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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 7f5a82b..420a5ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4024,10 +4024,12 @@ static void init_kvm_nested_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
g_context->inject_page_fault = kvm_inject_page_fault;
/*
- * Note that arch.mmu.gva_to_gpa translates l2_gva to l1_gpa. The
- * translation of l2_gpa to l1_gpa addresses is done using the
- * arch.nested_mmu.gva_to_gpa function. Basically the gva_to_gpa
- * functions between mmu and nested_mmu are swapped.
+ * Note that arch.mmu.gva_to_gpa translates l2_gpa to l1_gpa using
+ * L1's nested page tables (e.g. EPT12). The nested translation
+ * of l2_gva to l1_gpa is done by arch.nested_mmu.gva_to_gpa using
+ * L2's page tables as the first level of translation and L1's
+ * nested page tables as the second level of translation. Basically
+ * the gva_to_gpa functions between mmu and nested_mmu are swapped.
*/
if (!is_paging(vcpu)) {
g_context->nx = false;