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@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
guest pages as leaves.
gfns:
An array of 512 guest frame numbers, one for each present pte. Used to
- perform a reverse map from a pte to a gfn.
+ perform a reverse map from a pte to a gfn. When role.direct is set, any
+ element of this array can be calculated from the gfn field when used, in
+ this case, the array of gfns is not allocated. See role.direct and gfn.
slot_bitmap:
A bitmap containing one bit per memory slot. If the page contains a pte
mapping a page from memory slot n, then bit n of slot_bitmap will be set