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When CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA is enabled, kernel segments mapped with different permissions (r-x for .text, r-- for .rodata, rw- for .data, etc) are rounded up to 2 MiB so they can be mapped more efficiently. In particular, it permits the segments to be mapped using level 2 block entries when using 4k pages, which is expected to result in less TLB pressure. However, the mappings for the bulk of the kernel will use level 2 entries anyway, and the misaligned fringes are organized such that they can take advantage of the contiguous bit, and use far fewer level 3 entries than would be needed otherwise. This makes the value of this feature dubious at best, and since it is not enabled in defconfig or in the distro configs, it does not appear to be in wide use either. So let's just remove it. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Acked-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.