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arm64: KVM: document kernel object mappings in HYP

HYP mode has access to some of the kernel pages. Document the
memory mapping and the offset between kernel VA and HYP VA.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Marc Zyngier 12 years ago
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@@ -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
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+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):
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+Start			End			Size		Use
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+0000004000000000	0000007fffffffff	 256GB		kernel objects mapped in HYP