1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2 3 ================= 4 Memory Management 5 ================= 6 7 Virtual memory layout 8 ===================== 9 10 .. note:: 11 12 - Some aspects of the virtual memory layout setup are not 13 clarified (number of page levels, alignment, DMA memory). 14 15 - Unused gaps in the virtual memory layout could be present 16 or not - depending on how partucular system is configured. 17 No page tables are created for the unused gaps. 18 19 - The virtual memory regions are tracked or untracked by KASAN 20 instrumentation, as well as the KASAN shadow memory itself is 21 created only when CONFIG_KASAN configuration option is enabled. 22 23 :: 24 25 ============================================================================= 26 | Physical | Virtual | VM area description 27 ============================================================================= 28 +- 0 --------------+- 0 --------------+ 29 | | S390_lowcore | Low-address memory 30 | +- 8 KB -----------+ 31 | | | 32 | | | 33 | | ... unused gap | KASAN untracked 34 | | | 35 +- AMODE31_START --+- AMODE31_START --+ .amode31 rand. phys/virt start 36 |.amode31 text/data|.amode31 text/data| KASAN untracked 37 +- AMODE31_END ----+- AMODE31_END ----+ .amode31 rand. phys/virt end (<2GB) 38 | | | 39 | | | 40 +- __kaslr_offset_phys | kernel rand. phys start 41 | | | 42 | kernel text/data | | 43 | | | 44 +------------------+ | kernel phys end 45 | | | 46 | | | 47 | | | 48 | | | 49 +- ident_map_size -+ | 50 | | 51 | ... unused gap | KASAN untracked 52 | | 53 +- __identity_base + identity mapping start (>= 2GB) 54 | | 55 | identity | phys == virt - __identity_base 56 | mapping | virt == phys + __identity_base 57 | | 58 | | KASAN tracked 59 | | 60 | | 61 | | 62 | | 63 | | 64 | | 65 | | 66 | | 67 | | 68 | | 69 | | 70 | | 71 | | 72 | | 73 | | 74 +---- vmemmap -----+ 'struct page' array start 75 | | 76 | virtually mapped | 77 | memory map | KASAN untracked 78 | | 79 +- __abs_lowcore --+ 80 | | 81 | Absolute Lowcore | KASAN untracked 82 | | 83 +- __memcpy_real_area 84 | | 85 | Real Memory Copy| KASAN untracked 86 | | 87 +- VMALLOC_START --+ vmalloc area start 88 | | KASAN untracked or 89 | vmalloc area | KASAN shallowly populated in case 90 | | CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC=y 91 +- MODULES_VADDR --+ modules area start 92 | | KASAN allocated per module or 93 | modules area | KASAN shallowly populated in case 94 | | CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC=y 95 +- __kaslr_offset -+ kernel rand. virt start 96 | | KASAN tracked 97 | kernel text/data | phys == (kvirt - __kaslr_offset) + 98 | | __kaslr_offset_phys 99 +- kernel .bss end + kernel rand. virt end 100 | | 101 | ... unused gap | KASAN untracked 102 | | 103 +------------------+ UltraVisor Secure Storage limit 104 | | 105 | ... unused gap | KASAN untracked 106 | | 107 +KASAN_SHADOW_START+ KASAN shadow memory start 108 | | 109 | KASAN shadow | KASAN untracked 110 | | 111 +------------------+ ASCE limit
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