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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S22
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/init_64.c5
-rw-r--r--include/asm-x86/page_64.h8
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index eb415043a929..b037b15be7f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -379,18 +379,24 @@ NEXT_PAGE(level2_ident_pgt)
/* Since I easily can, map the first 1G.
* Don't set NX because code runs from these pages.
*/
- PMDS(0x0000000000000000, __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC, PTRS_PER_PMD)
+ PMDS(0, __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC, PTRS_PER_PMD)
NEXT_PAGE(level2_kernel_pgt)
- /* 40MB kernel mapping. The kernel code cannot be bigger than that.
- When you change this change KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE in page.h too. */
- /* (2^48-(2*1024*1024*1024)-((2^39)*511)-((2^30)*510)) = 0 */
- PMDS(0x0000000000000000, __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC|_PAGE_GLOBAL, KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE/PMD_SIZE)
- /* Module mapping starts here */
- .fill (PTRS_PER_PMD - (KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE/PMD_SIZE)),8,0
+ /*
+ * 128 MB kernel mapping. We spend a full page on this pagetable
+ * anyway.
+ *
+ * The kernel code+data+bss must not be bigger than that.
+ *
+ * (NOTE: at +128MB starts the module area, see MODULES_VADDR.
+ * If you want to increase this then increase MODULES_VADDR
+ * too.)
+ */
+ PMDS(0, __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC|_PAGE_GLOBAL,
+ KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE/PMD_SIZE)
NEXT_PAGE(level2_spare_pgt)
- .fill 512,8,0
+ .fill 512, 8, 0
#undef PMDS
#undef NEXT_PAGE
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 6dbb0035c57a..a02a14f0f324 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ set_pte_phys(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot)
}
/*
- * The head.S code sets up the kernel high mapping from:
- * __START_KERNEL_map to __START_KERNEL_map + KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE
+ * The head.S code sets up the kernel high mapping:
+ *
+ * from __START_KERNEL_map to __START_KERNEL_map + size (== _end-_text)
*
* phys_addr holds the negative offset to the kernel, which is added
* to the compile time generated pmds. This results in invalid pmds up
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/page_64.h b/include/asm-x86/page_64.h
index f7393bc516ef..3e2e3ca63048 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/page_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/page_64.h
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@
#define __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT 46
#define __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT 48
-#define KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE (40*1024*1024)
-#define KERNEL_TEXT_START _AC(0xffffffff80000000, UL)
+/*
+ * Kernel image size is limited to 128 MB (see level2_kernel_pgt in
+ * arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S), and it is mapped here:
+ */
+#define KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE (128*1024*1024)
+#define KERNEL_TEXT_START _AC(0xffffffff80000000, UL)
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
void clear_page(void *page);