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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-28 23:05:50 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-28 23:05:50 +0100
commitb0d44c0dbbd52effb731b1c0af9afd56215c48de (patch)
tree3237c0087d91a5390aed05689b9f610ba16fa116 /arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
parent9537a48ed4b9e4b738943d6da0a0fd4278adf905 (diff)
parent7c730ccdc1188b97f5c8cb690906242c7ed75c22 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into core/iommu
Conflicts: arch/x86/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 86f2ffc43c3..5b7c7c8464f 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)