linux-kernel - [PATCH PTI v3 08/10] x86/mm/64: Improve the memory map documentation

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Date:   Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:56:43 -0800
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH PTI v3 08/10] x86/mm/64: Improve the memory map documentation

The old docs had the vsyscall range wrong* and were missing the
fixmap.  Fix both.

* There used to be 8 MB reserved for future vsyscalls, but that's
  long gone.

Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index 2d7d6590ade8..63a41671d25b 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ 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
+ffffffffa0000000 - [fixmap start]   (~1526 MB) module mapping space (variable)
+[fixmap start]   - ffffffffff5fffff kernel-internal fixmap range
+ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffff600fff (=4 kB) legacy vsyscall ABI
 ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
 
 Virtual memory map with 5 level page tables:
@@ -39,8 +40,9 @@ 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
-ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls
+ffffffffa0000000 - [fixmap start]   (~1526 MB) module mapping space
+[fixmap start]   - ffffffffff5fffff kernel-internal fixmap range
+ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffff600fff (=4 kB) legacy vsyscall ABI
 ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
 
 Architecture defines a 64-bit virtual address. Implementations can support
-- 
2.13.6