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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-03-23 14:50:03 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-03-23 21:20:20 +0100
commit80c5520811d3805adcb15c570ea5e2d489fa5d0b (patch)
treeae797a7f4af39f80e77526533d06ac23b439f0ab /arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
parentb3e3b302cf6dc8d60b67f0e84d1fa5648889c038 (diff)
parent8c083f081d0014057901c68a0a3e0f8ca7ac8d23 (diff)
Merge branch 'cpus4096' into irq/threaded
Conflicts: arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c kernel/irq/handle.c Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c')
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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)