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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 - -===================================== -Virtual Memory Layout on RISC-V Linux -===================================== - -:Author: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr> -:Date: 12 February 2021 - -This document describes the virtual memory layout used by the RISC-V Linux -Kernel. - -RISC-V Linux Kernel 32bit -========================= - -RISC-V Linux Kernel SV32 ------------------------- - -TODO - -RISC-V Linux Kernel 64bit -========================= - -The RISC-V privileged architecture document states that the 64bit addresses -"must have bits 63–48 all equal to bit 47, or else a page-fault exception will -occur.": that splits the virtual address space into 2 halves separated by a very -big hole, the lower half is where the userspace resides, the upper half is where -the RISC-V Linux Kernel resides. - -RISC-V Linux Kernel SV39 ------------------------- - -:: - - ======================================================================================================================== - Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description - ======================================================================================================================== - | | | | - 0000000000000000 | 0 | 0000003fffffffff | 256 GB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ - | | | | - 0000004000000000 | +256 GB | ffffffbfffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical - | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -256 GB - | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings. - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ - | - | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes: - ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________ - | | | | - ffffffc6fee00000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6feffffff | 2 MB | fixmap - ffffffc6ff000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6ffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io - ffffffc700000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc7ffffffff | 4 GB | vmemmap - ffffffc800000000 | -224 GB | ffffffd7ffffffff | 64 GB | vmalloc/ioremap space - ffffffd800000000 | -160 GB | fffffff6ffffffff | 124 GB | direct mapping of all physical memory - fffffff700000000 | -36 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 32 GB | kasan - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ - | - | - ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________ - | | | | - ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF - ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ - - -RISC-V Linux Kernel SV48 ------------------------- - -:: - - ======================================================================================================================== - Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description - ======================================================================================================================== - | | | | - 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00007fffffffffff | 128 TB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ - | | | | - 0000800000000000 | +128 TB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical - | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -128 TB - | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings. - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ - | - | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes: - ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________ - | | | | - ffff8d7ffee00000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7ffeffffff | 2 MB | fixmap - ffff8d7fff000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7fffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io - ffff8d8000000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8f7fffffffff | 2 TB | vmemmap - ffff8f8000000000 | -112.5 TB | ffffaf7fffffffff | 32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space - ffffaf8000000000 | -80.5 TB | ffffef7fffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory - ffffef8000000000 | -16.5 TB | fffffffeffffffff | 16.5 TB | kasan - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ - | - | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on: - ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________ - | | | | - ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF - ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ - - -RISC-V Linux Kernel SV57 ------------------------- - -:: - - ======================================================================================================================== - Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description - ======================================================================================================================== - | | | | - 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00ffffffffffffff | 64 PB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ - | | | | - 0100000000000000 | +64 PB | feffffffffffffff | ~16K PB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical - | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -64 PB - | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings. - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ - | - | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes: - ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________ - | | | | - ff1bfffffee00000 | -57 PB | ff1bfffffeffffff | 2 MB | fixmap - ff1bffffff000000 | -57 PB | ff1bffffffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io - ff1c000000000000 | -57 PB | ff1fffffffffffff | 1 PB | vmemmap - ff20000000000000 | -56 PB | ff5fffffffffffff | 16 PB | vmalloc/ioremap space - ff60000000000000 | -40 PB | ffdeffffffffffff | 32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory - ffdf000000000000 | -8 PB | fffffffeffffffff | 8 PB | kasan - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ - | - | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on: - ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________ - | | | | - ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF - ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel - __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ |