linux-kernel - [PATCHv4 12/12] arm64: 36 bit VA

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Message-Id: <1445015181-29711-13-git-send-email-suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:06:21 +0100
From:	"Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	catalin.marinas@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
	marc.zyngier@....com, will.deacon@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org,
	chirstoff.dall@...aro.org, steve.capper@...aro.org,
	jeremy.linton@....com, "Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Subject: [PATCHv4 12/12] arm64: 36 bit VA

36bit VA lets us use 2 level page tables while limiting the
available address space to 64GB.

Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Steve Capper <steve.capper@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Tested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig |    8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 8541664..a346671 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
 
 config PGTABLE_LEVELS
 	int
+	default 2 if ARM64_16K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_36
 	default 2 if ARM64_64K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_42
 	default 3 if ARM64_64K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_48
 	default 3 if ARM64_4K_PAGES && ARM64_VA_BITS_39
@@ -391,6 +392,10 @@ choice
 	  space sizes. The level of translation table is determined by
 	  a combination of page size and virtual address space size.
 
+config ARM64_VA_BITS_36
+	bool "36-bit"
+	depends on ARM64_16K_PAGES
+
 config ARM64_VA_BITS_39
 	bool "39-bit"
 	depends on ARM64_4K_PAGES
@@ -410,6 +415,7 @@ endchoice
 
 config ARM64_VA_BITS
 	int
+	default 36 if ARM64_VA_BITS_36
 	default 39 if ARM64_VA_BITS_39
 	default 42 if ARM64_VA_BITS_42
 	default 47 if ARM64_VA_BITS_47
@@ -480,7 +486,7 @@ config ARCH_WANT_GENERAL_HUGETLB
 	def_bool y
 
 config ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE
-	def_bool y if ARM64_4K_PAGES || ARM64_16K_PAGES
+	def_bool y if ARM64_4K_PAGES || (ARM64_16K_PAGES && !ARM64_VA_BITS_36)
 
 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	def_bool y
-- 
1.7.9.5

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