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diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt index 9a431a7d0f5d..aa3e953f0f7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt +++ b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt | |||
@@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ POTENTIAL ATTRIBUTE ALIASING CASES | |||
112 | 112 | ||
113 | The /dev/mem mmap constraints apply. | 113 | The /dev/mem mmap constraints apply. |
114 | 114 | ||
115 | mmap of /proc/bus/pci/.../??.? | ||
116 | |||
117 | This is an MMIO mmap of PCI functions, which additionally may or | ||
118 | may not be requested as using the WC attribute. | ||
119 | |||
120 | If WC is requested, and the region in kern_memmap is either WC | ||
121 | or UC, and the EFI memory map designates the region as WC, then | ||
122 | the WC mapping is allowed. | ||
123 | |||
124 | Otherwise, the user mapping must use the same attribute as the | ||
125 | kernel mapping. | ||
126 | |||
115 | read/write of /dev/mem | 127 | read/write of /dev/mem |
116 | 128 | ||
117 | This uses copy_from_user(), which implicitly uses a kernel | 129 | This uses copy_from_user(), which implicitly uses a kernel |