* [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM @ 2020-05-11 19:17 Kirill A. Shutemov 2020-05-25 4:49 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-05-11 19:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin Cc: Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, Kirill A. Shutemov, Dave Hansen, stable A 5-level paging capable machine can have memory above 46-bit in the physical address space. This memory is only addressable in the 5-level paging mode: we don't have enough virtual address space to create direct mapping for such memory in the 4-level paging mode. Currently, we fail boot completely: NULL pointer dereference in subsection_map_init(). Skip creating a memblock for such memory instead and notify user that some memory is not addressable. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.14 --- Tested with a hacked QEMU: https://gist.github.com/kiryl/d45eb54110944ff95e544972d8bdac1d --- arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c index c5399e80c59c..d320d37d0f95 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c @@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void) void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) { + u64 size, end, not_addressable = 0; int i; - u64 end; /* * The bootstrap memblock region count maximum is 128 entries @@ -1307,7 +1307,22 @@ void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM && entry->type != E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN) continue; - memblock_add(entry->addr, entry->size); + if (entry->addr >= MAXMEM) { + not_addressable += entry->size; + continue; + } + + end = min_t(u64, end, MAXMEM - 1); + size = end - entry->addr; + not_addressable += entry->size - size; + memblock_add(entry->addr, size); + } + + if (not_addressable) { + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", + not_addressable >> 30); + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); } /* Throw away partial pages: */ -- 2.26.2 ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM 2020-05-11 19:17 [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-05-25 4:49 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 2020-05-25 14:59 ` Mike Rapoport 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-05-25 4:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kirill A. Shutemov Cc: Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin, Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, Dave Hansen, stable On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:17:21PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > A 5-level paging capable machine can have memory above 46-bit in the > physical address space. This memory is only addressable in the 5-level > paging mode: we don't have enough virtual address space to create direct > mapping for such memory in the 4-level paging mode. > > Currently, we fail boot completely: NULL pointer dereference in > subsection_map_init(). > > Skip creating a memblock for such memory instead and notify user that > some memory is not addressable. > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> > Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.14 > --- Gentle ping. It's not urgent, but it's a bug fix. Please consider applying. > Tested with a hacked QEMU: https://gist.github.com/kiryl/d45eb54110944ff95e544972d8bdac1d > > --- > arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > index c5399e80c59c..d320d37d0f95 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > @@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void) > > void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > { > + u64 size, end, not_addressable = 0; > int i; > - u64 end; > > /* > * The bootstrap memblock region count maximum is 128 entries > @@ -1307,7 +1307,22 @@ void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM && entry->type != E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN) > continue; > > - memblock_add(entry->addr, entry->size); > + if (entry->addr >= MAXMEM) { > + not_addressable += entry->size; > + continue; > + } > + > + end = min_t(u64, end, MAXMEM - 1); > + size = end - entry->addr; > + not_addressable += entry->size - size; > + memblock_add(entry->addr, size); > + } > + > + if (not_addressable) { > + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", > + not_addressable >> 30); > + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) > + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); > } > > /* Throw away partial pages: */ > -- > 2.26.2 > > -- Kirill A. Shutemov ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM 2020-05-25 4:49 ` Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-05-25 14:59 ` Mike Rapoport 2020-05-25 15:08 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Mike Rapoport @ 2020-05-25 14:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kirill A. Shutemov Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin, Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, Dave Hansen, stable On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 07:49:02AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:17:21PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > A 5-level paging capable machine can have memory above 46-bit in the > > physical address space. This memory is only addressable in the 5-level > > paging mode: we don't have enough virtual address space to create direct > > mapping for such memory in the 4-level paging mode. > > > > Currently, we fail boot completely: NULL pointer dereference in > > subsection_map_init(). > > > > Skip creating a memblock for such memory instead and notify user that > > some memory is not addressable. