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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-04-05 02:14:15 -0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-04-05 02:14:15 -0400
commit478c6a43fcbc6c11609f8cee7c7b57223907754f (patch)
treea7f7952099da60d33032aed6de9c0c56c9f8779e /arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
parent8a3f257c704e02aee9869decd069a806b45be3f1 (diff)
parent6bb597507f9839b13498781e481f5458aea33620 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into release
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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)