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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirsky <luto@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@suse.de>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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	Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>,
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	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
	Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>,
	Eduardo Valentin <eduval@amazon.com>,
	aliguori@amazon.com, Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	daniel.gruss@iaik.tugraz.at,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	moritz.lipp@iaik.tugraz.at, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	michael.schwarz@iaik.tugraz.at,
	richard.fellner@student.tugraz.at
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] x86/doc: Remove obvious weirdness
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:34:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171205123820.337227593@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171205123444.990868007@infradead.org>

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Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 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
@@ -47,8 +45,9 @@ 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
@@ -58,9 +57,6 @@ 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
@@ -72,5 +68,3 @@ 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


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-12-05 12:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-05 12:34 [PATCH 0/9] Clarify/cleanup/fix tlbflush API/usage Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 1/9] x86/mm: Remove superfluous barriers Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 2/9] x86/mm: Create asm/invpcid.h Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 3/9] x86/mm: Address feedback Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86/mm: Use __flush_tlb_one() for kernel memory Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86/uv: Use the right tlbflush API Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 21:09   ` Andrew Banman
2017-12-05 21:27     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 23:04       ` Andrew Banman
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 6/9] x86/microcode: Dont abuse the tlbflush interface Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 7/9] x86/mm: Clarify which functions are supposed to flush what Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86/mm: Clarify the whole ASID/kernel PCID/user PCID naming Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-05 12:34 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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