tree b91fd5e8f9f5f8da0da55a7783c70fc3149cbf2d
parent e81d5dc41b67349c06e80658227c9156738f0df1
author Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> 1201696446 +0100
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 1201696446 +0100

x86: a new API for drivers/etc to control cache and other page attributes

Right now, if drivers or other code want to change, say, a cache attribute of a
page, the only API they have is change_page_attr(). c-p-a is a really bad API
for this, because it forces the caller to know *ALL* the attributes he wants
for the page, not just the 1 thing he wants to change. So code that wants to
set a page uncachable, needs to be aware of the NX status as well etc etc etc.

This patch introduces a set of new APIs for this, set_pages_<attr> and
set_memory_<attr>, that offer a logical change to the user, and leave all
attributes not implied by the requested logical change alone.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>