linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 02/21] arm64: Fix outdated TCR setup comment

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Date:   Mon,  1 Feb 2021 11:56:18 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>,
        Ajay Patil <pajay@....qualcomm.com>,
        Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@...eaurora.org>,
        Srinivas Ramana <sramana@...eaurora.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: [PATCH v6 02/21] arm64: Fix outdated TCR setup comment

The arm64 kernel has long be able to use more than 39bit VAs.
Since day one, actually. Let's rewrite the offending comment.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Acked-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
index 1f7ee8c8b7b8..ece785477bdc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(__cpu_setup)
 #endif
 	msr	mair_el1, x5
 	/*
-	 * Set/prepare TCR and TTBR. We use 512GB (39-bit) address range for
-	 * both user and kernel.
+	 * Set/prepare TCR and TTBR. TCR_EL1.T1SZ gets further
+	 * adjusted if the kernel is compiled with 52bit VA support.
 	 */
 	mov_q	x10, TCR_TxSZ(VA_BITS) | TCR_CACHE_FLAGS | TCR_SMP_FLAGS | \
 			TCR_TG_FLAGS | TCR_KASLR_FLAGS | TCR_ASID16 | \
-- 
2.29.2