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Subject: [PATCH 4.14 18/74] x86/doc: Remove obvious weirdnesses from the x86 MM layout documentation
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4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

commit e8ffe96e5933d417195268478479933d56213a3f upstream.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
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---
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt |   12 +++---------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 
-<previous description obsolete, deleted>
-
 Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables:
 
 0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm
@@ -49,8 +47,9 @@ ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2
 
 Architecture defines a 64-bit virtual address. Implementations can support
 less. Currently supported are 48- and 57-bit virtual addresses. Bits 63
-through to the most-significant implemented bit are set to either all ones
-or all zero. This causes hole between user space and kernel addresses.
+through to the most-significant implemented bit are sign extended.
+This causes hole between user space and kernel addresses if you interpret them
+as unsigned.
 
 The direct mapping covers all memory in the system up to the highest
 memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ vmalloc space is lazily synchronized int
 the processes using the page fault handler, with init_top_pgt as
 reference.
 
-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).
 The mappings are not part of any other kernel PGD and are only available
@@ -74,5 +70,3 @@ following fixmap section.
 Note that if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY is enabled, the direct mapping of all
 physical memory, vmalloc/ioremap space and virtual memory map are randomized.
 Their order is preserved but their base will be offset early at boot time.
-
--Andi Kleen, Jul 2004