Add pgprot_writecombine. pgprot_writecombine will be aliased to pgprot_noncached when not supported by the architecture. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha --- arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 3 +++ arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 8 ++++++++ include/asm-generic/pgtable.h | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+) Index: tip/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h =================================================================== --- tip.orig/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h 2008-11-12 12:03:41.000000000 -0800 +++ tip/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h 2008-11-12 12:09:34.000000000 -0800 @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(st #define move_pte(pte, prot, old_addr, new_addr) (pte) #endif +#ifndef pgprot_writecombine +#define pgprot_writecombine pgprot_noncached +#endif + /* * When walking page tables, get the address of the next boundary, * or the end address of the range if that comes earlier. Although no Index: tip/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h 2008-11-12 12:09:31.000000000 -0800 +++ tip/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h 2008-11-12 12:09:34.000000000 -0800 @@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ +#define pgprot_writecombine pgprot_writecombine +extern pgprot_t pgprot_writecombine(pgprot_t prot); + /* * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used * for zero-mapped memory areas etc.. Index: tip/arch/x86/mm/pat.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/mm/pat.c 2008-11-12 12:06:50.000000000 -0800 +++ tip/arch/x86/mm/pat.c 2008-11-12 12:09:34.000000000 -0800 @@ -797,6 +797,14 @@ void untrack_pfn_vma(struct vm_area_stru } } +pgprot_t pgprot_writecombine(pgprot_t prot) +{ + if (pat_enabled) + return __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | _PAGE_CACHE_WC); + else + return pgprot_noncached(prot); +} + #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) && defined(CONFIG_X86_PAT) /* get Nth element of the linked list */ -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/