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author | Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2013-06-19 05:09:19 -0400 |
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committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2013-06-19 06:32:21 -0400 |
commit | 6c806a7332e6d36c1f95966b4a8a22f342b68948 (patch) | |
tree | 13d0a7f613114c47844a58d7a28dd8b628ee2ee4 /Documentation/virtual | |
parent | d8968f1f334c18bf65178b757a82864ef3f37613 (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
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 |