Add the description of tdp_mmu_root_count into kvm_mmu_page description. tdp_mmu_root_count is an atomic counter used only in TDP MMU. Its usage and meaning is slightly different with root_counter in shadow MMU. Update the doc. Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst index 5cd6cd5e8926..97d695207e11 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst @@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information: A counter keeping track of how many hardware registers (guest cr3 or pdptrs) are now pointing at the page. While this counter is nonzero, the page cannot be destroyed. See role.invalid. + tdp_mmu_root_count: + An atomic reference counter in TDP MMU root page that allows for parallel + accesses. Accessing the page requires lifting the counter value. The + initial value is set to 2 indicating one reference from vCPU and one + from TDP MMU itself. Note this field is a union with root_count. parent_ptes: The reverse mapping for the pte/ptes pointing at this page's spt. If parent_ptes bit 0 is zero, only one spte points at this page and -- 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog