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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +===================================== +Virtual Memory Layout on RISC-V Linux +===================================== + +:Author: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr> +:Date: 12 February 2021 + +This document describes the virtual memory layout used by the RISC-V Linux +Kernel. + +RISC-V Linux Kernel 32bit +========================= + +RISC-V Linux Kernel SV32 +------------------------ + +TODO + +RISC-V Linux Kernel 64bit +========================= + +The RISC-V privileged architecture document states that the 64bit addresses +"must have bits 63–48 all equal to bit 47, or else a page-fault exception will +occur.": that splits the virtual address space into 2 halves separated by a very +big hole, the lower half is where the userspace resides, the upper half is where +the RISC-V Linux Kernel resides. + +RISC-V Linux Kernel SV39 +------------------------ + +:: + + ======================================================================================================================== + Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description + ======================================================================================================================== + | | | | + 0000000000000000 | 0 | 0000003fffffffff | 256 GB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm + __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ + | | | | + 0000004000000000 | +256 GB | ffffffbfffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical + | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -256 GB + | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings. + __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________ + | + | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes: + ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________ + | | | | + ffffffc6fee00000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6feffffff | 2 MB | fixmap + ffffffc6ff000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6ffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io + ffffffc700000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc7ffffffff | 4 GB | vmemmap + ffffffc800000000 | -224 GB | ffffffd7ffffffff | 64 GB | vmalloc/ioremap space + ffffffd800000000 | -160 GB | fffffff6ffffffff | 124 GB | direct mapping of all physical memory + fffffff700000000 | -36 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 32 GB | kasan + __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ + | + | + ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________ + | | | | + ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF + ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel + __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ + + +RISC-V Linux Kernel SV48 +------------------------ + +:: + + ======================================================================================================================== + 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: + ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________ + | | | | + ffff8d7ffee00000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7ffeffffff | 2 MB | fixmap + ffff8d7fff000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7fffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io + ffff8d8000000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8f7fffffffff | 2 TB | vmemmap + ffff8f8000000000 | -112.5 TB | ffffaf7fffffffff | 32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space + ffffaf8000000000 | -80.5 TB | ffffef7fffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory + ffffef8000000000 | -16.5 TB | fffffffeffffffff | 16.5 TB | kasan + __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ + | + | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on: + ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________ + | | | | + ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF + ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel + __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________ |