linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/9] x86/mm/64: Make __PHYSICAL_MASK

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:16:48 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] x86/mm/64: Make __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT always 52

__PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT is used to define the mask that helps to extract
physical address from a page table entry.

Although, real physical address space available may differ between
machines, it's safe to use 52 as __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT. Unused bits
above log2(MAXPHYADDR) up to bit 51 are reserved and must be 0.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
index e1407312c412..f68e6526891d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@
 #define __START_KERNEL_map	_AC(0xffffffff80000000, UL)
 
 /* See Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt for a description of the memory map. */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
+
 #define __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT	52
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
 #define __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT	56
 #else
-#define __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT	46
 #define __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT	47
 #endif
 
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