Merge branch 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (821 commits)
  x86: make 64bit hpet_set_mapping to use ioremap too, v2
  x86: get x86_phys_bits early
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix #4
  x86: change _node_to_cpumask_ptr to return const ptr
  x86: I/O APIC: remove an IRQ2-mask hack
  x86: fix numaq_tsc_disable calling
  x86, e820: remove end_user_pfn
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #3
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #2
  x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #1
  x86_64: fix delayed signals
  x86: remove conflicting nx6325 and nx6125 quirks
  x86: Recover timer_ack lost in the merge of the NMI watchdog
  x86: I/O APIC: Never configure IRQ2
  x86: L-APIC: Always fully configure IRQ0
  x86: L-APIC: Set IRQ0 as edge-triggered
  x86: merge dwarf2 headers
  x86: use AS_CFI instead of UNWIND_INFO
  x86: use ignore macro instead of hash comment
  x86: use matching CFI_ENDPROC
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diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 44ef329531c3..4fce3db2cecc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -197,6 +197,63 @@ static inline int pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd_t *pmd)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
+static inline pte_t __ptep_modify_prot_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					     unsigned long addr,
+					     pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Get the current pte state, but zero it out to make it
+	 * non-present, preventing the hardware from asynchronously
+	 * updating it.
+	 */
+	return ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
+}
+
+static inline void __ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					     unsigned long addr,
+					     pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The pte is non-present, so there's no hardware state to
+	 * preserve.
+	 */
+	set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+}
+
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_MODIFY_PROT_TRANSACTION
+/*
+ * Start a pte protection read-modify-write transaction, which
+ * protects against asynchronous hardware modifications to the pte.
+ * The intention is not to prevent the hardware from making pte
+ * updates, but to prevent any updates it may make from being lost.
+ *
+ * This does not protect against other software modifications of the
+ * pte; the appropriate pte lock must be held over the transation.
+ *
+ * Note that this interface is intended to be batchable, meaning that
+ * ptep_modify_prot_commit may not actually update the pte, but merely
+ * queue the update to be done at some later time.  The update must be
+ * actually committed before the pte lock is released, however.
+ */
+static inline pte_t ptep_modify_prot_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					   unsigned long addr,
+					   pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	return __ptep_modify_prot_start(mm, addr, ptep);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Commit an update to a pte, leaving any hardware-controlled bits in
+ * the PTE unmodified.
+ */
+static inline void ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					   unsigned long addr,
+					   pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+{
+	__ptep_modify_prot_commit(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+}
+#endif /* __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_MODIFY_PROT_TRANSACTION */
+
 /*
  * A facility to provide lazy MMU batching.  This allows PTE updates and
  * page invalidations to be delayed until a call to leave lazy MMU mode