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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-03 01:45:30 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-03 01:45:30 +0300
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Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 mm updates from Ingo Molnar: - Extend the memmap= boot parameter syntax to allow the redeclaration and dropping of existing ranges, and to support all e820 range types (Jan H. Schönherr) - Improve the W+X boot time security checks to remove false positive warnings on Xen (Jan Beulich) - Support booting as Xen PVH guest (Juergen Gross) - Improved 5-level paging (LA57) support, in particular it's possible now to have a single kernel image for both 4-level and 5-level hardware (Kirill A. Shutemov) - AMD hardware RAM encryption support (SME/SEV) fixes (Tom Lendacky) - Preparatory commits for hardware-encrypted RAM support on Intel CPUs. (Kirill A. Shutemov) - Improved Intel-MID support (Andy Shevchenko) - Show EFI page tables in page_tables debug files (Andy Lutomirski) - ... plus misc fixes and smaller cleanups * 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (56 commits) x86/cpu/tme: Fix spelling: "configuation" -> "configuration" x86/boot: Fix SEV boot failure from change to __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT x86/mm: Update comment in detect_tme() regarding x86_phys_bits x86/mm/32: Remove unused node_memmap_size_bytes() & CONFIG_NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE logic x86/mm: Remove pointless checks in vmalloc_fault x86/platform/intel-mid: Add special handling for ACPI HW reduced platforms ACPI, x86/boot: Introduce the ->reduced_hw_early_init() ACPI callback ACPI, x86/boot: Split out acpi_generic_reduce_hw_init() and export x86/pconfig: Provide defines and helper to run MKTME_KEY_PROG leaf x86/pconfig: Detect PCONFIG targets x86/tme: Detect if TME and MKTME is activated by BIOS x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above 4G x86/boot/compressed/64: Use page table in trampoline memory x86/boot/compressed/64: Use stack from trampoline memory x86/boot/compressed/64: Make sure we have a 32-bit code segment x86/mm: Do not use paravirtualized calls in native_set_p4d() kdump, vmcoreinfo: Export pgtable_l5_enabled value x86/boot/compressed/64: Prepare new top-level page table for trampoline x86/boot/compressed/64: Set up trampoline memory x86/boot/compressed/64: Save and restore trampoline memory ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt9
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 50b9837e985b..b37c1c30c16f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2248,6 +2248,15 @@
The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
+ memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
+ [KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
+ from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
+ out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
+ even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
+ out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
+ specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
+ 3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
+
memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
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 ==