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TASK_SIZE_MAX should be set to a constant value, at least the largest valid userspace address under any runtime configuration. This optimizes the check in __access_ok(), which no longer needs to compute the runtime value of TASK_SIZE. The check does not need to be exact, as long as it accepts all valid userspace addresses and rejects all valid kernel addresses; well-behaved programs will never fail the access_ok() check. For RISC-V, which requires all virtual addresses to be sign extended, the optimal choice is LONG_MAX because it simplifies the limit comparison to a sign bit test. This removes about half of the references to pgtable_l[45]_enabled. Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240327143858.711792-3-samuel.holland@sifive.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Linux kernel
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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 reStructuredText 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.