1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 1069ffecf77d..d5254bae84f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -832,6 +832,14 @@ void untrack_pfn_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
         }
 }
 
+pgprot_t pgprot_writecombine(pgprot_t prot)
+{
+        if (pat_enabled)
+                return __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | _PAGE_CACHE_WC);
+        else
+                return pgprot_noncached(prot);
+}
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) && defined(CONFIG_X86_PAT)
 
 /* get Nth element of the linked list */