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This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst |   1 +
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst    | 161 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt    | 153 ---------------------------
 3 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
index ddfa1f9d4193..4b65d29ef459 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ x86_64 Support
 
    boot-options
    uefi
+   mm
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a29441c9e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+================
+Memory Managment
+================
+
+Complete virtual memory map with 4-level page tables
+====================================================
+
+.. note::
+
+ - Negative addresses such as "-23 TB" are absolute addresses in bytes, counted down
+   from the top of the 64-bit address space. It's easier to understand the layout
+   when seen both in absolute addresses and in distance-from-top notation.
+
+   For example 0xffffe90000000000 == -23 TB, it's 23 TB lower than the top of the
+   64-bit address space (ffffffffffffffff).
+
+   Note that as we get closer to the top of the address space, the notation changes
+   from TB to GB and then MB/KB.
+
+ - "16M TB" might look weird at first sight, but it's an easier to visualize size
+   notation than "16 EB", which few will recognize at first sight as 16 exabytes.
+   It also shows it nicely how incredibly large 64-bit address space is.
+
+::
+
+  ========================================================================================================================
+      Start addr    |   Offset   |     End addr     |  Size   | VM area description
+  ========================================================================================================================
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  0000000000000000 |    0       | 00007fffffffffff |  128 TB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  0000800000000000 | +128    TB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+                    |            |                  |         |     virtual memory addresses up to the -128 TB
+                    |            |                  |         |     starting offset of kernel mappings.
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+                                                              |
+                                                              | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+  ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  ffff800000000000 | -128    TB | ffff87ffffffffff |    8 TB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
+  ffff880000000000 | -120    TB | ffff887fffffffff |  0.5 TB | LDT remap for PTI
+  ffff888000000000 | -119.5  TB | ffffc87fffffffff |   64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
+  ffffc88000000000 |  -55.5  TB | ffffc8ffffffffff |  0.5 TB | ... unused hole
+  ffffc90000000000 |  -55    TB | ffffe8ffffffffff |   32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
+  ffffe90000000000 |  -23    TB | ffffe9ffffffffff |    1 TB | ... unused hole
+  ffffea0000000000 |  -22    TB | ffffeaffffffffff |    1 TB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
+  ffffeb0000000000 |  -21    TB | ffffebffffffffff |    1 TB | ... unused hole
+  ffffec0000000000 |  -20    TB | fffffbffffffffff |   16 TB | KASAN shadow memory
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+                                                              |
+                                                              | Identical layout to the 56-bit one from here on:
+  ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  fffffc0000000000 |   -4    TB | fffffdffffffffff |    2 TB | ... unused hole
+                    |            |                  |         | vaddr_end for KASLR
+  fffffe0000000000 |   -2    TB | fffffe7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
+  fffffe8000000000 |   -1.5  TB | fffffeffffffffff |  0.5 TB | ... unused hole
+  ffffff0000000000 |   -1    TB | ffffff7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
+  ffffff8000000000 | -512    GB | ffffffeeffffffff |  444 GB | ... unused hole
+  ffffffef00000000 |  -68    GB | fffffffeffffffff |   64 GB | EFI region mapping space
+  ffffffff00000000 |   -4    GB | ffffffff7fffffff |    2 GB | ... unused hole
+  ffffffff80000000 |   -2    GB | ffffffff9fffffff |  512 MB | kernel text mapping, mapped to physical address 0
+  ffffffff80000000 |-2048    MB |                  |         |
+  ffffffffa0000000 |-1536    MB | fffffffffeffffff | 1520 MB | module mapping space
+  ffffffffff000000 |  -16    MB |                  |         |
+      FIXADDR_START | ~-11    MB | ffffffffff5fffff | ~0.5 MB | kernel-internal fixmap range, variable size and offset
+  ffffffffff600000 |  -10    MB | ffffffffff600fff |    4 kB | legacy vsyscall ABI
+  ffffffffffe00000 |   -2    MB | ffffffffffffffff |    2 MB | ... unused hole
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+
+
+Complete virtual memory map with 5-level page tables
+====================================================
+
+.. note::
+
+ - With 56-bit addresses, user-space memory gets expanded by a factor of 512x,
+   from 0.125 PB to 64 PB. All kernel mappings shift down to the -64 PT starting
+   offset and many of the regions expand to support the much larger physical
+   memory supported.
