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Subject[PATCH] mm: make 'highmem' symbol ro_after_init
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The 'highmem' variable is only set at boot, so we can make it
ro_after_init and prevent it from being corrupted inadvertently, or from
ending up in a contended cacheline.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
mm/memory.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index c125c4969913..50e82cb94ccc 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_map);
* highstart_pfn must be the same; there must be no gap between ZONE_NORMAL
* and ZONE_HIGHMEM.
*/
-void *high_memory;
+void *high_memory __ro_after_init;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(high_memory);

/*
--
2.30.2
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