[PATCH V3 07/17] riscv: compat: Re-implement TASK_SIZE for COMPAT_32BIT
David Laight
David.Laight at ACULAB.COM
Thu Jan 20 23:53:11 AEDT 2022
> > Limit 32-bit compatible process in 0-2GB virtual address range
> > (which is enough for real scenarios), because it could avoid
> > address sign extend problem when 32-bit enter 64-bit and ease
> > software design.
Eh?
I thought nearly all the other 32bit unix ports (of any flavour)
put the user-kernel boundary at 3GB.
(Apart from some very old sparc ones that use 3.5GB.)
2GB is used by Windows.
I think the x86-64 32bit compat code even puts the boundary at 4GB.
David
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