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-rw-r--r--accel/tcg/translate-all.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
index 5b66af783b..4ce5d1b393 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
@@ -892,11 +892,12 @@ static void page_lock_pair(PageDesc **ret_p1, tb_page_addr_t phys1,
     }
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
-/* Currently it is not recommended to allocate big chunks of data in
-   user mode. It will change when a dedicated libc will be used.  */
-/* ??? 64-bit hosts ought to have no problem mmaping data outside the
-   region in which the guest needs to run.  Revisit this.  */
+#if defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) && TCG_TARGET_REG_BITS == 32
+/*
+ * For user mode on smaller 32 bit systems we may run into trouble
+ * allocating big chunks of data in the right place. On these systems
+ * we utilise a static code generation buffer directly in the binary.
+ */
 #define USE_STATIC_CODE_GEN_BUFFER
 #endif