Hi!
On 15:40 Tue 18 Nov , ruby wrote:
> For each process's address space, in addition to its own code, data,
> shared library code and data etc. are there any kernel code in it? that
> doesn't make much sense.
No, the "kernel" part of the address space is not accessable in user space.
It is just the physical memory mapped into the address space as a big chunk.
The purpose is that user-space/kernel space switches (e.g. due to system calls
do not require a rather expensive (TLB flush) address space switch.
-Michi
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