This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/doc: Remove obvious weirdnesses from the x86 MM layout documentation
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-doc-remove-obvious-weirdnesses-from-the-x86-mm-layout-documentation.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From e8ffe96e5933d417195268478479933d56213a3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 13:34:54 +0100
Subject: x86/doc: Remove obvious weirdnesses from the x86 MM layout documentation
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit e8ffe96e5933d417195268478479933d56213a3f upstream.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Cc: aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: daniel.gruss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: hughd@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: keescook@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-<previous description obsolete, deleted>
-
Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables:
0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm
@@ -49,8 +47,9 @@ ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2
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 set to either all ones
-or all zero. This causes hole between user space and kernel addresses.
+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
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ vmalloc space is lazily synchronized int
the processes using the page fault handler, with init_top_pgt as
reference.
-Current X86-64 implementations support up to 46 bits of address space (64 TB),
-which is our current limit. This expands into MBZ space in the page tables.
-
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
@@ -74,5 +70,3 @@ following fixmap section.
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.
-
--Andi Kleen, Jul 2004
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.14/x86-entry-rename-sysenter_stack-to-cpu_entry_area_entry_stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-put-mmu-to-hardware-asid-translation-in-one-place.patch
queue-4.14/x86-vsyscall-64-explicitly-set-_page_user-in-the-pagetable-hierarchy.patch
queue-4.14/x86-uv-use-the-right-tlb-flush-api.patch
queue-4.14/x86-decoder-fix-and-update-the-opcodes-map.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-check-page_present-for-real.patch
queue-4.14/x86-ldt-prevent-ldt-inheritance-on-exec.patch
queue-4.14/x86-microcode-dont-abuse-the-tlb-flush-interface.patch
queue-4.14/x86-doc-remove-obvious-weirdnesses-from-the-x86-mm-layout-documentation.patch
queue-4.14/init-invoke-init_espfix_bsp-from-mm_init.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-move-it-to-a-separate-unit.patch
queue-4.14/x86-vsyscall-64-warn-and-fail-vsyscall-emulation-in-native-mode.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-create-asm-invpcid.h.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-remove-superfluous-barriers.patch
queue-4.14/x86-ldt-rework-locking.patch
queue-4.14/arch-mm-allow-arch_dup_mmap-to-fail.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-move-it-out-of-the-fixmap.patch
queue-4.14/tools-headers-sync-objtool-uapi-header.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-remove-hard-coded-asid-limit-checks.patch
queue-4.14/x86-kconfig-limit-nr_cpus-on-32-bit-to-a-sane-amount.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-fix-64-bit-build-on-32-bit-host.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-add-comments-to-clarify-which-tlb-flush-functions-are-supposed-to-flush-what.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-move-the-cr3-construction-functions-to-tlbflush.h.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-make-the-address-hints-correct-and-readable.patch
queue-4.14/x86-insn-eval-add-utility-functions-to-get-segment-selector.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-move-synced-files-to-their-original-relative-locations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-use-__flush_tlb_one-for-kernel-memory.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-move-kernel-headers-code-sync-check-to-a-script.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-64-improve-the-memory-map-documentation.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-fix-cross-build.patch