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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c index 06eb8910462f..50f81ea1fbad 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c @@ -219,6 +219,23 @@ within_inclusive(unsigned long addr, unsigned long start, unsigned long end) #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 +/* + * The kernel image is mapped into two places in the virtual address space + * (addresses without KASLR, of course): + * + * 1. The kernel direct map (0xffff880000000000) + * 2. The "high kernel map" (0xffffffff81000000) + * + * We actually execute out of #2. If we get the address of a kernel symbol, it + * points to #2, but almost all physical-to-virtual translations point to #1. + * + * This is so that we can have both a directmap of all physical memory *and* + * take full advantage of the the limited (s32) immediate addressing range (2G) + * of x86_64. + * + * See Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst for more detail. + */ + static inline unsigned long highmap_start_pfn(void) { return __pa_symbol(_text) >> PAGE_SHIFT; @@ -1626,6 +1643,9 @@ repeat: static int __change_page_attr_set_clr(struct cpa_data *cpa, int checkalias); +/* + * Check the directmap and "high kernel map" 'aliases'. + */ static int cpa_process_alias(struct cpa_data *cpa) { struct cpa_data alias_cpa; |