Thread (15 messages) flat view 15 messages, 6 authors, 2016-06-23

Re: JITs and 52-bit VA

From: Kirill A. Shutemov <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-22 20:24:18

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:17:54PM +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:56:56PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
quoted
Yeah, cgroups don't make a lot of sense.

On x86, the 48-bit virtual address is even hard-coded in the ABI[1].  So
we can't change *any* program's layout without either breaking the ABI
or having it opt in.

But, we're also lucky to only have one VA layout since day one.

1. www.x86-64.org/documentation/abi.pdf - a??... Therefore, conforming
processes may only use addresses from 0x00000000 00000000 to 0x00007fff
ffffffff .a??
Yes, but noone forces you to write conforming programs ;)
After all while hw allows you to run VA with bits > than
48 it's fine, all side effects of breaking abi is up to
program author (iirc on x86 there is up to 52 bits on
hw level allowed, don't have specs under my hands?)
Nope. 48-bit VA (47-bit to userspace) and 46-bit PA.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

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