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    mm: add vm_area_add_early() · be9b7335
    Nicolas Pitre authored
    
    
    The existing vm_area_register_early() allows for early vmalloc space
    allocation.  However upcoming cleanups in the ARM architecture require
    that some fixed locations in the vmalloc area be reserved also very early.
    
    The name "vm_area_register_early" would have been a good name for the
    reservation part without the allocation.  Since it is already in use with
    different semantics, let's create vm_area_add_early() instead.
    
    Both vm_area_register_early() and vm_area_add_early() can be used together
    meaning that the former is now implemented using the later where it is
    ensured that no conflicting areas are added, but no attempt is made to
    make the allocation scheme in vm_area_register_early() more sophisticated.
    After all, you must know what you're doing when using those functions.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
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