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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt index 5724092db811..b0798e281aa6 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables: 0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm -hole caused by [48:63] sign extension +hole caused by [47:63] sign extension ffff800000000000 - ffff87ffffffffff (=43 bits) guard hole, reserved for hypervisor ffff880000000000 - ffffc7ffffffffff (=64 TB) direct mapping of all phys. memory ffffc80000000000 - ffffc8ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole @@ -19,16 +19,43 @@ ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks ffffffef00000000 - fffffffeffffffff (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space ... unused hole ... ffffffff80000000 - ffffffff9fffffff (=512 MB) kernel text mapping, from phys 0 +ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1526 MB) module mapping space (variable) +ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls +ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole + +Virtual memory map with 5 level page tables: + +0000000000000000 - 00ffffffffffffff (=56 bits) user space, different per mm +hole caused by [56:63] sign extension +ff00000000000000 - ff0fffffffffffff (=52 bits) guard hole, reserved for hypervisor +ff10000000000000 - ff8fffffffffffff (=55 bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory +ff90000000000000 - ff91ffffffffffff (=49 bits) hole +ff92000000000000 - ffd1ffffffffffff (=54 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space +ffd2000000000000 - ffd3ffffffffffff (=49 bits) hole +ffd4000000000000 - ffd5ffffffffffff (=49 bits) virtual memory map (512TB) +... unused hole ... +ffd8000000000000 - fff7ffffffffffff (=53 bits) kasan shadow memory (8PB) +... unused hole ... +ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks +... unused hole ... +ffffffef00000000 - fffffffeffffffff (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space +... unused hole ... +ffffffff80000000 - ffffffff9fffffff (=512 MB) kernel text mapping, from phys 0 ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1526 MB) module mapping space ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls ffffffffffe00000 - 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 set to either all ones +or all zero. This causes hole between user space and kernel addresses. + 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 pages of -the processes using the page fault handler, with init_level4_pgt as +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. Current X86-64 implementations support up to 46 bits of address space (64 TB), @@ -39,6 +66,9 @@ 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. +The module mapping space size changes based on the CONFIG requirements for the +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. |