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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-09-01 08:09:48 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-09-01 08:09:48 -0700
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parent89775a27ff6d0396b44de0d6f44dcbc25221fdda (diff)
Merge tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.6-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux
Pull RISC-V updates from Palmer Dabbelt: - Support for the new "riscv,isa-extensions" and "riscv,isa-base" device tree interfaces for probing extensions - Support for userspace access to the performance counters - Support for more instructions in kprobes - Crash kernels can be allocated above 4GiB - Support for KCFI - Support for ELFs in !MMU configurations - ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN has been reduced to 8 - mmap() defaults to sv48-sized addresses, with longer addresses hidden behind a hint (similar to Arm and Intel) - Also various fixes and cleanups * tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.6-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux: (51 commits) lib/Kconfig.debug: Restrict DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT for RISC-V riscv: support PREEMPT_DYNAMIC with static keys riscv: Move create_tmp_mapping() to init sections riscv: Mark KASAN tmp* page tables variables as static riscv: mm: use bitmap_zero() API riscv: enable DEBUG_FORCE_FUNCTION_ALIGN_64B riscv: remove redundant mv instructions RISC-V: mm: Document mmap changes RISC-V: mm: Update pgtable comment documentation RISC-V: mm: Add tests for RISC-V mm RISC-V: mm: Restrict address space for sv39,sv48,sv57 riscv: enable DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC for !dma_coherent riscv: allow kmalloc() caches aligned to the smallest value riscv: support the elf-fdpic binfmt loader binfmt_elf_fdpic: support 64-bit systems riscv: Allow CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to be selected riscv/purgatory: Disable CFI riscv: Add CFI error handling riscv: Add ftrace_stub_graph riscv: Add types to indirectly called assembly functions ...
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@@ -133,3 +133,25 @@ RISC-V Linux Kernel SV57
ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+
+
+Userspace VAs
+--------------------
+To maintain compatibility with software that relies on the VA space with a
+maximum of 48 bits the kernel will, by default, return virtual addresses to
+userspace from a 48-bit range (sv48). This default behavior is achieved by
+passing 0 into the hint address parameter of mmap. On CPUs with an address space
+smaller than sv48, the CPU maximum supported address space will be the default.
+
+Software can "opt-in" to receiving VAs from another VA space by providing
+a hint address to mmap. A hint address passed to mmap will cause the largest
+address space that fits entirely into the hint to be used, unless there is no
+space left in the address space. If there is no space available in the requested
+address space, an address in the next smallest available address space will be
+returned.
+
+For example, in order to obtain 48-bit VA space, a hint address greater than
+:code:`1 << 47` must be provided. Note that this is 47 due to sv48 userspace
+ending at :code:`1 << 47` and the addresses beyond this are reserved for the
+kernel. Similarly, to obtain 57-bit VA space addresses, a hint address greater
+than or equal to :code:`1 << 56` must be provided.