vmalloc: implement vm_area_register_early()

Impact: allow multiple early vm areas

There are places where kernel VM area needs to be allocated before
vmalloc is initialized.  This is done by allocating static vm_struct,
initializing several fields and linking it to vmlist and later vmalloc
initialization picking up these from vmlist.  This is currently done
manually and if there's more than one such areas, there's no defined
way to arbitrate who gets which address.

This patch implements vm_area_register_early(), which takes vm_area
struct with flags and size initialized, assigns address to it and puts
it on the vmlist.  This way, multiple early vm areas can determine
which addresses they should use.  The only current user - alpha mm
init - is converted to use it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index c37924a2ee36..d206261ad9ef 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/radix-tree.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/pfn.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -982,6 +983,29 @@ void *vm_map_ram(struct page **pages, unsigned int count, int node, pgprot_t pro
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_map_ram);
 
+/**
+ * vm_area_register_early - register vmap area early during boot
+ * @vm: vm_struct to register
+ * @size: size of area to register
+ *
+ * This function is used to register kernel vm area before
+ * vmalloc_init() is called.  @vm->size and @vm->flags should contain
+ * proper values on entry and other fields should be zero.  On return,
+ * vm->addr contains the allocated address.
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
+ */
+void __init vm_area_register_early(struct vm_struct *vm)
+{
+        static size_t vm_init_off __initdata;
+
+        vm->addr = (void *)VMALLOC_START + vm_init_off;
+        vm_init_off = PFN_ALIGN(vm_init_off + vm->size);
+
+        vm->next = vmlist;
+        vmlist = vm;
+}
+
 void __init vmalloc_init(void)
 {
         struct vmap_area *va;