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Re: Kernel Interface Page Dumping Server


From: Adam Lackorzynski
Subject: Re: Kernel Interface Page Dumping Server
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 16:04:52 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.4.1i

On Wed May 07, 2003 at 14:41:40 +0200, Espen Skoglund wrote:
> into the new ABI.  Does anyone have a link?]  Basically, a syscall
> gateway is located at some fixed high address.  This creates problems
> both if you want to support this new ABI in L4Linux (this gateway page
> is within the kernel) or if you are going to support techniques
> similar to small spaces (either in native Linux or in L4Linux).

Linux provides the location of this page in the AT_SYSINFO elf flag, so
programs read the address from there and the kernel can put the page
whereever it likes.




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