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Date:   Sat, 14 May 2022 02:22:42 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFCv2 08/10] x86/mm: Make LAM_U48 and mappings above 47-bits
 mutually exclusive
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On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 03:36:31PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, May 11 2022 at 05:27, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > LAM_U48 steals bits above 47-bit for tags and makes it impossible for
> > userspace to use full address space on 5-level paging machine.
> 
> > Make these features mutually exclusive: whichever gets enabled first
> > blocks the othe one.
> 
> So this patch prevents a mapping above 47bit when LAM48 is enabled, but
> I fail to spot how an already existing mapping above 47bit would prevent
> LAM48 from being enabled.
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something which makes this magically mutually
> exclusive.

It is in 09/10. See lam_u48_allowed()

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 Kirill A. Shutemov