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Documentation: riscv: Document the sv57 VM layout

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RISC-V has been supporting the "sv57" address translation mode for a
while, but is has not been added to the VM layout documentation. Let
us fix that.

Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221118171556.1612190-1-bjorn@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -97,3 +97,39 @@ RISC-V Linux Kernel SV48
ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel 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:
____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
| | | |
ff1bfffffee00000 | -57 PB | ff1bfffffeffffff | 2 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
__________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________