Re: Kernel user address space

From: Muli Ben-Yehuda (mulix_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Thu 17 Jun 2004 - 07:24:21 IDT


On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 12:45:07AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:

> What would be the drawback of the 2:2 split patch in this case? It
> would give you only 2GB of memory instead of 4

2 GB of virtual address space. That's the drawback ;-)

> but saves on the context switches.

Like everything else in operating systems design, it's a trade-off.

Cheers,
Muli

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Muli Ben-Yehuda
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