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x86: prepare page allocator for high allocations on PAGEALLOC=y

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To preserve the DMA pool in CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y kernels, we'll
allocate pagetables from above the 16MB DMA limit, so we'll have to set
up boot pagetables to cover 16MB more RAM (worst-case).

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Ingo Molnar 2007-10-17 18:04:34 +02:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
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arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
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@ -51,6 +51,15 @@
*/
LOW_PAGES = 1<<(32-PAGE_SHIFT_asm)
/*
* To preserve the DMA pool in PAGEALLOC kernels, we'll allocate
* pagetables from above the 16MB DMA limit, so we'll have to set
* up pagetables 16MB more (worst-case):
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
LOW_PAGES = LOW_PAGES + 0x1000000
#endif
#if PTRS_PER_PMD > 1
PAGE_TABLE_SIZE = (LOW_PAGES / PTRS_PER_PMD) + PTRS_PER_PGD
#else