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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/memory.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt index 671bc0639262..c58cc5dbe667 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt @@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ Translation table lookup with 64KB pages: +-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1 -When using KVM without the Virtualization Host Extensions, the hypervisor -maps kernel pages in EL2 at a fixed offset from the kernel VA. See the -kern_hyp_va macro for more details. +When using KVM without the Virtualization Host Extensions, the +hypervisor maps kernel pages in EL2 at a fixed (and potentially +random) offset from the linear mapping. See the kern_hyp_va macro and +kvm_update_va_mask function for more details. MMIO devices such as +GICv2 gets mapped next to the HYP idmap page. When using KVM with the Virtualization Host Extensions, no additional mappings are created, since the host kernel runs directly in EL2. |