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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h index 49b5cff78c2..10a8c2e5178 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -498,6 +498,17 @@ static inline unsigned pmd_index(unsigned long address) */ #define mk_pte(page, pgprot) pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(page), (pgprot)) +/* + * the pte page can be thought of an array like this: pte_t[PTRS_PER_PTE] + * + * this function returns the index of the entry in the pte page which would + * control the given virtual address + */ +static inline unsigned pte_index(unsigned long address) +{ + return (address >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1); +} + #if PAGETABLE_LEVELS > 2 static inline int pud_present(pud_t pud) { |