lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2018]   [Oct]   [6]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/3 v2] x86/mm/doc: Enhance the x86-64 virtual memory layout descriptions
    On 10/06/18 at 04:38pm, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > +Notes:
    > +
    > + - Negative addresses such as "-23 TB" are absolute addresses in bytes, counted down
    > + from the top of the 64-bit address space. It's easier to understand the layout
    > + when seen both in absolute addresses and in distance-from-top notation.
    > +
    > + For example 0xffffe90000000000 == -23 TB, it's 23 TB lower than the top of the
    > + 64-bit address space (ffffffffffffffff).
    > +
    > + Note that as we get closer to the top of the address space, the notation changes
    > + from TB to GB and then MB/KB.
    > +
    > + - "16M TB" might look weird at first sight, but it's an easier to visualize size
    > + notation than "16 EB", which few will recognize at first sight as 16 exabytes.
    > + It also shows it nicely how incredibly large 64-bit address space is.

    Thanks, this looks much better than the old version and my change.

    Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>

    Thanks
    Baoquan
    > +
    > +========================================================================================================================
    > + 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:
    > +____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
    > + | | | |
    > + ffff800000000000 | -128 TB | ffff87ffffffffff | 8 TB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
    > + ffff880000000000 | -120 TB | ffffc7ffffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
    > + ffffc80000000000 | -56 TB | ffffc8ffffffffff | 1 TB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffc90000000000 | -55 TB | ffffe8ffffffffff | 32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
    > + ffffe90000000000 | -23 TB | ffffe9ffffffffff | 1 TB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffea0000000000 | -22 TB | ffffeaffffffffff | 1 TB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
    > + ffffeb0000000000 | -21 TB | ffffebffffffffff | 1 TB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffec0000000000 | -20 TB | fffffbffffffffff | 16 TB | KASAN shadow memory
    > + fffffc0000000000 | -4 TB | fffffdffffffffff | 2 TB | ... unused hole
    > + | | | | vaddr_end for KASLR
    > + fffffe0000000000 | -2 TB | fffffe7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
    > + fffffe8000000000 | -1.5 TB | fffffeffffffffff | 0.5 TB | LDT remap for PTI
    > + ffffff0000000000 | -1 TB | ffffff7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
    > +__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
    > + |
    > + | Identical layout to the 47-bit one from here on:
    > +____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
    > + | | | |
    > + ffffff8000000000 | -512 GB | ffffffeeffffffff | 444 GB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffffef00000000 | -68 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 64 GB | EFI region mapping space
    > + ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffff9fffffff | 512 MB | kernel text mapping, mapped to physical address 0
    > + ffffffff80000000 |-2048 MB | | |
    > + ffffffffa0000000 |-1536 MB | fffffffffeffffff | 1520 MB | module mapping space
    > + ffffffffff000000 | -16 MB | | |
    > + FIXADDR_START | ~-11 MB | ffffffffff5fffff | ~0.5 MB | kernel-internal fixmap range, variable size and offset
    > + ffffffffff600000 | -10 MB | ffffffffff600fff | 4 kB | legacy vsyscall ABI
    > + ffffffffffe00000 | -2 MB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 MB | ... unused hole
    > +__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
    > +
    > +
    > +====================================================
    > +Complete virtual memory map with 5-level page tables
    > +====================================================
    > +
    > +Notes:
    > +
    > + - With 56-bit addresses, user-space memory gets expanded by a factor of 512x,
    > + from 0.125 PB to 64 PB. All kernel mappings shift down to the -64 PT starting
    > + offset and many of the regions expand to support the much larger physical
    > + memory supported.
    > +
    > +========================================================================================================================
    > + Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
    > +========================================================================================================================
    > + | | | |
    > + 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00ffffffffffffff | 64 PB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
    > +__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
    > + | | | |
    > + 0000800000000000 | +64 PB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16K PB | ... huge, still 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:
    > +____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
    > + | | | |
    > + ff00000000000000 | -64 PB | ff0fffffffffffff | 4 PB | ... guard hole, also reserved for hypervisor
    > + ff10000000000000 | -60 PB | ff8fffffffffffff | 32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory (page_offset_base)
    > + ff90000000000000 | -28 PB | ff9fffffffffffff | 4 PB | LDT remap for PTI
    > + ffa0000000000000 | -24 PB | ffd1ffffffffffff | 12.5 PB | vmalloc/ioremap space (vmalloc_base)
    > + ffd2000000000000 | -11.5 PB | ffd3ffffffffffff | 0.5 PB | ... unused hole
    > + ffd4000000000000 | -11 PB | ffd5ffffffffffff | 0.5 PB | virtual memory map (vmemmap_base)
    > + ffd6000000000000 | -10.5 PB | ffdeffffffffffff | 2.25 PB | ... unused hole
    > + ffdf000000000000 | -8.25 PB | fffffdffffffffff | ~8 PB | KASAN shadow memory
    > + fffffc0000000000 | -4 TB | fffffdffffffffff | 2 TB | ... unused hole
    > + | | | | vaddr_end for KASLR
    > + fffffe0000000000 | -2 TB | fffffe7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | cpu_entry_area mapping
    > + fffffe8000000000 | -1.5 TB | fffffeffffffffff | 0.5 TB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffff0000000000 | -1 TB | ffffff7fffffffff | 0.5 TB | %esp fixup stacks
    > +__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
    > + |
    > + | Identical layout to the 47-bit one from here on:
    > +____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
    > + | | | |
    > + ffffff8000000000 | -512 GB | ffffffeeffffffff | 444 GB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffffef00000000 | -68 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 64 GB | EFI region mapping space
    > + ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | ... unused hole
    > + ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffff9fffffff | 512 MB | kernel text mapping, mapped to physical address 0
    > + ffffffff80000000 |-2048 MB | | |
    > + ffffffffa0000000 |-1536 MB | fffffffffeffffff | 1520 MB | module mapping space
    > + ffffffffff000000 | -16 MB | | |
    > + FIXADDR_START | ~-11 MB | ffffffffff5fffff | ~0.5 MB | kernel-internal fixmap range, variable size and offset
    > + ffffffffff600000 | -10 MB | ffffffffff600fff | 4 kB | legacy vsyscall ABI
    > + ffffffffffe00000 | -2 MB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 MB | ... unused hole
    > +__________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
    >
    > Architecture defines a 64-bit virtual address. Implementations can support
    > less. Currently supported are 48- and 57-bit virtual addresses. Bits 63

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2018-10-06 17:03    [W:8.296 / U:0.832 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site