[PATCH] Documentation: arm64: Update memory.rst for TBI
Kevin Brodsky
kevin.brodsky at arm.com
Tue Jul 2 02:13:49 PDT 2024
Most of memory.rst was written very early, at a time where TBI (Top
Byte Ignore) was not enabled. Nowadays TBI0 is always enabled, and
TBI1 may be enabled, depending on the kernel configuration. This
means that VA bits 63:56 cannot generally be assumed to have any
particular value.
Regardless of TBI, TTBRx selection is done based on bit 55; update
memory.rst accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky at arm.com>
---
Documentation/arch/arm64/memory.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/memory.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/memory.rst
index 55a55f30eed8..8a658984b8bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/memory.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/memory.rst
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ ARMv8.2 adds optional support for Large Virtual Address space. This is
only available when running with a 64KB page size and expands the
number of descriptors in the first level of translation.
-User addresses have bits 63:48 set to 0 while the kernel addresses have
-the same bits set to 1. TTBRx selection is given by bit 63 of the
-virtual address. The swapper_pg_dir contains only kernel (global)
-mappings while the user pgd contains only user (non-global) mappings.
-The swapper_pg_dir address is written to TTBR1 and never written to
-TTBR0.
+TTBRx selection is given by bit 55 of the virtual address. The
+swapper_pg_dir contains only kernel (global) mappings while the user pgd
+contains only user (non-global) mappings. The swapper_pg_dir address is
+written to TTBR1 and never written to TTBR0.
AArch64 Linux memory layout with 4KB pages + 4 levels (48-bit)::
@@ -65,14 +63,14 @@ Translation table lookup with 4KB pages::
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|63 56|55 48|47 40|39 32|31 24|23 16|15 8|7 0|
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | | | | | |
- | | | | | v
- | | | | | [11:0] in-page offset
- | | | | +-> [20:12] L3 index
- | | | +-----------> [29:21] L2 index
- | | +---------------------> [38:30] L1 index
- | +-------------------------------> [47:39] L0 index
- +-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1
+ | | | | | |
+ | | | | | v
+ | | | | | [11:0] in-page offset
+ | | | | +-> [20:12] L3 index
+ | | | +-----------> [29:21] L2 index
+ | | +---------------------> [38:30] L1 index
+ | +-------------------------------> [47:39] L0 index
+ +----------------------------------------> [55] TTBR0/1
Translation table lookup with 64KB pages::
@@ -80,14 +78,14 @@ Translation table lookup with 64KB pages::
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|63 56|55 48|47 40|39 32|31 24|23 16|15 8|7 0|
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
- | | | | |
- | | | | v
- | | | | [15:0] in-page offset
- | | | +----------> [28:16] L3 index
- | | +--------------------------> [41:29] L2 index
- | +-------------------------------> [47:42] L1 index (48-bit)
- | [51:42] L1 index (52-bit)
- +-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1
+ | | | | |
+ | | | | v
+ | | | | [15:0] in-page offset
+ | | | +----------> [28:16] L3 index
+ | | +--------------------------> [41:29] L2 index
+ | +-------------------------------> [47:42] L1 index (48-bit)
+ | [51:42] L1 index (52-bit)
+ +----------------------------------------> [55] TTBR0/1
When using KVM without the Virtualization Host Extensions, the
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