This explains the details w.r.t key 1. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c index d69b4cfc5792..6ff9fe4112ef 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c @@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ static int pkey_initialize(void) #else os_reserved = 0; #endif - /* Bits are in LE format. */ + /* + * key 1 is recommended not to be used. PowerISA(3.0) page 1015, + * programming note. + */ reserved_allocation_mask = (0x1 << 1) | (0x1 << execute_only_key); /* register mask is in BE format */ -- 2.26.2