[RFC PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/hash64: Map all the kernel mapping in the same 0xc range
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Tue Feb 19 17:00:01 AEDT 2019
On 2/19/19 11:28 AM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> Aneesh Kumar K.V's on February 17, 2019 3:16 pm:
>> This patch maps vmap, IO and vmemap regions in the 0xc address range
>> instead of the current 0xd and 0xf range. This brings the mapping closer
>> to radix translation mode.
>
> What was the reason for that address layout in the first place?
>
To bring in closer to radix translation mode and it should also help
with KASAN implementation.
-aneesh
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