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Old 01-16-2009, 09:00 PM   #1
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Kernel vs user memory


The kernel maintains a free list of pages that are free in physical memory. I was wondering, are these pages in the kernel space ? They are not mapped to any of the user address space for sure, so will they be in the kernel memory ?

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Old 01-17-2009, 06:34 PM   #2
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Looks like sid found his answer: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list...kernel/1022045
 
Old 01-19-2009, 02:06 PM   #3
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Yes I did, thanks
 
  


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