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@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ To instantiate a large spte, four constraints must be satisfied:
347 347
348- the spte must point to a large host page 348- the spte must point to a large host page
349- the guest pte must be a large pte of at least equivalent size (if tdp is 349- the guest pte must be a large pte of at least equivalent size (if tdp is
350 enabled, there is no guest pte and this condition is satisfied) 350 enabled, there is no guest pte and this condition is satisified)
351- if the spte will be writeable, the large page frame may not overlap any 351- if the spte will be writeable, the large page frame may not overlap any
352 write-protected pages 352 write-protected pages
353- the guest page must be wholly contained by a single memory slot 353- the guest page must be wholly contained by a single memory slot
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ To check the last two conditions, the mmu maintains a ->write_count set of
356arrays for each memory slot and large page size. Every write protected page 356arrays for each memory slot and large page size. Every write protected page
357causes its write_count to be incremented, thus preventing instantiation of 357causes its write_count to be incremented, thus preventing instantiation of
358a large spte. The frames at the end of an unaligned memory slot have 358a large spte. The frames at the end of an unaligned memory slot have
359artificially inflated ->write_counts so they can never be instantiated. 359artificically inflated ->write_counts so they can never be instantiated.
360 360
361Further reading 361Further reading
362=============== 362===============