ARM: idmap: add identity mapping usage note Add a note about the usage of the identity mapping; we do not support accesses outside of the identity map region and kernel image while a CPU is using the identity map. This is because the identity mapping may overwrite vmalloc space, IO mappings, the vectors pages, etc. Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c b/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c index d7a0ee8..c447ec7 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c +++ b/arch/arm/mm/idmap.c
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ #include <asm/sections.h> #include <asm/system_info.h> +/* + * Note: accesses outside of the kernel image and the identity map area + * are not supported on any CPU using the idmap tables as its current + * page tables. + */ pgd_t *idmap_pgd; phys_addr_t (*arch_virt_to_idmap) (unsigned long x);