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Virtual Memory Layout on RISC-V Linux
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: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
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RISC-V Linux Kernel SV32
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TODO
RISC-V Linux Kernel 64bit
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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
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Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
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0000000000000000 | 0 | 0000003fffffffff | 256 GB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
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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.
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| Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
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ffffffc000000000 | -256 GB | ffffffc7ffffffff | 32 GB | kasan
ffffffcefee00000 | -196 GB | ffffffcefeffffff | 2 MB | fixmap
ffffffceff000000 | -196 GB | ffffffceffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
ffffffcf00000000 | -196 GB | ffffffcfffffffff | 4 GB | vmemmap
ffffffd000000000 | -192 GB | ffffffdfffffffff | 64 GB | vmalloc/ioremap space
ffffffe000000000 | -128 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 124 GB | direct mapping of all physical memory
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ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules
ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel, BPF
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