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> > > Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.14 > > --- > > Gentle ping. > > It's not urgent, but it's a bug fix. Please consider applying. > > > Tested with a hacked QEMU: https://gist.github.com/kiryl/d45eb54110944ff95e544972d8bdac1d > > > > --- > > arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > index c5399e80c59c..d320d37d0f95 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > @@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void) > > > > void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > { > > + u64 size, end, not_addressable = 0; > > int i; > > - u64 end; > > > > /* > > * The bootstrap memblock region count maximum is 128 entries > > @@ -1307,7 +1307,22 @@ void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM && entry->type != E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN) > > continue; > > > > - memblock_add(entry->addr, entry->size); > > + if (entry->addr >= MAXMEM) { > > + not_addressable += entry->size; > > + continue; > > + } > > + > > + end = min_t(u64, end, MAXMEM - 1); > > + size = end - entry->addr; > > + not_addressable += entry->size - size; > > + memblock_add(entry->addr, size); > > + } > > + > > + if (not_addressable) { > > + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", > > + not_addressable >> 30); > > + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) > > + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); Could this happen at all when l5 is enabled? Does it mean we need kmap() for 64-bit? > > } > > > > /* Throw away partial pages: */ > > -- > > 2.26.2 > > > > > > -- > Kirill A. Shutemov > -- Sincerely yours, Mike. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM 2020-05-25 14:59 ` Mike Rapoport @ 2020-05-25 15:08 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 2020-05-25 15:58 ` Mike Rapoport 2020-05-26 14:27 ` Dave Hansen 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-05-25 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mike Rapoport Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin, Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, Dave Hansen, stable On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 05:59:43PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 07:49:02AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:17:21PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > > A 5-level paging capable machine can have memory above 46-bit in the > > > physical address space. This memory is only addressable in the 5-level > > > paging mode: we don't have enough virtual address space to create direct > > > mapping for such memory in the 4-level paging mode. > > > > > > Currently, we fail boot completely: NULL pointer dereference in > > > subsection_map_init(). > > > > > > Skip creating a memblock for such memory instead and notify user that > > > some memory is not addressable. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> > > > Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.14 > > > --- > > > > Gentle ping. > > > > It's not urgent, but it's a bug fix. Please consider applying. > > > > > Tested with a hacked QEMU: https://gist.github.com/kiryl/d45eb54110944ff95e544972d8bdac1d > > > > > > --- > > > arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > > > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > > index c5399e80c59c..d320d37d0f95 100644 > > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > > @@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void) > > > > > > void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > > { > > > + u64 size, end, not_addressable = 0; > > > int i; > > > - u64 end; > > > > > > /* > > > * The bootstrap memblock region count maximum is 128 entries > > > @@ -1307,7 +1307,22 @@ void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > > if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM && entry->type != E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN) > > > continue; > > > > > > - memblock_add(entry->addr, entry->size); > > > + if (entry->addr >= MAXMEM) { > > > + not_addressable += entry->size; > > > + continue; > > > + } > > > + > > > + end = min_t(u64, end, MAXMEM - 1); > > > + size = end - entry->addr; > > > + not_addressable += entry->size - size; > > > + memblock_add(entry->addr, size); > > > + } > > > + > > > + if (not_addressable) { > > > + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", > > > + not_addressable >> 30); > > > + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) > > > + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); > > Could this happen at all when l5 is enabled? > Does it mean we need kmap() for 64-bit? It's future-profing. Who knows what paging modes we would have in the future. -- Kirill A. Shutemov ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM 2020-05-25 15:08 ` Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-05-25 15:58 ` Mike Rapoport 2020-05-26 14:27 ` Dave Hansen 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Mike Rapoport @ 2020-05-25 15:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kirill A. Shutemov Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin, Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, Dave