+
+::
+
+  ========================================================================================================================
+      Start addr    |   Offset   |     End addr     |  Size   | VM area description
+  ========================================================================================================================
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  0000000000000000 |    0       | 00ffffffffffffff |   64 PB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  0000800000000000 |  +64    PB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16K PB | ... huge, still almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+                    |            |                  |         |     virtual memory addresses up to the -64 PB
+                    |            |                  |         |     starting offset of kernel mappings.
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+                                                              |
+                                                              | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+  ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  ff00000000000000 |  -64    PB | ff0fffffffffffff |    4 PB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
+  ff10000000000000 |  -60    PB | ff10ffffffffffff | 0.25 PB | LDT remap for PTI
+  ff11000000000000 |  -59.75 PB | ff90ffffffffffff |   32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
+  ff91000000000000 |  -27.75 PB | ff9fffffffffffff | 3.75 PB | ... unused hole
+  ffa0000000000000 |  -24    PB | ffd1ffffffffffff | 12.5 PB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
+  ffd2000000000000 |  -11.5  PB | ffd3ffffffffffff |  0.5 PB | ... unused hole
+  ffd4000000000000 |  -11    PB | ffd5ffffffffffff |  0.5 PB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
+  ffd6000000000000 |  -10.5  PB | ffdeffffffffffff | 2.25 PB | ... unused hole
+  ffdf000000000000 |   -8.25 PB | fffffdffffffffff |   ~8 PB | KASAN shadow memory
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+                                                              |
+                                                              | Identical layout to the 47-bit one from here on:
+  ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+                    |            |                  |         |
+  fffffc0000000000 |   -4    TB | fffffdffffffffff |    2 TB | ... unused hole
+                    |            |                  |         | vaddr_end for KASLR
+  fffffe0000000000 |   -2    TB | fffffe7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
+  fffffe8000000000 |   -1.5  TB | fffffeffffffffff |  0.5 TB | ... unused hole
+  ffffff0000000000 |   -1    TB | ffffff7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
+  ffffff8000000000 | -512    GB | ffffffeeffffffff |  444 GB | ... unused hole
+  ffffffef00000000 |  -68    GB | fffffffeffffffff |   64 GB | EFI region mapping space
+  ffffffff00000000 |   -4    GB | ffffffff7fffffff |    2 GB | ... unused hole
+  ffffffff80000000 |   -2    GB | ffffffff9fffffff |  512 MB | kernel text mapping, mapped to physical address 0
+  ffffffff80000000 |-2048    MB |                  |         |
+  ffffffffa0000000 |-1536    MB | fffffffffeffffff | 1520 MB | module mapping space
+  ffffffffff000000 |  -16    MB |                  |         |
+      FIXADDR_START | ~-11    MB | ffffffffff5fffff | ~0.5 MB | kernel-internal fixmap range, variable size and offset
+  ffffffffff600000 |  -10    MB | ffffffffff600fff |    4 kB | legacy vsyscall ABI
+  ffffffffffe00000 |   -2    MB | ffffffffffffffff |    2 MB | ... unused hole
+  __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+
+Architecture defines a 64-bit virtual address. Implementations can support
+less. Currently supported are 48- and 57-bit virtual addresses. Bits 63
+through to the most-significant implemented bit are sign extended.
+This causes hole between user space and kernel addresses if you interpret them
+as unsigned.
+
+The direct mapping covers all memory in the system up to the highest
+memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory
+holes).
+
+vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4/PML5 pages of
+the processes using the page fault handler, with init_top_pgt as
+reference.
+
+We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual
+memory window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
+The mappings are not part of any other kernel PGD and are only available
+during EFI runtime calls.
+
+Note that if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY is enabled, the direct mapping of all
+physical memory, vmalloc/ioremap space and virtual memory map are randomized.
+Their order is preserved but their base will be offset early at boot time.
+
+Be very careful vs. KASLR when changing anything here. The KASLR address
+range must not overlap with anything except the KASAN shadow area, which is
+correct as KASAN disables KASLR.
