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OvmfPkg/PlatformInitLib: limit phys-bits to 46.
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Older linux kernels have problems with phys-bits larger than 46,
ubuntu 18.04 (kernel 4.15) has been reported to be affected.

Reduce phys-bits limit from 47 to 46.

Reported-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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kraxel authored and mergify[bot] committed Jun 1, 2023
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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformInitLib/MemDetect.c
Expand Up @@ -646,16 +646,19 @@ PlatformAddressWidthFromCpuid (
));

if (Valid) {
if (PhysBits > 47) {
if (PhysBits > 46) {
/*
* Avoid 5-level paging altogether for now, which limits
* PhysBits to 48. Also avoid using address bit 48, due to sign
* extension we can't identity-map these addresses (and lots of
* places in edk2 assume we have everything identity-mapped).
* So the actual limit is 47.
*
* Also some older linux kernels apparently have problems handling
* phys-bits > 46 correctly, so use that as limit.
*/
DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO, "%a: limit PhysBits to 47 (avoid 5-level paging)\n", __func__));
PhysBits = 47;
DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO, "%a: limit PhysBits to 46 (avoid 5-level paging)\n", __func__));
PhysBits = 46;
}

if (!Page1GSupport && (PhysBits > 40)) {
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