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[v9,4/4] RISC-V: mm: Document mmap changes

Message ID 20230809015110.3290774-5-charlie@rivosinc.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series RISC-V: mm: Make SV48 the default address space | expand

Commit Message

Charlie Jenkins Aug. 9, 2023, 1:51 a.m. UTC 
The behavior of mmap is modified with this patch series, so explain the
changes to the mmap hint address behavior.

Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
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 Documentation/riscv/vm-layout.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/vm-layout.rst b/Documentation/riscv/vm-layout.rst
index 5462c84f4723..69ff6da1dbf8 100644
--- a/Documentation/riscv/vm-layout.rst
+++ b/Documentation/riscv/vm-layout.rst
@@ -133,3 +133,25 @@  RISC-V Linux Kernel SV57
    ffffffff00000000 |  -4     GB | ffffffff7fffffff |    2 GB | modules, BPF
    ffffffff80000000 |  -2     GB | ffffffffffffffff |    2 GB | kernel
   __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+
+
+Userspace VAs
+--------------------
+To maintain compatibility with software that relies on the VA space with a
+maximum of 48 bits the kernel will, by default, return virtual addresses to
+userspace from a 48-bit range (sv48). This default behavior is achieved by
+passing 0 into the hint address parameter of mmap. On CPUs with an address space
+smaller than sv48, the CPU maximum supported address space will be the default.
+
+Software can "opt-in" to receiving VAs from another VA space by providing
+a hint address to mmap. A hint address passed to mmap will cause the largest
+address space that fits entirely into the hint to be used, unless there is no
+space left in the address space. If there is no space available in the requested
+address space, an address in the next smallest available address space will be
+returned.
+
+For example, in order to obtain 48-bit VA space, a hint address greater than
+:code:`1 << 47` must be provided. Note that this is 47 due to sv48 userspace
+ending at :code:`1 << 47` and the addresses beyond this are reserved for the
+kernel. Similarly, to obtain 57-bit VA space addresses, a hint address greater
+than or equal to :code:`1 << 56` must be provided.