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SubjectStrange virtual/physical address of global data
I wrote a little module to test virt_to_phys:

unsigned long test_data;

int init_module(void)
{
void *virt = &test_data;
unsigned long phys = virt_to_phys(virt);

When I run this and check the valur of virt and phys, it appears that phys is
outside the range of physical memory! That is, if I have 512MB of RAM, then
phys is equal to about 520M. However, if I make test_data a local variable:


int init_module(void)
{
unsigned long test_data;
void *virt = &test_data;
unsigned long phys = virt_to_phys(virt);

Then I get a number which makes sense (less than 512M)

Could someone explain this to me?



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