+
+For both 4- and 5-level layouts, the STACKLEAK_POISON value in the last 2MB
+hole: ffffffffffff4111
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 804f9426ed17..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-====================================================
-Complete virtual memory map with 4-level page tables
-====================================================
-
-Notes:
-
- - Negative addresses such as "-23 TB" are absolute addresses in bytes, counted down
-   from the top of the 64-bit address space. It's easier to understand the layout
-   when seen both in absolute addresses and in distance-from-top notation.
-
-   For example 0xffffe90000000000 == -23 TB, it's 23 TB lower than the top of the
-   64-bit address space (ffffffffffffffff).
-
-   Note that as we get closer to the top of the address space, the notation changes
-   from TB to GB and then MB/KB.
-
- - "16M TB" might look weird at first sight, but it's an easier to visualize size
-   notation than "16 EB", which few will recognize at first sight as 16 exabytes.
-   It also shows it nicely how incredibly large 64-bit address space is.
-
-========================================================================================================================
-    Start addr    |   Offset   |     End addr     |  Size   | VM area description
-========================================================================================================================
-                  |            |                  |         |
- 0000000000000000 |    0       | 00007fffffffffff |  128 TB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
-                  |            |                  |         |
- 0000800000000000 | +128    TB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
-                  |            |                  |         |     virtual memory addresses up to the -128 TB
-                  |            |                  |         |     starting offset of kernel mappings.
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
-                                                            |
-                                                            | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
-____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
-                  |            |                  |         |
- ffff800000000000 | -128    TB | ffff87ffffffffff |    8 TB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
- ffff880000000000 | -120    TB | ffff887fffffffff |  0.5 TB | LDT remap for PTI
- ffff888000000000 | -119.5  TB | ffffc87fffffffff |   64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
- ffffc88000000000 |  -55.5  TB | ffffc8ffffffffff |  0.5 TB | ... unused hole
- ffffc90000000000 |  -55    TB | ffffe8ffffffffff |   32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
- ffffe90000000000 |  -23    TB | ffffe9ffffffffff |    1 TB | ... unused hole
- ffffea0000000000 |  -22    TB | ffffeaffffffffff |    1 TB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
- ffffeb0000000000 |  -21    TB | ffffebffffffffff |    1 TB | ... unused hole
- ffffec0000000000 |  -20    TB | fffffbffffffffff |   16 TB | KASAN shadow memory
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
-                                                            |
-                                                            | Identical layout to the 56-bit one from here on:
-____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
-                  |            |                  |         |
- fffffc0000000000 |   -4    TB | fffffdffffffffff |    2 TB | ... unused hole
-                  |            |                  |         | vaddr_end for KASLR
- fffffe0000000000 |   -2    TB | fffffe7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
- fffffe8000000000 |   -1.5  TB | fffffeffffffffff |  0.5 TB | ... unused hole
- ffffff0000000000 |   -1    TB | ffffff7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
- ffffff8000000000 | -512    GB | ffffffeeffffffff |  444 GB | ... unused hole
- ffffffef00000000 |  -68    GB | fffffffeffffffff |   64 GB | EFI region mapping space
- ffffffff00000000 |   -4    GB | ffffffff7fffffff |    2 GB | ... unused hole
- ffffffff80000000 |   -2    GB | ffffffff9fffffff |  512 MB | kernel text mapping, mapped to physical address 0
- ffffffff80000000 |-2048    MB |                  |         |
- ffffffffa0000000 |-1536    MB | fffffffffeffffff | 1520 MB | module mapping space
- ffffffffff000000 |  -16    MB |                  |         |
-    FIXADDR_START | ~-11    MB | ffffffffff5fffff | ~0.5 MB | kernel-internal fixmap range, variable size and offset
- ffffffffff600000 |  -10    MB | ffffffffff600fff |    4 kB | legacy vsyscall ABI
- ffffffffffe00000 |   -2    MB | ffffffffffffffff |    2 MB | ... unused hole
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
-
-
-====================================================
-Complete virtual memory map with 5-level page tables
-====================================================
-
-Notes:
-
- - With 56-bit addresses, user-space memory gets expanded by a factor of 512x,
-   from 0.125 PB to 64 PB. All kernel mappings shift down to the -64 PT starting
-   offset and many of the regions expand to support the much larger physical
-   memory supported.
