[PATCH v6 05/23] powerpc/book3s64/pkeys: Explain key 1 reservation details
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Thu Jul 9 13:29:28 AEST 2020
This explains the details w.r.t key 1.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c
index d69b4cfc5792..6ff9fe4112ef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ static int pkey_initialize(void)
#else
os_reserved = 0;
#endif
- /* Bits are in LE format. */
+ /*
+ * key 1 is recommended not to be used. PowerISA(3.0) page 1015,
+ * programming note.
+ */
reserved_allocation_mask = (0x1 << 1) | (0x1 << execute_only_key);
/* register mask is in BE format */
--
2.26.2
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