GPFN is guest machine frame number. It equals GPFN for fully-translated
(e.g., HVM guests). It equals MFN for ordinary PV guests which maintain
their own p2m translation table.
 -- Keir
On 23/3/07 06:56, "Guy Zana" <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> mfn = machine frame number, it is an index to a page in the real memory of the
> system.
> gmfn = guest's machine frame number and it sometimes called gpfn or just pfn.
> Guests have a translation table between their own virtualized pseudo physical
> memory and the real machine memory -> this is exactly what gmfn_to_mfn does.
> Pfn is a generic term that might be used in all kind of situations so you
> should understand from the context.
>
> Guy. 
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tgh
>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 5:31 AM
>> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [Xen-devel] question about gmfn_to_mfn()
>> 
>> hi
>> I read the code of balloon part, I am confused about the
>> meaning and function of " mfn = gmfn_to_mfn(d, gmfn);"
>> what is gmfn and and what is mfn? and" #define gmfn_to_mfn(_d,
>> gpfn) mfn_x(sh_gfn_to_mfn(_d, gpfn))"
>> it seems that gmfn and gpfn is the same or what is the
>> trick in it ?
>> 
>> I am confused about it
>> 
>> could you help me
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
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