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authorMarc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>2018-02-15 14:47:14 +0300
committerMarc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>2018-03-19 16:06:46 +0300
commitdee39247dc75465a24990cb1772c6aaced5fd910 (patch)
treefb6f241d24eaee60ad33127a318521dccae02661 /Documentation/arm64
parent4205a89b8060141ac0216a507b9f70728f056a10 (diff)
downloadlinux-dee39247dc75465a24990cb1772c6aaced5fd910.tar.xz
arm64: KVM: Allow mapping of vectors outside of the RAM region
We're now ready to map our vectors in weird and wonderful locations. On enabling ARM64_HARDEN_EL2_VECTORS, a vector slot gets allocated if this hasn't been already done via ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR and gets mapped outside of the normal RAM region, next to the idmap. That way, being able to obtain VBAR_EL2 doesn't reveal the mapping of the rest of the hypervisor code. Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt
index c58cc5dbe667..c5dab30d3389 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ 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.
+GICv2 gets mapped next to the HYP idmap page, as do vectors when
+ARM64_HARDEN_EL2_VECTORS is selected for particular CPUs.
When using KVM with the Virtualization Host Extensions, no additional
mappings are created, since the host kernel runs directly in EL2.