HYP mode has access to some of the kernel pages. Document the memory mapping and the offset between kernel VA and HYP VA. Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/arm64/memory.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt index 5f583af..78a37712 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt @@ -73,3 +73,10 @@ Translation table lookup with 64KB pages: | | +--------------------------> [41:29] L2 index (only 38:29 used) | +-------------------------------> [47:42] L1 index (not used) +-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1 + +When using KVM, the hypervisor maps kernel pages in EL2, at a fixed +offset from the kernel VA (top 24bits of the kernel VA set to zero): + +Start End Size Use +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +0000004000000000 0000007fffffffff 256GB kernel objects mapped in HYP -- 1.8.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
