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@@ -874,12 +874,12 @@ It is recommended that the lower 21 bits of guest_phys_addr and userspace_addr
be identical. This allows large pages in the guest to be backed by large
pages in the host.
-The flags field supports two flag, KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES, which instructs
-kvm to keep track of writes to memory within the slot. See KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG
-ioctl. The KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM capability indicates the availability of the
-KVM_MEM_READONLY flag. When this flag is set for a memory region, KVM only
-allows read accesses. Writes will be posted to userspace as KVM_EXIT_MMIO
-exits.
+The flags field supports two flags: KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES and
+KVM_MEM_READONLY. The former can be set to instruct KVM to keep track of
+writes to memory within the slot. See KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl to know how to
+use it. The latter can be set, if KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM capability allows it,
+to make a new slot read-only. In this case, writes to this memory will be
+posted to userspace as KVM_EXIT_MMIO exits.
When the KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU capability is available, changes in the backing of
the memory region are automatically reflected into the guest. For example, an