linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Update comment of create_hyp

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:59:37 +0800
From:   Wei-Lin Chang <r09922117@...e.ntu.edu.tw>
To:     maz@...nel.org
Cc:     james.morse@....com, alexandru.elisei@....com,
        suzuki.poulose@....com, oliver.upton@...ux.dev,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Wei-Lin Chang <r09922117@...e.ntu.edu.tw>
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Update comment of create_hyp_mappings

HYP_PAGE_OFFSET is removed since 4.8, and the method for generating Hyp
VAs has evolved. Update the functional description of
create_hyp_mappings accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Wei-Lin Chang <r09922117@...e.ntu.edu.tw>
---
Changes in v2:
 - Take Marc's advice

 arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 8f26c6569..6dda4f4bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ void kvm_unshare_hyp(void *from, void *to)
  * @prot:	The protection to be applied to this range
  *
  * The same virtual address as the kernel virtual address is also used
- * in Hyp-mode mapping (modulo HYP_PAGE_OFFSET) to the same underlying
+ * in Hyp-mode mapping (modulo a random offset) to the same underlying
  * physical pages.
  */
 int create_hyp_mappings(void *from, void *to, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot)
-- 
2.34.1