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pgt_buf is used to allocate page tables on initial direct page mapping which bootstraps the kernel into being able to allocate these before the direct mapping makes further pages available. INIT_PGD_PAGE_COUNT is set to 6 pages (doubled for KASLR) - 3 (PUD, PMD, PTE) for the 1 MiB ISA mapping and 3 more for the first direct mapping assignment in each case providing 2 MiB of address space. This has not been updated for 5-level page tables which has an additional P4D page table level above PUD. In most instances, this will not have a material impact as the first 4 page levels allocated for the ISA mapping will provide sufficient address space to encompass all further address mappings. If the first direct mapping is within 512 GiB of the ISA mapping, only a PMD and PTE needs to be added in the instance the kernel is using 4 KiB page tables (e.g. CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is enabled) and only a PMD if the kernel can use 2 MiB pages (the first allocation is limited to PMD_SIZE so a GiB page cannot be used there). However, if the machine has more than 512 GiB of RAM and the kernel is allocating 4 KiB page size, 3 further page tables are required. If the machine has more than 256 TiB of RAM at 4 KiB or 2 MiB page size, further 3 or 4 page tables are required respectively. Update INIT_PGD_PAGE_COUNT to reflect this. [ bp: Sanitize text into passive voice without ambiguous personal pronouns. ] Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201215205641.34096-1-lstoakes@gmail.com |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.