On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 07:49:02AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:17:21PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > A 5-level paging capable machine can have memory above 46-bit in the > > physical address space. This memory is only addressable in the 5-level > > paging mode: we don't have enough virtual address space to create direct > > mapping for such memory in the 4-level paging mode. > > > > Currently, we fail boot completely: NULL pointer dereference in > > subsection_map_init(). > > > > Skip creating a memblock for such memory instead and notify user that > > some memory is not addressable. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> > > Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.han...@intel.com> > > Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org # v4.14 > > --- > > Gentle ping. > > It's not urgent, but it's a bug fix. Please consider applying. > > > Tested with a hacked QEMU: > > https://gist.github.com/kiryl/d45eb54110944ff95e544972d8bdac1d > > > > --- > > arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > index c5399e80c59c..d320d37d0f95 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c > > @@ -1280,8 +1280,8 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void) > > > > void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > { > > + u64 size, end, not_addressable = 0; > > int i; > > - u64 end; > > > > /* > > * The bootstrap memblock region count maximum is 128 entries > > @@ -1307,7 +1307,22 @@ void __init e820__memblock_setup(void) > > if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM && entry->type != > > E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN) > > continue; > > > > - memblock_add(entry->addr, entry->size); > > + if (entry->addr >= MAXMEM) { > > + not_addressable += entry->size; > > + continue; > > + } > > + > > + end = min_t(u64, end, MAXMEM - 1); > > + size = end - entry->addr; > > + not_addressable += entry->size - size; > > + memblock_add(entry->addr, size); > > + } > > + > > + if (not_addressable) { > > + pr_err("%lldGB of physical memory is not addressable in the > > paging mode\n", > > + not_addressable >> 30); > > + if (!pgtable_l5_enabled()) > > + pr_err("Consider enabling 5-level paging\n");
Could this happen at all when l5 is enabled? Does it mean we need kmap() for 64-bit? > > } > > > > /* Throw away partial pages: */ > > -- > > 2.26.2 > > > > > > -- > Kirill A. Shutemov > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
