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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-06 07:02:57 (GMT)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-06 07:02:57 (GMT)
commitf541ae326fa120fa5c57433e4d9a133df212ce41 (patch)
treebdbd94ec72cfc601118051cb35e8617d55510177 /arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
parente255357764f92afcafafbd4879b222b8c752065a (diff)
parent0221c81b1b8eb0cbb6b30a0ced52ead32d2b4e4c (diff)
downloadlinux-f541ae326fa120fa5c57433e4d9a133df212ce41.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core-v2
Merge reason: we have gathered quite a few conflicts, need to merge upstream Conflicts: arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c arch/x86/kernel/irq.c arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c include/linux/sched.h kernel/Makefile Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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 86f2ffc..5b7c7c84 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)