>
> On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 12:41 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > This is not true. If for example A and B have exactly the same
memory
> > layout, and a symmetric trust relationship that involves
coordination
> > of memory regions, B will always be able to map exactly the same
> > memory as A has.
> >
> > This is not a far-stretched scenario. Such relationships do exist.
>
> Indeed. The common term for this relationship is "multithreading".
>
> But I think that somehow you and Christopher are talking past each
> other.
>
Yes, exactly. I mean two threads that don't exist in the same address
space. In general, you could call them two processes. So far as a
multithreading app is concerned, there is no possible provision for
confinement, of individual threads -- at least on most modern
processors, so that would be outside my query.
-={C}=-
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