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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2009-03-30 07:04:53 +0400
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2009-03-30 07:04:53 +0400
commit9ff9a26b786c35ee8d2a66222924a807ec851a9f (patch)
treedb432a17bccca1ca2c16907f0ee83ac449ed4012 /arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
parent0a3108beea9143225119d5e7c72a8e2c64f3eb7d (diff)
parent0d34fb8e93ceba7b6dad0062dbb4a0813bacd75b (diff)
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Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
Manual merge of: arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.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)