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RE: [Xen-devel] Question about monitor_table

To: "Travis Johnson" <tjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Question about monitor_table
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:30:06 -0000
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> Could someone help me understand the need for the monitor 
> page table. I figure that arch_vcpu->guest_table points to a 
> guests L2 page table (PD on x86) and arch_vcpu->shadow_table 
> points to the guest_table's shadow table (if shadowing is 
> turned on) but I don't quite get the purpose of the 
> monitor_table. 

Consider hvm guests running in shdow external mode.

Ian

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