mm: Introduce lm_alias

Certain architectures may have the kernel image mapped separately to
alias the linear map. Introduce a macro lm_alias to translate a kernel
image symbol into its linear alias. This is used in part with work to
add CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL support for arm64.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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Laura Abbott 8 years ago committed by Will Deacon
parent 2dece445b6
commit 568c5fe5a5
  1. 4
      include/linux/mm.h

@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ extern int mmap_rnd_compat_bits __read_mostly;
#define page_to_virt(x) __va(PFN_PHYS(page_to_pfn(x)))
#endif
#ifndef lm_alias
#define lm_alias(x) __va(__pa_symbol(x))
#endif
/*
* To prevent common memory management code establishing
* a zero page mapping on a read fault.

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