The patch titled arch_rebalance_pgtables call has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is arch_rebalance_pgtables-call.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: arch_rebalance_pgtables call From: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> In order to change the layout of the page tables after an mmap has crossed the adress space limit of the current page table layout a architecture hook in get_unmapped_area is needed. The arguments are the address of the new mapping and the length of it. Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/mmap.c~arch_rebalance_pgtables-call mm/mmap.c --- a/mm/mmap.c~arch_rebalance_pgtables-call +++ a/mm/mmap.c @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ #define arch_mmap_check(addr, len, flags) (0) #endif +#ifndef arch_rebalance_pgtables +#define arch_rebalance_pgtables(addr, len) (addr) +#endif + static void unmap_region(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *prev, unsigned long start, unsigned long end); @@ -1421,7 +1425,7 @@ get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, uns if (addr & ~PAGE_MASK) return -EINVAL; - return addr; + return arch_rebalance_pgtables(addr, len); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_unmapped_area); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx are git-s390.patch s390-cmm-remove-unused-binary-sysctls.patch git-scsi-misc.patch add-mm-argument-to-pte-pmd-pud-pgd_free.patch config_highpte-vs-sub-page-page-tables.patch arch_rebalance_pgtables-call.patch taskstats-scaled-time-cleanup.patch unexport-asm-pageh.patch sanitize-the-type-of-struct-useru_ar0.patch add-cmpxchg_local-to-s390.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html