[PATCHv4 00/14] Boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Tue Aug 08 2017 - 08:57:47 EST


The basic idea is to implement the same logic as pgtable-nop4d.h provides,
but at runtime.

Runtime folding is only implemented for CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y case. With the
option disabled, we do compile-time folding as before..

Initially, I tried to fold pgd instread. I've got to shell, but it
required a lot of hacks as kernel threats pgd in a special way.

Please review and consider applying.

v4:
- Use ALTERNATIVE to patch return_from_SYSCALL_64 (Andi);
- Use __read_mostly where appropriate (Andi);
- Make X86_5LEVEL dependant on SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP;
- Fix build errors and warnings;

v3:
- Make sparsemem data stuctures allocation dynamic to lower memory overhead on
4-level paging machines;
- Allow XEN_PV and XEN_PVH to be enabled with X86_5LEVEL;
- XEN cleanups;

Kirill A. Shutemov (14):
mm/sparsemem: Allocate mem_section at runtime for SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
mm/zsmalloc: Prepare to variable MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS
x86/kasan: Use the same shadow offset for 4- and 5-level paging
x86/xen: Provide pre-built page tables only for XEN_PV and XEN_PVH
x86/xen: Drop 5-level paging support code from XEN_PV code
x86/boot/compressed/64: Detect and handle 5-level paging at boot-time
x86/mm: Make virtual memory layout movable for CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
x86/mm: Make PGDIR_SHIFT and PTRS_PER_P4D variable
x86/mm: Handle boot-time paging mode switching at early boot
x86/mm: Fold p4d page table layer at runtime
x86/mm: Replace compile-time checks for 5-level with runtime-time
x86/mm: Allow to boot without la57 if CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y
x86/xen: Allow XEN_PV and XEN_PVH to be enabled with X86_5LEVEL
x86/mm: Offset boot-time paging mode switching cost

Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt | 9 +-
arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 +-
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 24 ++++
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 14 +++
arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h | 5 +
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 5 +
arch/x86/include/asm/kaslr.h | 4 -
arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h | 4 +
arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h | 15 +--
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h | 21 ++--
arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 5 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 10 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h | 2 +
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h | 2 +
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h | 53 ++++++---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 67 +++--------
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h | 8 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/sparsemem.h | 9 +-
arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 3 +-
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 73 ++++++++++--
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 35 +++---
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 5 +-
arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c | 20 ++--
arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 32 ++---
arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c | 94 +++++++++++----
arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c | 27 ++---
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/xen/Kconfig | 5 -
arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c | 180 +++++++++++++----------------
include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h | 1 +
include/asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h | 1 +
include/linux/kasan.h | 2 +-
include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 +-
mm/kasan/kasan_init.c | 2 +-
mm/page_alloc.c | 10 ++
mm/sparse.c | 17 ++-
mm/zsmalloc.c | 6 +
41 files changed, 475 insertions(+), 321 deletions(-)

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