04b6 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int swapin_walk_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start,
 		pte = *(orig_pte + ((index - start) / PAGE_SIZE));
 		pte_unmap_unlock(orig_pte, ptl);
 
-		if (pte_present(pte) || pte_none(pte) || pte_file(pte))
+		if (pte_present(pte) || pte_none(pte))
 			continue;
 		entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
 		if (unlikely(non_swap_entry(entry)))
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	*prev = NULL;	/* tell sys_madvise we drop mmap_sem */
 
-	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_NONLINEAR|VM_HUGETLB))
+	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_HUGETLB))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	f = vma->vm_file;
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 2f6893c2f01b6c9649992910d902b94c49ae8ece..8b58701b9647b92cd7ce44bc6500a2f5228ecb3f 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4926,10 +4926,7 @@ static struct page *mc_handle_file_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return NULL;
 
 	mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
-	if (pte_none(ptent))
-		pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, addr);
-	else /* pte_file(ptent) is true */
-		pgoff = pte_to_pgoff(ptent);
+	pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, addr);
 
 	/* page is moved even if it's not RSS of this task(page-faulted). */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
@@ -4961,7 +4958,7 @@ static enum mc_target_type get_mctgt_type(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		page = mc_handle_present_pte(vma, addr, ptent);
 	else if (is_swap_pte(ptent))
 		page = mc_handle_swap_pte(vma, addr, ptent, &ent);
-	else if (pte_none(ptent) || pte_file(ptent))
+	else if (pte_none(ptent))
 		page = mc_handle_file_pte(vma, addr, ptent, &ent);
 
 	if (!page && !ent.val)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 43a53743cbb453752bcb0183743bd1ff6c9d0e93..9aa09217fe209124207f9e3fa28c2c7775d7bf1d 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -811,42 +811,40 @@ copy_one_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 
 	/* pte contains position in swap or file, so copy. */
 	if (unlikely(!pte_present(pte))) {
-		if (!pte_file(pte)) {
-			swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
-
-			if (likely(!non_swap_entry(entry))) {
-				if (swap_duplicate(entry) < 0)
-					return entry.val;
-
-				/* make sure dst_mm is on swapoff's mmlist. */
-				if (unlikely(list_empty(&dst_mm->mmlist))) {
-					spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
-					if (list_empty(&dst_mm->mmlist))
-						list_add(&dst_mm->mmlist,
-							 &src_mm->mmlist);
-					spin_unlock(&mmlist_lock);
-				}
-				rss[MM_SWAPENTS]++;
-			} else if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
-				page = migration_entry_to_page(entry);
-
-				if (PageAnon(page))
-					rss[MM_ANONPAGES]++;
-				else
-					rss[MM_FILEPAGES]++;
-
-				if (is_write_migration_entry(entry) &&
-				    is_cow_mapping(vm_flags)) {
-					/*
-					 * COW mappings require pages in both
-					 * parent and child to be set to read.
-					 */
-					make_migration_entry_read(&entry);
-					pte = swp_entry_to_pte(entry);
-					if (pte_swp_soft_dirty(*src_pte))
-						pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(pte);
-					set_pte_at(src_mm, addr, src_pte, pte);
-				}
+		swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
+
+		if (likely(!non_swap_entry(entry))) {
+			if (swap_duplicate(entry) < 0)
+				return entry.val;
+
+			/* make sure dst_mm is on swapoff's mmlist. */
+			if (unlikely(list_empty(&dst_mm->mmlist))) {
+				spin_lock(&mmlist_lock);
+				if (list_empty(&dst_mm->mmlist))
+					list_add(&dst_mm->mmlist,
+							&src_mm->mmlist);
+				spin_unlock(&mmlist_lock);
+			}
+			rss[MM_SWAPENTS]++;
+		} else if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
+			page = migration_entry_to_page(entry);
+
+			if (PageAnon(page))
+				rss[MM_ANONPAGES]++;
+			else
+				rss[MM_FILEPAGES]++;
+
+			if (is_write_migration_entry(entry) &&
+					is_cow_mapping(vm_flags)) {
+				/*
+				 * COW mappings require pages in both
+				 * parent and child to be set to read.
+				 */
+				make_migration_entry_read(&entry);
+				pte = swp_entry_to_pte(entry);
+				if (pte_swp_soft_dirty(*src_pte))
+					pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(pte);
+				set_pte_at(src_mm, addr, src_pte, pte);
 			}
 		}
 		goto out_set_pte;
@@ -1020,11 +1018,9 @@ int copy_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 	 * readonly mappings. The tradeoff is that copy_page_range is more
 	 * efficient than faulting.
 	 */
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB | VM_NONLINEAR |
-			       VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP))) {
-		if (!vma->anon_vma)
-			return 0;
-	}
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB | VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP)) &&
+			!vma->anon_vma)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
 		return copy_hugetlb_page_range(dst_mm, src_mm, vma);
diff --git a/mm/mincore.c b/mm/mincore.c
index c8c528b3664195a5373dbe5d1608e7b958a59f75..46527c023e0c84b22ecfc74c0586b9546c0a71ac 100644
--- a/mm/mincore.c
+++ b/mm/mincore.c
@@ -124,17 +124,13 @@ static void mincore_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 	ptep = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
 	do {
 		pte_t pte = *ptep;
-		pgoff_t pgoff;
 
 		next = addr + PAGE_SIZE;
 		if (pte_none(pte))
 			mincore_unmapped_range(vma, addr, next, vec);
 		else if (pte_present(pte))
 			*vec = 1;
-		else if (pte_file(pte)) {
-			pgoff = pte_to_pgoff(pte);
-			*vec = mincore_page(vma->vm_file->f_mapping, pgoff);
-		} else { /* pte is a swap entry */
+		else { /* pte is a swap entry */
 			swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
 
 			if (non_swap_entry(entry)) {
@@ -145,9 +141,8 @@ static void mincore_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 				*vec = 1;
 			} else {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
-				pgoff = entry.val;
 				*vec = mincore_page(swap_address_space(entry),
-					pgoff);
+					entry.val);
 #else
 				WARN_ON(1);
 				*vec = 1;
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index ace93454ce8ebe10f0b3cf5278aafd0a0d5fe4df..33121662f08b502ee8ae6bcee2f0ad579436cf9e 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 			}
 			if (updated)
 				pages++;
-		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION) && !pte_file(oldpte)) {
+		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION)) {
 			swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(oldpte);
 
 			if (is_write_migration_entry(entry)) {
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 17fa018f5f3909316db297df9019a94880392f24..57dadc025c6444dd1038691d160803745db124f8 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ static pte_t move_soft_dirty_pte(pte_t pte)
 		pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(pte);
 	else if (is_swap_pte(pte))
 		pte = pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(pte);
-	else if (pte_file(pte))
-		pte = pte_file_mksoft_dirty(pte);
 #endif
 	return pte;
 }
diff --git a/mm/msync.c b/mm/msync.c
index 992a1673d488dbbb38aa506c15eb0533f553ed4a..bb04d53ae8529597d3b0ca6636c49d5243762875 100644
--- a/mm/msync.c
+++ b/mm/msync.c
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(msync, unsigned long, start, size_t, len, int, flags)
 				(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
 			get_file(file);
 			up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-			if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR)
-				error = vfs_fsync(file, 1);
-			else
-				error = vfs_fsync_range(file, fstart, fend, 1);
+			error = vfs_fsync_range(file, fstart, fend, 1);
 			fput(file);
 			if (error || start >= end)
 				goto out;