Commit 01ead84c authored by Zenghui Yu's avatar Zenghui Yu Committed by Paolo Bonzini

KVM: Documentation: Update description of KVM_{GET,CLEAR}_DIRTY_LOG

Update various words, including the wrong parameter name and the vague
description of the usage of "slot" field.
Signed-off-by: default avatarZenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Message-Id: <20201208043439.895-1-yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
parent 1f7becf1
......@@ -360,10 +360,9 @@ since the last call to this ioctl. Bit 0 is the first page in the
memory slot. Ensure the entire structure is cleared to avoid padding
issues.
If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies
the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap.
They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for
the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability.
If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of slot field specifies
the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap. See
KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION for details on the usage of slot field.
The bits in the dirty bitmap are cleared before the ioctl returns, unless
KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled. For more information,
......@@ -4435,7 +4434,7 @@ to I/O ports.
:Capability: KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2
:Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips
:Type: vm ioctl
:Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in)
:Parameters: struct kvm_clear_dirty_log (in)
:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
::
......@@ -4462,10 +4461,9 @@ in KVM's dirty bitmap, and dirty tracking is re-enabled for that page
(for example via write-protection, or by clearing the dirty bit in
a page table entry).
If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies
the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap.
They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for
the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability.
If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of slot field specifies
the address space for which you want to clear the dirty status. See
KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION for details on the usage of slot field.
This ioctl is mostly useful when KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2
is enabled; for more information, see the description of the capability.
......
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