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authorXiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2013-06-19 05:09:19 -0400
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2013-06-19 06:32:21 -0400
commit6c806a7332e6d36c1f95966b4a8a22f342b68948 (patch)
tree13d0a7f613114c47844a58d7a28dd8b628ee2ee4 /Documentation/virtual
parentd8968f1f334c18bf65178b757a82864ef3f37613 (diff)
KVM: MMU: update the documentation for reverse mapping of parent_pte
Update the document to match the current reverse mapping of parent_pte Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
index 43fcb761ed16..869abcc48315 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
191 A counter keeping track of how many hardware registers (guest cr3 or 191 A counter keeping track of how many hardware registers (guest cr3 or
192 pdptrs) are now pointing at the page. While this counter is nonzero, the 192 pdptrs) are now pointing at the page. While this counter is nonzero, the
193 page cannot be destroyed. See role.invalid. 193 page cannot be destroyed. See role.invalid.
194 multimapped: 194 parent_ptes:
195 Whether there exist multiple sptes pointing at this page. 195 The reverse mapping for the pte/ptes pointing at this page's spt. If
196 parent_pte/parent_ptes: 196 parent_ptes bit 0 is zero, only one spte points at this pages and
197 If multimapped is zero, parent_pte points at the single spte that points at 197 parent_ptes points at this single spte, otherwise, there exists multiple
198 this page's spt. Otherwise, parent_ptes points at a data structure 198 sptes pointing at this page and (parent_ptes & ~0x1) points at a data
199 with a list of parent_ptes. 199 structure with a list of parent_ptes.
200 unsync: 200 unsync:
201 If true, then the translations in this page may not match the guest's 201 If true, then the translations in this page may not match the guest's
202 translation. This is equivalent to the state of the tlb when a pte is 202 translation. This is equivalent to the state of the tlb when a pte is