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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-28 13:40:20 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-28 13:48:38 -0700
commit7c730ccdc1188b97f5c8cb690906242c7ed75c22 (patch)
tree17ccd927e70dadaf59104c53cce892474eb539b2 /arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
parentMerge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 (diff)
parentMerge branch 'linus' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2 (diff)
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Merge branch 'percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (682 commits) percpu: fix spurious alignment WARN in legacy SMP percpu allocator percpu: generalize embedding first chunk setup helper percpu: more flexibility for @dyn_size of pcpu_setup_first_chunk() percpu: make x86 addr <-> pcpu ptr conversion macros generic linker script: define __per_cpu_load on all SMP capable archs x86: UV: remove uv_flush_tlb_others() WARN_ON percpu: finer grained locking to break deadlock and allow atomic free percpu: move fully free chunk reclamation into a work percpu: move chunk area map extension out of area allocation percpu: replace pcpu_realloc() with pcpu_mem_alloc() and pcpu_mem_free() x86, percpu: setup reserved percpu area for x86_64 percpu, module: implement reserved allocation and use it for module percpu variables percpu: add an indirection ptr for chunk page map access x86: make embedding percpu allocator return excessive free space percpu: use negative for auto for pcpu_setup_first_chunk() arguments percpu: improve first chunk initial area map handling percpu: cosmetic renames in pcpu_setup_first_chunk() percpu: clean up percpu constants x86: un-__init fill_pud/pmd/pte x86: remove vestigial fix_ioremap prototypes ... Manually merge conflicts in arch/ia64/kernel/irq_ia64.c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c')
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diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 86f2ffc43c3d..5b7c7c8464fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -313,6 +313,24 @@ int ptep_clear_flush_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
return young;
}
+/**
+ * reserve_top_address - reserves a hole in the top of kernel address space
+ * @reserve - size of hole to reserve
+ *
+ * Can be used to relocate the fixmap area and poke a hole in the top
+ * of kernel address space to make room for a hypervisor.
+ */
+void __init reserve_top_address(unsigned long reserve)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+ BUG_ON(fixmaps_set > 0);
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Reserving virtual address space above 0x%08x\n",
+ (int)-reserve);
+ __FIXADDR_TOP = -reserve - PAGE_SIZE;
+ __VMALLOC_RESERVE += reserve;
+#endif
+}
+
int fixmaps_set;
void __native_set_fixmap(enum fixed_addresses idx, pte_t pte)