[PATCH 2/4] ARM: add CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G_OPT option

Arnd Bergmann arnd at kernel.org
Sat Dec 20 03:15:57 AEDT 2025


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>

Unlike x86 and powerpc, there is currently no option to use exactly 2GiB
of lowmem on Arm. Since 2GiB is still a relatively common configuration
on embedded systems, it makes sense to allow this to be used in
non-highmem builds.

Add the Kconfig option and make this the default for non-LPAE builds
with highmem enabled instead of CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G.  LPAE still requires
the vmsplit to be on a gigabyte boundary, so this is only available for
classic pagetables at the moment, same as CONFIG_VMSPLIT_3G_OPT.

Tested in qemu -M virt, both with and without HIGHMEM enabled.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 7c0ac017e086..921ea61aa96e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1009,7 +1009,8 @@ config BL_SWITCHER_DUMMY_IF
 choice
 	prompt "Memory split"
 	depends on MMU
-	default VMSPLIT_2G if HIGHMEM || ARM_LPAE
+	default VMSPLIT_2G if ARM_LPAE
+	default VMSPLIT_2G_OPT if HIGHMEM
 	default VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
 	help
 	  Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
@@ -1026,6 +1027,9 @@ choice
 		bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
 	config VMSPLIT_2G
 		bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
+	config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
+		depends on !ARM_LPAE
+		bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
 	config VMSPLIT_1G
 		bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
 endchoice
@@ -1034,6 +1038,7 @@ config PAGE_OFFSET
 	hex
 	default PHYS_OFFSET if !MMU
 	default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
+	default 0x70000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
 	default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
 	default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
 	default 0xC0000000
@@ -1042,6 +1047,7 @@ config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
 	hex
 	depends on KASAN
 	default 0x1f000000 if PAGE_OFFSET=0x40000000
+	default 0x4f000000 if PAGE_OFFSET=0x70000000
 	default 0x5f000000 if PAGE_OFFSET=0x80000000
 	default 0x9f000000 if PAGE_OFFSET=0xC0000000
 	default 0x8f000000 if PAGE_OFFSET=0xB0000000
-- 
2.39.5



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