Index: uvm_init.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/uvm/uvm_init.c,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -p -r1.39 uvm_init.c
--- uvm_init.c	14 Mar 2015 03:38:53 -0000	1.39
+++ uvm_init.c	3 May 2017 11:54:19 -0000
@@ -114,30 +114,35 @@ uvm_init(void)
 	pmap_init();
 
 	/*
-	 * step 6: init the kernel memory allocator.   after this call the
+	 * step 6: init uvm_km_page allocator memory.
+	 */
+	uvm_km_page_init();
+
+	/*
+	 * step 7: init the kernel memory allocator.   after this call the
 	 * kernel memory allocator (malloc) can be used.
 	 */
 	kmeminit();
 
 	/*
-	 * step 6.5: init the dma allocator, which is backed by pools.
+	 * step 7.5: init the dma allocator, which is backed by pools.
 	 */
 	dma_alloc_init();
 
 	/*
-	 * step 7: init all pagers and the pager_map.
+	 * step 8: init all pagers and the pager_map.
 	 */
 	uvm_pager_init();
 
 	/*
-	 * step 8: init anonymous memory system
+	 * step 9 init anonymous memory system
 	 */
 	amap_init();
 
 	/*
-	 * step 9: init uvm_km_page allocator memory.
+	 * step 10: start uvm_km_page allocator thread.
 	 */
-	uvm_km_page_init();
+	uvm_km_page_thread();
 
 	/*
 	 * the VM system is now up!  now that malloc is up we can
Index: uvm_km.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/uvm/uvm_km.c,v
retrieving revision 1.128
diff -u -p -r1.128 uvm_km.c
--- uvm_km.c	26 Sep 2015 17:55:00 -0000	1.128
+++ uvm_km.c	3 May 2017 11:54:19 -0000
@@ -605,6 +605,12 @@ uvm_km_page_init(void)
 	/* nothing */
 }
 
+void
+uvm_km_page_thread(void)
+{
+	/* nothing */
+}
+
 #else
 /*
  * uvm_km_page allocator, non __HAVE_PMAP_DIRECT archs
@@ -678,7 +684,11 @@ uvm_km_page_init(void)
 	/* tone down if really high */
 	if (uvm_km_pages.lowat > 512)
 		uvm_km_pages.lowat = 512;
+}
 
+void
+uvm_km_page_thread(void)
+{
 	kthread_create_deferred(uvm_km_createthread, NULL);
 }
 
Index: uvm_km.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/uvm/uvm_km.h,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -p -r1.14 uvm_km.h
--- uvm_km.h	7 Feb 2015 08:21:24 -0000	1.14
+++ uvm_km.h	3 May 2017 11:54:19 -0000
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 void uvm_km_init(vaddr_t, vaddr_t, vaddr_t);
 void uvm_km_page_init(void);
+void uvm_km_page_thread(void);
 void uvm_km_pgremove(struct uvm_object *, vaddr_t, vaddr_t);
 void uvm_km_pgremove_intrsafe(vaddr_t, vaddr_t);