Address translation with multiple translation look aside buffers

A method, comprising:

• receiving a request to translate a virtual address to a physical address;
• and
• in response to determining a mode of operation of a processing device is hypervisor mode:
• in response to determining that the virtual address is not stored in a first translation look-aside buffer (TLB), sending a first request for the physical address from a first plurality of page tables;
• in response to the first request, receiving first address information from a second TLB;
• determining the physical address based on the first address information;
• and
• storing the physical address.

A device, comprising:

• a first translation look-aside buffer (TLB);
• page table module to store a plurality of page tables;
• a second TLB;
• and
• a control module to:
• provide a virtual address to the first TLB;
• receive a request from the first TLB to access the plurality of page tables in response to the first TLB indicating that the virtual address is not located in the first TLB;
• in a first mode of operation, access the plurality of page tables based on the virtual address in response to the request without accessing the second TLB;
• in a second mode of operation, provide the virtual address to the second TLB in response to the request.