diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c index 322ee56ea1fe..19ef9f018012 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c @@ -480,9 +480,14 @@ void __init native_pagetable_init(void) /* * Remove any mappings which extend past the end of physical - * memory from the boot time page table: + * memory from the boot time page table. + * In virtual address space, we should have at least two pages + * from VMALLOC_END to pkmap or fixmap according to VMALLOC_END + * definition. And max_low_pfn is set to VMALLOC_END physical + * address. If initial memory mapping is doing right job, we + * should have pte used near max_low_pfn or one pmd is not present. */ - for (pfn = max_low_pfn + 1; pfn < 1<<(32-PAGE_SHIFT); pfn++) { + for (pfn = max_low_pfn; pfn < 1<<(32-PAGE_SHIFT); pfn++) { va = PAGE_OFFSET + (pfn<> PAGE_SHIFT);