Hansen, stable On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 06:08:20PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 05:59:43PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 07:49:02AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:17:21PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > > > A 5-level paging capable machine can have memory above 46-bit in the > > > > physical address space. This memory is only addressable in the 5-level > > > > paging mode: we don't have enough virtual address space to create direct > > > > mapping for such memory in the 4-level paging mode. > > > > > > > > Currently, we fail boot completely: NULL pointer dereference in > > > > subsection_map_init(). > > > > > > > > Skip creating a memblock for such memory instead and notify user that > > > > some memory is not addressable. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> > > > > Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> > > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.14 > > > > --- > > > > > > Gentle ping. > > > > > > It's not urgent, but it's a bug fix. Please consider applying. > > > > > > > Tested with a hacked QEMU: https://gist.github.com/kiryl/d45eb54110944ff95e544972d8bdac1d > > > > > > > > --- > > > > arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > > > > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > > > index c5399e80c59c..d320d37d0f95 100644 > > > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > > > @@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void) > > > > > > > > void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > > > { > > > > + u64 size, end, not_addressable = 0; > > > > int i; > > > > - u64 end; > > > > > > > > /* > > > > * The bootstrap memblock region count maximum is 128 entries > > > > @@ -1307,7 +1307,22 @@ void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > > > if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM && entry->type != E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN) > > > > continue; > > > > > > > > - memblock_add(entry->addr, entry->size); > > > > + if (entry->addr >= MAXMEM) { > > > > + not_addressable += entry->size; > > > > + continue; > > > > + } > > > > + > > > > + end = min_t(u64, end, MAXMEM - 1); > > > > + size = end - entry->addr; > > > > + not_addressable += entry->size - size; > > > > + memblock_add(entry->addr, size); > > > > + } > > > > + > > > > + if (not_addressable) { > > > > + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", > > > > + not_addressable >> 30); > > > > + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) > > > > + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); > > > > Could this happen at all when l5 is enabled? > > Does it mean we need kmap() for 64-bit? > > It's future-profing. Who knows what paging modes we would have in the > future. Than maybe pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in %s the paging mode\n", not_addressable >> 30, pgtable_l5_enabled() "5-level" ? "4-level"); "the paging mode" on its own sounds a bit awkward to me. > -- > Kirill A. Shutemov -- Sincerely yours, Mike. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM 2020-05-25 15:08 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 2020-05-25 15:58 ` Mike Rapoport @ 2020-05-26 14:27 ` Dave Hansen 2020-06-02 23:18 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Dave Hansen @ 2020-05-26 14:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kirill A. Shutemov, Mike Rapoport Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin, Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, stable On 5/25/20 8:08 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: >>>> + if (not_addressable) { >>>> + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", >>>> + not_addressable >> 30); >>>> + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) >>>> + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); >> Could this happen at all when l5 is enabled? >> Does it mean we need kmap() for 64-bit? > It's future-profing. Who knows what paging modes we would have in the > future. Future-proofing and firmware-proofing. :) In any case, are we *really* limited to 52 bits of physical memory with 5-level paging? Previously, we said we were limited to 46 bits, and now we're saying that the limit is 52 with 5-level paging: #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS (pgtable_l5_enabled() ? 52 : 46) The 46 was fine with the 48 bits of address space on 4-level paging systems since we need 1/2 of the address space for userspace, 1/4 for the direct map and 1/4 for the vmalloc-and-friends area. At 46 bits of address space, we fill up the direct map. The hardware designers know this and never enumerated a MAXPHYADDR from CPUID which was higher than what we could cover with 46 bits. It was nice and convenient that these two separate things matched: 1. The amount of physical address space addressable in a direct map consuming 1/4 of the virtual address space. 2. The CPU-enumerated MAXPHYADDR which among other things dictates how much physical address space is addressable in a PTE. But, with 5-level paging, things are a little different. The limit in addressable memory because of running out of the direct map actually happens at 55 bits (57-2=55, analogous to the 4-level 48-2=46). So shouldn't it technically be this: #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS (pgtable_l5_enabled() ? 