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@@ -114,28 +114,25 @@ s/390 z/Architecture
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16-17 16-17 Address Space Control
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- 00 Primary Space Mode when DAT on
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- The linux kernel currently runs in this mode, CR1 is affiliated with
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- this mode & points to the primary segment table origin etc.
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-
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- 01 Access register mode this mode is used in functions to
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- copy data between kernel & user space.
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-
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- 10 Secondary space mode not used in linux however CR7 the
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- register affiliated with this mode is & this & normally
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- CR13=CR7 to allow us to copy data between kernel & user space.
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- We do this as follows:
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- We set ar2 to 0 to designate its
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- affiliated gpr ( gpr2 )to point to primary=kernel space.
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- We set ar4 to 1 to designate its
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- affiliated gpr ( gpr4 ) to point to secondary=home=user space
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- & then essentially do a memcopy(gpr2,gpr4,size) to
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- copy data between the address spaces, the reason we use home space for the
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- kernel & don't keep secondary space free is that code will not run in
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- secondary space.
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-
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- 11 Home Space Mode all user programs run in this mode.
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- it is affiliated with CR13.
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+ 00 Primary Space Mode:
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+ The register CR1 contains the primary address-space control ele-
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+ ment (PASCE), which points to the primary space region/segment
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+ table origin.
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+
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+ 01 Access register mode
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+
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+ 10 Secondary Space Mode:
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+ The register CR7 contains the secondary address-space control
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+ element (SASCE), which points to the secondary space region or
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+ segment table origin.
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+
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+ 11 Home Space Mode:
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+ The register CR13 contains the home space address-space control
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+ element (HASCE), which points to the home space region/segment
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+ table origin.
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+
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+ See "Address Spaces on Linux for s/390 & z/Architecture" below
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+ for more information about address space usage in Linux.
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18-19 18-19 Condition codes (CC)
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@@ -249,9 +246,9 @@ currently 4TB of physical memory currently on z/Architecture.
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Address Spaces on Linux for s/390 & z/Architecture
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-Our addressing scheme is as follows
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-
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+Our addressing scheme is basically as follows:
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+ Primary Space Home Space
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Himem 0x7fffffff 2GB on s/390 ***************** ****************
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currently 0x3ffffffffff (2^42)-1 * User Stack * * *
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on z/Architecture. ***************** * *
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@@ -264,9 +261,46 @@ on z/Architecture. ***************** * *
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* Sections * * *
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0x00000000 ***************** ****************
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-This also means that we need to look at the PSW problem state bit
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-or the addressing mode to decide whether we are looking at
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-user or kernel space.
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+This also means that we need to look at the PSW problem state bit and the
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+addressing mode to decide whether we are looking at user or kernel space.
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+
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+User space runs in primary address mode (or access register mode within
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+the vdso code).
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+
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+The kernel usually also runs in home space mode, however when accessing
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+user space the kernel switches to primary or secondary address mode if
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+the mvcos instruction is not available or if a compare-and-swap (futex)
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+instruction on a user space address is performed.
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+
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+When also looking at the ASCE control registers, this means:
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+
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+User space:
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+- runs in primary or access register mode
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+- cr1 contains the user asce
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+- cr7 contains the user asce
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+- cr13 contains the kernel asce
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+
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+Kernel space:
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+- runs in home space mode
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+- cr1 contains the user or kernel asce
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+ -> the kernel asce is loaded when a uaccess requires primary or
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+ secondary address mode
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+- cr7 contains the user or kernel asce, (changed with set_fs())
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+- cr13 contains the kernel asce
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+
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+In case of uaccess the kernel changes to:
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+- primary space mode in case of a uaccess (copy_to_user) and uses
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+ e.g. the mvcp instruction to access user space. However the kernel
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+ will stay in home space mode if the mvcos instruction is available
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+- secondary space mode in case of futex atomic operations, so that the
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+ instructions come from primary address space and data from secondary
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+ space
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+
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+In case of KVM, the kernel runs in home space mode, but cr1 gets switched
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+to contain the gmap asce before the SIE instruction gets executed. When
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+the SIE instruction is finished, cr1 will be switched back to contain the
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+user asce.
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+
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Virtual Addresses on s/390 & z/Architecture
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