-
-========================================================================================================================
-    Start addr    |   Offset   |     End addr     |  Size   | VM area description
-========================================================================================================================
-                  |            |                  |         |
- 0000000000000000 |    0       | 00ffffffffffffff |   64 PB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
-                  |            |                  |         |
- 0000800000000000 |  +64    PB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16K PB | ... huge, still almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
-                  |            |                  |         |     virtual memory addresses up to the -64 PB
-                  |            |                  |         |     starting offset of kernel mappings.
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
-                                                            |
-                                                            | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
-____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
-                  |            |                  |         |
- ff00000000000000 |  -64    PB | ff0fffffffffffff |    4 PB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
- ff10000000000000 |  -60    PB | ff10ffffffffffff | 0.25 PB | LDT remap for PTI
- ff11000000000000 |  -59.75 PB | ff90ffffffffffff |   32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
- ff91000000000000 |  -27.75 PB | ff9fffffffffffff | 3.75 PB | ... unused hole
- ffa0000000000000 |  -24    PB | ffd1ffffffffffff | 12.5 PB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
- ffd2000000000000 |  -11.5  PB | ffd3ffffffffffff |  0.5 PB | ... unused hole
- ffd4000000000000 |  -11    PB | ffd5ffffffffffff |  0.5 PB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
- ffd6000000000000 |  -10.5  PB | ffdeffffffffffff | 2.25 PB | ... unused hole
- ffdf000000000000 |   -8.25 PB | fffffdffffffffff |   ~8 PB | KASAN shadow memory
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
-                                                            |
-                                                            | Identical layout to the 47-bit one from here on:
-____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
-                  |            |                  |         |
- fffffc0000000000 |   -4    TB | fffffdffffffffff |    2 TB | ... unused hole
-                  |            |                  |         | vaddr_end for KASLR
- fffffe0000000000 |   -2    TB | fffffe7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
- fffffe8000000000 |   -1.5  TB | fffffeffffffffff |  0.5 TB | ... unused hole
- ffffff0000000000 |   -1    TB | ffffff7fffffffff |  0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
- ffffff8000000000 | -512    GB | ffffffeeffffffff |  444 GB | ... unused hole
- ffffffef00000000 |  -68    GB | fffffffeffffffff |   64 GB | EFI region mapping space
- ffffffff00000000 |   -4    GB | ffffffff7fffffff |    2 GB | ... unused hole
- ffffffff80000000 |   -2    GB | ffffffff9fffffff |  512 MB | kernel text mapping, mapped to physical address 0
- ffffffff80000000 |-2048    MB |                  |         |
- ffffffffa0000000 |-1536    MB | fffffffffeffffff | 1520 MB | module mapping space
- ffffffffff000000 |  -16    MB |                  |         |
-    FIXADDR_START | ~-11    MB | ffffffffff5fffff | ~0.5 MB | kernel-internal fixmap range, variable size and offset
- ffffffffff600000 |  -10    MB | ffffffffff600fff |    4 kB | legacy vsyscall ABI
- ffffffffffe00000 |   -2    MB | ffffffffffffffff |    2 MB | ... unused hole
-__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
-
-Architecture defines a 64-bit virtual address. Implementations can support
-less. Currently supported are 48- and 57-bit virtual addresses. Bits 63
-through to the most-significant implemented bit are sign extended.
-This causes hole between user space and kernel addresses if you interpret them
-as unsigned.
-
-The direct mapping covers all memory in the system up to the highest
-memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory
-holes).
-
-vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4/PML5 pages of
-the processes using the page fault handler, with init_top_pgt as
-reference.
-
-We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual
-memory window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
-The mappings are not part of any other kernel PGD and are only available
-during EFI runtime calls.
-
-Note that if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY is enabled, the direct mapping of all
-physical memory, vmalloc/ioremap space and virtual memory map are randomized.
-Their order is preserved but their base will be offset early at boot time.
-
-Be very careful vs. KASLR when changing anything here. The KASLR address
-range must not overlap with anything except the KASAN shadow area, which is
-correct as KASAN disables KASLR.
-
-For both 4- and 5-level layouts, the STACKLEAK_POISON value in the last 2MB
-hole: ffffffffffff4111
-- 
2.20.1




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