docs: x86: Remove obsolete information about x86_64 vmalloc() faulting
x86_64 vmalloc() mappings are no longer "synchronized" among page tables via faulting since commit6eb82f9940
("x86/mm: Pre-allocate P4D/PUD pages for vmalloc area"), since the corresponding P4D or PUD pages are now preallocated at boot, by preallocate_vmalloc_pages(). Drop the "lazily synchronized" description for less confusion. While this file is x86_64-specific, it is worth noting that things are different for x86_32, where vmalloc()-related changes to `init_mm.pgd` are synchronized to all page tables in the system during runtime, via arch_sync_kernel_mappings(). Unfortunately, this synchronization is subject to race condition, which is further handled via faulting, see vmalloc_fault(). See commit4819e15f74
("x86/mm/32: Bring back vmalloc faulting on x86_32") for more details. Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com> Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <peilin.ye@bytedance.com> Reviewed-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210818220123.2623-1-yepeilin.cs@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory
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holes).
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vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4/PML5 pages of
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the processes using the page fault handler, with init_top_pgt as
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reference.
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We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual
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memory window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
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The mappings are not part of any other kernel PGD and are only available
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