55 : 46) ? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM 2020-05-26 14:27 ` Dave Hansen @ 2020-06-02 23:18 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 2020-06-03 19:18 ` Dave Hansen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-06-02 23:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Hansen Cc: Mike Rapoport, Kirill A. Shutemov, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin, Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, stable On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 07:27:15AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 5/25/20 8:08 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > >>>> + if (not_addressable) { > >>>> + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", > >>>> + not_addressable >> 30); > >>>> + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) > >>>> + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); > >> Could this happen at all when l5 is enabled? > >> Does it mean we need kmap() for 64-bit? > > It's future-profing. Who knows what paging modes we would have in the > > future. > > Future-proofing and firmware-proofing. :) > > In any case, are we *really* limited to 52 bits of physical memory with > 5-level paging? Yes. It's architectural. SDM says "MAXPHYADDR is at most 52" (Vol 3A, 4.1.4). I guess it can be extended with an opt-in feature and relevant changes to page table structure. But as of today there's no such thing. > Previously, we said we were limited to 46 bits, and now > we're saying that the limit is 52 with 5-level paging: > > #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS (pgtable_l5_enabled() ? 52 : 46) > > The 46 was fine with the 48 bits of address space on 4-level paging > systems since we need 1/2 of the address space for userspace, 1/4 for > the direct map and 1/4 for the vmalloc-and-friends area. At 46 bits of > address space, we fill up the direct map. > > The hardware designers know this and never enumerated a MAXPHYADDR from > CPUID which was higher than what we could cover with 46 bits. It was > nice and convenient that these two separate things matched: > 1. The amount of physical address space addressable in a direct map > consuming 1/4 of the virtual address space. > 2. The CPU-enumerated MAXPHYADDR which among other things dictates how > much physical address space is addressable in a PTE. > > But, with 5-level paging, things are a little different. The limit in > addressable memory because of running out of the direct map actually > happens at 55 bits (57-2=55, analogous to the 4-level 48-2=46). > > So shouldn't it technically be this: > > #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS (pgtable_l5_enabled() ? 55 : 46) > > ? Bits above 52 are ignored in the page table entries and accessible to software. Some of them got claimed by HW features (XD-bit, protection keys), but such features require explicit opt-in on software side. Kernel could claim bits 53-55 for the physical address, but it doesn't get us anything: if future HW would provide such feature it would require opt-in. On other hand claiming them now means we cannot use them for other purposes as SW bit. I don't see a point. -- Kirill A. Shutemov ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Fix boot with some memory above MAXMEM 2020-06-02 23:18 ` Kirill A. Shutemov @ 2020-06-03 19:18 ` Dave Hansen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Dave Hansen @ 2020-06-03 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kirill A. Shutemov Cc: Mike Rapoport, Kirill A. Shutemov, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, H. Peter Anvin, Dan Williams, Tony Luck, x86, linux-mm, linux-kernel, stable On 6/2/20 4:18 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 07:27:15AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: >> On 5/25/20 8:08 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: >>>>>> + if (not_addressable) { >>>>>> + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the paging mode\n", >>>>>> + not_addressable >> 30); >>>>>> + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) >>>>>> + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n"); >>>> Could this happen at all when l5 is enabled? >>>> Does it mean we need kmap() for 64-bit? >>> It's future-profing. Who knows what paging modes we would have in the >>> future. >> >> Future-proofing and firmware-proofing. :) >> >> In any case, are we *really* limited to 52 bits of physical memory with >> 5-level paging? > > Yes. It's architectural. SDM says "MAXPHYADDR is at most 52" (Vol 3A, > 4.1.4). Right you are. I'm glad it's in the architecture. Makes all of this a lot easier! >> So shouldn't it technically be this: >> >> #define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS (pgtable_l5_enabled() ? 55 : 46) >> >> ? > > Bits above 52 are ignored in the page table entries and accessible to > software. Some of them got claimed by HW features (XD-bit, protection > keys), but such features require explicit opt-in on software side. > > Kernel could claim bits 53-55 for the physical address, but it doesn't get > us anything: if future HW would provide such feature it would require > opt-in. On other hand claiming them now means we cannot use them for other > purposes as SW bit. I don't see a point. Yep, agreed. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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