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2010-08-01KVM: Fix typos in Documentation/kvm/mmu.txtJason Wang
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: MMU: Document large pagesAvi Kivity
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: MMU: Document cr0.wp emulationAvi Kivity
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: MMU: Don't allocate gfns page for direct mmu pagesLai Jiangshan
When sp->role.direct is set, sp->gfns does not contain any essential information, leaf sptes reachable from this sp are for a continuous guest physical memory range (a linear range). So sp->gfns[i] (if it was set) equals to sp->gfn + i. (PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL) Obviously, it is not essential information, we can calculate it when need. It means we don't need sp->gfns when sp->role.direct=1, Thus we can save one page usage for every kvm_mmu_page. Note: Access to sp->gfns must be wrapped by kvm_mmu_page_get_gfn() or kvm_mmu_page_set_gfn(). It is only exposed in FNAME(sync_page). Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01KVM: update mmu documetation for role.nxeGui Jianfeng
There's no member "cr4_nxe" in struct kvm_mmu_page_role, it names "nxe" now. Update mmu document. Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-05-19KVM: MMU: Segregate shadow pages with different cr0.wpAvi Kivity
When cr0.wp=0, we may shadow a gpte having u/s=1 and r/w=0 with an spte having u/s=0 and r/w=1. This allows excessive access if the guest sets cr0.wp=1 and accesses through this spte. Fix by making cr0.wp part of the base role; we'll have different sptes for the two cases and the problem disappears. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-05-17KVM: Minor MMU documentation editsAvi Kivity
Reported by Andrew Jones. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-05-17KVM: Document mmuAvi Kivity
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>