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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-04-06 07:02:57 (GMT) |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-04-06 07:02:57 (GMT) |
commit | f541ae326fa120fa5c57433e4d9a133df212ce41 (patch) | |
tree | bdbd94ec72cfc601118051cb35e8617d55510177 /arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | |
parent | e255357764f92afcafafbd4879b222b8c752065a (diff) | |
parent | 0221c81b1b8eb0cbb6b30a0ced52ead32d2b4e4c (diff) | |
download | linux-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')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
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) |