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Documentation: arm64: Update memory.rst for TBI

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Most of memory.rst was written very early, at a time where TBI (Top
Byte Ignore) was not enabled. Nowadays TBI0 is always enabled, and
TBI1 may be enabled, depending on the kernel configuration. This
means that VA bits 63:56 cannot generally be assumed to have any
particular value.

Regardless of TBI, TTBRx selection is done based on bit 55; update
memory.rst accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240702091349.356008-1-kevin.brodsky@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ ARMv8.2 adds optional support for Large Virtual Address space. This is
only available when running with a 64KB page size and expands the
number of descriptors in the first level of translation.
User addresses have bits 63:48 set to 0 while the kernel addresses have
the same bits set to 1. TTBRx selection is given by bit 63 of the
virtual address. The swapper_pg_dir contains only kernel (global)
mappings while the user pgd contains only user (non-global) mappings.
The swapper_pg_dir address is written to TTBR1 and never written to
TTBR0.
TTBRx selection is given by bit 55 of the virtual address. The
swapper_pg_dir contains only kernel (global) mappings while the user pgd
contains only user (non-global) mappings. The swapper_pg_dir address is
written to TTBR1 and never written to TTBR0.
AArch64 Linux memory layout with 4KB pages + 4 levels (48-bit)::
@ -65,14 +63,14 @@ Translation table lookup with 4KB pages::
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|63 56|55 48|47 40|39 32|31 24|23 16|15 8|7 0|
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| | | | | |
| | | | | v
| | | | | [11:0] in-page offset
| | | | +-> [20:12] L3 index
| | | +-----------> [29:21] L2 index
| | +---------------------> [38:30] L1 index
| +-------------------------------> [47:39] L0 index
+-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1
| | | | | |
| | | | | v
| | | | | [11:0] in-page offset
| | | | +-> [20:12] L3 index
| | | +-----------> [29:21] L2 index
| | +---------------------> [38:30] L1 index
| +-------------------------------> [47:39] L0 index
+----------------------------------------> [55] TTBR0/1
Translation table lookup with 64KB pages::
@ -80,14 +78,14 @@ Translation table lookup with 64KB pages::
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|63 56|55 48|47 40|39 32|31 24|23 16|15 8|7 0|
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| | | | |
| | | | v
| | | | [15:0] in-page offset
| | | +----------> [28:16] L3 index
| | +--------------------------> [41:29] L2 index
| +-------------------------------> [47:42] L1 index (48-bit)
| [51:42] L1 index (52-bit)
+-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1
| | | | |
| | | | v
| | | | [15:0] in-page offset
| | | +----------> [28:16] L3 index
| | +--------------------------> [41:29] L2 index
| +-------------------------------> [47:42] L1 index (48-bit)
| [51:42] L1 index (52-bit)
+----------------------------------------> [55] TTBR0/1
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