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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================================
+Virtual Memory Layout on RISC-V Linux
+=====================================
+
+:Author: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
+:Date: 12 February 2021
+
+This document describes the virtual memory layout used by the RISC-V Linux
+Kernel.
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel 32bit
+=========================
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV32
+------------------------
+
+TODO
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel 64bit
+=========================
+
+The RISC-V privileged architecture document states that the 64bit addresses
+"must have bits 63–48 all equal to bit 47, or else a page-fault exception will
+occur.": that splits the virtual address space into 2 halves separated by a very
+big hole, the lower half is where the userspace resides, the upper half is where
+the RISC-V Linux Kernel resides.
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV39
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 0000003fffffffff | 256 GB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0000004000000000 | +256 GB | ffffffbfffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -256 GB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffc6fea00000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6feffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ffffffc6ff000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc6ffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ffffffc700000000 | -228 GB | ffffffc7ffffffff | 4 GB | vmemmap
+ ffffffc800000000 | -224 GB | ffffffd7ffffffff | 64 GB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ffffffd800000000 | -160 GB | fffffff6ffffffff | 124 GB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ fffffff700000000 | -36 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 32 GB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ |
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
+ ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV48
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00007fffffffffff | 128 TB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0000800000000000 | +128 TB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -128 TB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffff8d7ffea00000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7ffeffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ffff8d7fff000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7fffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ffff8d8000000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8f7fffffffff | 2 TB | vmemmap
+ ffff8f8000000000 | -112.5 TB | ffffaf7fffffffff | 32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ffffaf8000000000 | -80.5 TB | ffffef7fffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ ffffef8000000000 | -16.5 TB | fffffffeffffffff | 16.5 TB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on:
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
+ ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV57
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00ffffffffffffff | 64 PB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0100000000000000 | +64 PB | feffffffffffffff | ~16K PB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -64 PB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ff1bfffffea00000 | -57 PB | ff1bfffffeffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ff1bffffff000000 | -57 PB | ff1bffffffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ff1c000000000000 | -57 PB | ff1fffffffffffff | 1 PB | vmemmap
+ ff20000000000000 | -56 PB | ff5fffffffffffff | 16 PB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ff60000000000000 | -40 PB | ffdeffffffffffff | 32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ ffdf000000000000 | -8 PB | fffffffeffffffff | 8 PB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on:
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 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.