[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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