Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 May 2003 11:51:19 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: top stack (l)users for 2.5.69 |
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On Wed, 7 May 2003, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> No, No. That is a process stack. Every process has it's own, entirely > seperate stack. This stack is used only in user mode. The kernel has > it's own stack. Every time you switch to kernel mode either by > calling the kernel or by a hardware interrupt, the kernel's stack > is used.
Is it your understanding that does not exist a per task kernel stack ?
- Davide
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