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KVM currently uses an 'unsigned int' for the MMIO generation number despite it being derived from the 64-bit memslots generation and being propagated to (potentially) 64-bit sptes. There is no hidden agenda behind using an 'unsigned int', it's done simply because the MMIO generation will never set bits above bit 19. Passing a u64 will allow the "update in-progress" flag to be relocated from bit 0 to bit 63 and removes the need to cast the generation back to a u64 when propagating it to a spte. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.