Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: Virtual address space exhaustion (was Discontigmem virt_to_page() ) | Date | Sat, 4 May 2002 22:49:23 -0200 |
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On 3 May 2002 20:35, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > > No. It's not stupid. Unix defines a kind of operating system that > > has certain characteristics and/or attributes. Process/kernel shared > > address space is one of them. It's a name that has historical > > signifigance. > > Yes it is stupid. This is a small implementation detail, and has no > real importance whatsoever. People have done this in the past > (Dynix/PTX did it) will do so in the future. Nor does the kernel > address space have to be global and shared across all tasks > as stated earlier in this thread. What makes it Unix is the interface > it presents to the world, and how it behaves, not the little details > of how it's implemented inside.
I'm curious where it is visible to userspace? (I'm asking for educational purposes) -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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