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Subject[PATCH v3 3/6] KVM: Documentation: Add the missing description for ptep in kvm_mmu_page
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Add the missing description for ptep in kvm_mmu_page description. ptep is
used when TDP MMU is enabled and it shares the storage with parent_ptes.
Update the doc to help readers to get up-to-date info.

Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
index 35e642303962..17d90974204e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
parent_ptes points at this single spte, otherwise, there exists multiple
sptes pointing at this page and (parent_ptes & ~0x1) points at a data
structure with a list of parent sptes.
+ ptep:
+ The kernel virtual address of the SPTE that points at this shadow page.
+ Used exclusively by the TDP MMU, this field is a union with parent_ptes.
unsync:
If true, then the translations in this page may not match the guest's
translation. This is equivalent to the state of the tlb when a pte is
--
2.41.0.585.gd2178a4bd4-goog
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