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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/setup.c | 18 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 71d05f481727..766abdab94e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1363,6 +1363,11 @@ running once the system is up. reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area + reservetop= [IA-32] + Format: nn[KMG] + Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual + address space. + resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspend diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c index 060c68004bec..16d99444cf66 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c @@ -935,6 +935,24 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p) } /* + * reservetop=size reserves a hole at the top of the kernel address space which + * a hypervisor can load into later. Needed for dynamically loaded hypervisors, + * so relocating the fixmap can be done before paging initialization. + */ +static int __init parse_reservetop(char *arg) +{ + unsigned long address; + + if (!arg) + return -EINVAL; + + address = memparse(arg, &arg); + reserve_top_address(address); + return 0; +} +early_param("reservetop", parse_reservetop); + +/* * Callback for efi_memory_walk. */ static int __init |