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The vmemmap array is statically sized based on the maximum supported size of the virtual address space, but it is located inside the upper VA region, which is statically sized based on the *minimum* supported size of the VA space. This doesn't matter much when using 64k pages, which is the only configuration that currently supports 52-bit virtual addressing. However, upcoming LPA2 support will change this picture somewhat, as in that case, the vmemmap array will take up more than 25% of the upper VA region when using 4k pages. Given that most of this space is never used when running on a system that does not support 52-bit virtual addressing, let's reclaim the unused vmemmap area in that case. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231213084024.2367360-15-ardb@google.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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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.