[PATCH v2 3/6] KVM: Documentation: Add the missing description for ptep in kvm_mmu_page

From: Mingwei Zhang
Date: Mon Jun 26 2023 - 14:20:46 EST


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@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 4c9044b4dc6c..5cd6cd5e8926 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ 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 reverse mapping for the pte pointing at this page's spt. This field is
+ used in replace of parent_ptes when TDP MMU is used. In TDP MMU, each
+ non-root shadow page will have one parent, while each root shadow page has
+ no parent. Note that 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
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