linux-kernel - [PATCH 03 of 55] x86_64: there's no need to preallocate level1_fixmap

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Message-Id: <a2dc660956f9dedbd81e.1215554785@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:06:25 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	Stephen Tweedie <sct@...hat.com>,
	Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>,
	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03 of 55] x86_64: there's no need to preallocate
	level1_fixmap_pgt

Early fixmap will allocate its own L1 pagetable page for fixmap
mappings, so there's no need to preallocate one.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S |    6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -362,12 +362,6 @@
 	.quad	level2_fixmap_pgt - __START_KERNEL_map + _PAGE_TABLE
 
 NEXT_PAGE(level2_fixmap_pgt)
-	.fill	506,8,0
-	.quad	level1_fixmap_pgt - __START_KERNEL_map + _PAGE_TABLE
-	/* 8MB reserved for vsyscalls + a 2MB hole = 4 + 1 entries */
-	.fill	5,8,0
-
-NEXT_PAGE(level1_fixmap_pgt)
 	.fill	512,8,0
 
 NEXT_PAGE(level2_ident_pgt)


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