1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index b4158439bf63..0d77e56e821b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@
 #define ARCH_SETUP
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * end_pfn only includes RAM, while max_pfn_mapped includes all e820 entries.
+ * The direct mapping extends to max_pfn_mapped, so that we can directly access
+ * apertures, ACPI and other tables without having to play with fixmaps.
+ */
+unsigned long max_low_pfn_mapped;
+unsigned long max_pfn_mapped;
+
 RESERVE_BRK(dmi_alloc, 65536);
 
 unsigned int boot_cpu_id __read_mostly;