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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index ee3f9c30957c..b0798e281aa6 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables:
0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm
-hole caused by [48:63] sign extension
+hole caused by [47:63] sign extension
ffff800000000000 - ffff87ffffffffff (=43 bits) guard hole, reserved for hypervisor
ffff880000000000 - ffffc7ffffffffff (=64 TB) direct mapping of all phys. memory
ffffc80000000000 - ffffc8ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole
@@ -23,12 +23,39 @@ ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1526 MB) module mapping space (variable)
ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls
ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
+Virtual memory map with 5 level page tables:
+
+0000000000000000 - 00ffffffffffffff (=56 bits) user space, different per mm
+hole caused by [56:63] sign extension
+ff00000000000000 - ff0fffffffffffff (=52 bits) guard hole, reserved for hypervisor
+ff10000000000000 - ff8fffffffffffff (=55 bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory
+ff90000000000000 - ff91ffffffffffff (=49 bits) hole
+ff92000000000000 - ffd1ffffffffffff (=54 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space
+ffd2000000000000 - ffd3ffffffffffff (=49 bits) hole
+ffd4000000000000 - ffd5ffffffffffff (=49 bits) virtual memory map (512TB)
+... unused hole ...
+ffd8000000000000 - fff7ffffffffffff (=53 bits) kasan shadow memory (8PB)
+... unused hole ...
+ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
+... unused hole ...
+ffffffef00000000 - fffffffeffffffff (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space
+... unused hole ...
+ffffffff80000000 - ffffffff9fffffff (=512 MB) kernel text mapping, from phys 0
+ffffffffa0000000 - ffffffffff5fffff (=1526 MB) module mapping space
+ffffffffff600000 - ffffffffffdfffff (=8 MB) vsyscalls
+ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
+
+Architecture defines a 64-bit virtual address. Implementations can support
+less. Currently supported are 48- and 57-bit virtual addresses. Bits 63
+through to the most-significant implemented bit are set to either all ones
+or all zero. This causes hole between user space and kernel addresses.
+
The direct mapping covers all memory in the system up to the highest
memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory
holes).
-vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4 pages of
-the processes using the page fault handler, with init_level4_pgt as
+vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4/PML5 pages of
+the processes using the page fault handler, with init_top_pgt as
reference.
Current X86-64 implementations support up to 46 bits of address space (64 TB),