linux-kernel - Re: [RFCv2 00/10] Linear Address Masking enabling

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Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 08:49:43 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        "H . J . Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFCv2 00/10] Linear Address Masking enabling

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 05:27:40AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Hi all. Here's long overdue update on LAM enabling.
> 
> # Description #
> 
> Linear Address Masking[1] (LAM) modifies the checking that is applied to
> 64-bit linear addresses, allowing software to use of the untranslated
> address bits for metadata.
> 
> The patchset brings support for LAM for userspace addresses.
> 
> The most sensitive part of enabling is change in tlb.c, where CR3 flags
> get set. Please take a look that what I'm doing makes sense.
> 
> The feature competes for bits with 5-level paging: LAM_U48 makes it
> impossible to map anything about 47-bits. The patchset made these
> capability mutually exclusive: whatever used first wins. LAM_U57 can be
> combined with mappings above 47-bits.

So aren't we creating a problem with LAM_U48 where programs relying on
it are of limited sustainability?

Any such program simply *cannot* run on 5 level pagetables. Why do we
want to do this?