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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/init_32.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 8008db2bddb3..c893c6a3d707 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -558,8 +558,14 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
permanent_kmaps_init(pgd_base);
}
-pteval_t __supported_pte_mask __read_mostly = ~(_PAGE_NX | _PAGE_GLOBAL);
+#define DEFAULT_PTE_MASK ~(_PAGE_NX | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
+/* Bits supported by the hardware: */
+pteval_t __supported_pte_mask __read_mostly = DEFAULT_PTE_MASK;
+/* Bits allowed in normal kernel mappings: */
+pteval_t __default_kernel_pte_mask __read_mostly = DEFAULT_PTE_MASK;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__supported_pte_mask);
+/* Used in PAGE_KERNEL_* macros which are reasonably used out-of-tree: */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__default_kernel_pte_mask);
/* user-defined highmem size */
static unsigned int highmem_pages = -1;