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-rw-r--r--arch/s390/mm/vmem.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
index 9b31dc565bc5..a1e01542790b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
@@ -659,8 +659,11 @@ void __init vmem_map_init(void)
(unsigned long)(_einittext - _sinittext) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
set_memory_rox((unsigned long)__stext_amode31,
(unsigned long)(__etext_amode31 - __stext_amode31) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-
- /* lowcore must be executable for LPSWE */
+ /*
+ * If the BEAR-enhancement facility is not installed the first
+ * prefix page is used to return to the previous context with
+ * an LPSWE instruction and therefore must be executable.
+ */
if (!static_key_enabled(&cpu_has_bear))
set_memory_x(0, 1);
if (debug_pagealloc_enabled()) {