Merge tag 'x86_build_for_v5.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 build updates from Borislav Petkov:
 "Two x86 build fixes:

   - Fix the vmlinux size check on 64-bit along with adding useful
     clarifications on the topic (Arvind Sankar)

   - Remove -m16 workaround now that the GCC versions that need it are
     unsupported (Nick Desaulniers)"

* tag 'x86_build_for_v5.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/build: Remove -m16 workaround for unsupported versions of GCC
  x86/build: Fix vmlinux size check on 64-bit

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
index f462895a33e4..faf9cc1c14bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@
 #define STACK_TOP_MAX		STACK_TOP
 
 /*
- * Kernel image size is limited to 512 MB (see in arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S)
+ * In spite of the name, KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE is a limit on the maximum virtual
+ * address for the kernel image, rather than the limit on the size itself. On
+ * 32-bit, this is not a strict limit, but this value is used to limit the
+ * link-time virtual address range of the kernel, and by KASLR to limit the
+ * randomized address from which the kernel is executed. A relocatable kernel
+ * can be loaded somewhat higher than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE as long as enough space
+ * remains for the vmalloc area.
  */
 #define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE	(512 * 1024 * 1024)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
index 3f49dac03617..645bd1d0ee07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@
 #define STACK_TOP_MAX		TASK_SIZE_MAX
 
 /*
- * Maximum kernel image size is limited to 1 GiB, due to the fixmap living
- * in the next 1 GiB (see level2_kernel_pgt in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S).
+ * In spite of the name, KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE is a limit on the maximum virtual
+ * address for the kernel image, rather than the limit on the size itself.
+ * This can be at most 1 GiB, due to the fixmap living in the next 1 GiB (see
+ * level2_kernel_pgt in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S).
  *
  * On KASLR use 1 GiB by default, leaving 1 GiB for modules once the
  * page tables are fully set up.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
index d7acae4120d5..7c9c968a42ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
@@ -57,19 +57,13 @@ do {						\
 #endif
 
 /*
- * This is how much memory in addition to the memory covered up to
- * and including _end we need mapped initially.
- * We need:
- *     (KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE/4096) / 1024 pages (worst case, non PAE)
- *     (KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE/4096) / 512 + 4 pages (worst case for PAE)
+ * This is used to calculate the .brk reservation for initial pagetables.
+ * Enough space is reserved to allocate pagetables sufficient to cover all
+ * of LOWMEM_PAGES, which is an upper bound on the size of the direct map of
+ * lowmem.
  *
- * Modulo rounding, each megabyte assigned here requires a kilobyte of
- * memory, which is currently unreclaimed.
- *
- * This should be a multiple of a page.
- *
- * KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE should be greater than pa(_end)
- * and small than max_low_pfn, otherwise will waste some page table entries
+ * With PAE paging (PTRS_PER_PMD > 1), we allocate PTRS_PER_PGD == 4 pages for
+ * the PMD's in addition to the pages required for the last level pagetables.
  */
 #if PTRS_PER_PMD > 1
 #define PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(pages) (((pages) / PTRS_PER_PMD) + PTRS_PER_PGD)