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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h index 3f49dac03617..645bd1d0ee07 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h @@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ #define STACK_TOP_MAX TASK_SIZE_MAX /* - * Maximum kernel image size is limited to 1 GiB, due to the fixmap living - * in the next 1 GiB (see level2_kernel_pgt in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S). + * In spite of the name, KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE is a limit on the maximum virtual + * address for the kernel image, rather than the limit on the size itself. + * This can be at most 1 GiB, due to the fixmap living in the next 1 GiB (see + * level2_kernel_pgt in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S). * * On KASLR use 1 GiB by default, leaving 1 GiB for modules once the * page tables are fully set up. |