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* [PATCH] doc: correct Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@ 2016-04-22  7:35 Juergen Gross
  2016-04-22  9:47 ` [tip:x86/asm] x86/doc: Correct limits in Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt tip-bot for Juergen Gross
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Juergen Gross @ 2016-04-22  7:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-doc, linux-kernel; +Cc: tglx, mingo, hpa, x86, corbet, Juergen Gross

Correct the size of the module mapping space and the maximum available
physical memory size of current processors.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index c518dce..5aa7383 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
 ffffffef00000000 - ffffffff00000000 (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space
 ... unused hole ...
 ffffffff80000000 - ffffffffa0000000 (=512 MB)  kernel text mapping, from phys 0
-ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1525 MB) module mapping space
+ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1526 MB) module mapping space
 ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls
 ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4 pages of
 the processes using the page fault handler, with init_level4_pgt as
 reference.
 
-Current X86-64 implementations only support 40 bits of address space,
-but we support up to 46 bits. This expands into MBZ space in the page tables.
+Current X86-64 implementations support up to 46 bits of address space (64 TB),
+which is our current limit. This expands into MBZ space in the page tables.
 
 We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual
 memory window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
-- 
2.6.6

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* [tip:x86/asm] x86/doc: Correct limits in Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
  2016-04-22  7:35 [PATCH] doc: correct Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt Juergen Gross
@ 2016-04-22  9:47 ` tip-bot for Juergen Gross
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: tip-bot for Juergen Gross @ 2016-04-22  9:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits
  Cc: tglx, peterz, hpa, jgross, mingo, linux-kernel, torvalds

Commit-ID:  78b0634d2851d30ec5d289aefbae23b141de67f0
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/78b0634d2851d30ec5d289aefbae23b141de67f0
Author:     Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:35:04 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:03:24 +0200

x86/doc: Correct limits in Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt

Correct the size of the module mapping space and the maximum available
physical memory size of current processors.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461310504-15977-1-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index c518dce..5aa7383 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
 ffffffef00000000 - ffffffff00000000 (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space
 ... unused hole ...
 ffffffff80000000 - ffffffffa0000000 (=512 MB)  kernel text mapping, from phys 0
-ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1525 MB) module mapping space
+ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1526 MB) module mapping space
 ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls
 ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4 pages of
 the processes using the page fault handler, with init_level4_pgt as
 reference.
 
-Current X86-64 implementations only support 40 bits of address space,
-but we support up to 46 bits. This expands into MBZ space in the page tables.
+Current X86-64 implementations support up to 46 bits of address space (64 TB),
+which is our current limit. This expands into MBZ space in the page tables.
 
 We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual
 memory window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).

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