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.
Ard Biesheuvel
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52-bit VA kernels can run on hardware that is only 48-bit capable, but configure the ID map as 52-bit by default. This was not a problem until recently, because the special T0SZ value for a 52-bit VA space was never programmed into the TCR register anwyay, and because a 52-bit ID map happens to use the same number of translation levels as a 48-bit one. This behavior was changed by commit 1401bef7 ("arm64: mm: Always update TCR_EL1 from __cpu_set_tcr_t0sz()"), which causes the unsupported T0SZ value for a 52-bit VA to be programmed into TCR_EL1. While some hardware simply ignores this, Mark reports that Amberwing systems choke on this, resulting in a broken boot. But even before that commit, the unsupported idmap_t0sz value was exposed to KVM and used to program TCR_EL2 incorrectly as well. Given that we already have to deal with address spaces being either 48-bit or 52-bit in size, the cleanest approach seems to be to simply default to a 48-bit VA ID map, and only switch to a 52-bit one if the placement of the kernel in DRAM requires it. This is guaranteed not to happen unless the system is actually 52-bit VA capable. Fixes: 90ec95cd ("arm64: mm: Introduce VA_BITS_MIN") Reported-by:Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20210310003216.410037-1-msalter@redhat.com Signed-off-by:
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210310171515.416643-2-ardb@kernel.org Signed-off-by:
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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