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x86/mm/64: Make 5-level paging support unconditional
authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 16 May 2025 12:33:05 +0000 (15:33 +0300)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Sat, 17 May 2025 08:38:16 +0000 (10:38 +0200)
commit7212b58d6d7133e4cd3c2295e1fb54febe284156
treedd60adb01af78714287ed25cddce904865ad6533
parentcba5d9b3e99d6268d7909a65c2bd78f4d195aead
x86/mm/64: Make 5-level paging support unconditional

Both Intel and AMD CPUs support 5-level paging, which is expected to
become more widely adopted in the future. All major x86 Linux
distributions have the feature enabled.

Remove CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL and related #ifdeffery for it to make it more readable.

Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250516123306.3812286-4-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
19 files changed:
Documentation/arch/x86/cpuinfo.rst
Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.rst
arch/x86/Kconfig
arch/x86/Kconfig.cpufeatures
arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
arch/x86/boot/header.S
arch/x86/boot/startup/map_kernel.c
arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
arch/x86/include/asm/page_64.h
arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
arch/x86/mm/init.c
arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c