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diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index 4c035637eeb7..2b80fd456c8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1467,6 +1467,22 @@ static inline void modify_prot_commit_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned
}
#endif
+/*
+ * Architectures can set this mask to a combination of PGTBL_P?D_MODIFIED values
+ * and let generic vmalloc, ioremap and page table update code know when
+ * arch_sync_kernel_mappings() needs to be called.
+ */
+#ifndef ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK
+#define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * There is no default implementation for arch_sync_kernel_mappings(). It is
+ * relied upon the compiler to optimize calls out if ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK
+ * is 0.
+ */
+void arch_sync_kernel_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+
#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
/*
@@ -1938,10 +1954,11 @@ static inline bool arch_has_pfn_modify_check(void)
/*
* Page Table Modification bits for pgtbl_mod_mask.
*
- * These are used by the p?d_alloc_track*() set of functions an in the generic
- * vmalloc/ioremap code to track at which page-table levels entries have been
- * modified. Based on that the code can better decide when vmalloc and ioremap
- * mapping changes need to be synchronized to other page-tables in the system.
+ * These are used by the p?d_alloc_track*() and p*d_populate_kernel()
+ * functions in the generic vmalloc, ioremap and page table update code
+ * to track at which page-table levels entries have been modified.
+ * Based on that the code can better decide when page table changes need
+ * to be synchronized to other page-tables in the system.
*/
#define __PGTBL_PGD_MODIFIED 0
#define __PGTBL_P4D_MODIFIED 1