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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h | 8 |
4 files changed, 6 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt index 087251a0d99c..2432a5ef86d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt @@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y enables the feature. -So far, a kernel compiled with the option enabled will be able to boot -only on machines that supports the feature -- see for 'la57' flag in -/proc/cpuinfo. - -The plan is to implement boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging -in the future. +Kernel with CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y still able to boot on 4-level hardware. +In this case additional page table level -- p4d -- will be folded at +runtime. == User-space and large virtual address space == diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index fcc3f88996b3..1c4f7b6a94f4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1440,8 +1440,8 @@ config X86_5LEVEL It will be supported by future Intel CPUs. - Note: a kernel with this option enabled can only be booted - on machines that support the feature. + A kernel with the option enabled can be booted on machines that + support 4- or 5-level paging. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt for more information. diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c index 98761a1576ce..b50c42455e25 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c @@ -169,16 +169,6 @@ void __puthex(unsigned long value) } } -static bool l5_supported(void) -{ - /* Check if leaf 7 is supported. */ - if (native_cpuid_eax(0) < 7) - return 0; - - /* Check if la57 is supported. */ - return native_cpuid_ecx(7) & (1 << (X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31)); -} - #if CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS static void handle_relocations(void *output, unsigned long output_len, unsigned long virt_addr) @@ -372,12 +362,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *extract_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap, console_init(); debug_putstr("early console in extract_kernel\n"); - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) && !l5_supported()) { - error("This linux kernel as configured requires 5-level paging\n" - "This CPU does not support the required 'cr4.la57' feature\n" - "Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU\n"); - } - free_mem_ptr = heap; /* Heap */ free_mem_end_ptr = heap + BOOT_HEAP_SIZE; diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h index fb3a6de7440b..6847d85400a8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h @@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ # define NEED_MOVBE 0 #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL -# define NEED_LA57 (1<<(X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31)) -#else -# define NEED_LA57 0 -#endif - #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT /* Paravirtualized systems may not have PSE or PGE available */ @@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ #define REQUIRED_MASK13 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK14 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK15 0 -#define REQUIRED_MASK16 (NEED_LA57) +#define REQUIRED_MASK16 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK17 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK18 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 19) |