Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 83e69f4a37f0..06bbcbd66e9c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -341,6 +341,25 @@ static inline pgprot_t pgprot_modify(pgprot_t oldprot, pgprot_t newprot)
 
 #define canon_pgprot(p) __pgprot(pgprot_val(p) & __supported_pte_mask)
 
+static inline int is_new_memtype_allowed(unsigned long flags,
+						unsigned long new_flags)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Certain new memtypes are not allowed with certain
+	 * requested memtype:
+	 * - request is uncached, return cannot be write-back
+	 * - request is write-combine, return cannot be write-back
+	 */
+	if ((flags == _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS &&
+	     new_flags == _PAGE_CACHE_WB) ||
+	    (flags == _PAGE_CACHE_WC &&
+	     new_flags == _PAGE_CACHE_WB)) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /* Indicate that x86 has its own track and untrack pfn vma functions */
 #define __HAVE_PFNMAP_TRACKING