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KVM: Improve wording of KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION documentation

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Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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Jan Kiszka 2012-09-07 13:17:47 +02:00 committed by Avi Kivity
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Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
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@ -874,17 +874,17 @@ 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
the KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl. Another flag is KVM_MEM_READONLY when the
KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM capability, it indicates the guest memory is read-only,
that means, guest is only allowed to read it. Writes will be posted to
userspace as KVM_EXIT_MMIO exits.
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.
When the KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU capability, changes in the backing of the memory
region are automatically reflected into the guest. For example, an mmap()
that affects the region will be made visible immediately. Another example
is madvise(MADV_DROP).
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
mmap() that affects the region will be made visible immediately. Another
example is madvise(MADV_DROP).
It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl.
The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory