Re: Kernel Thread + address space..

From: Josef Moellers (josef.moellers_at_fujitsu-siemens.com)
Date: 08/16/05 

Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:33:26 +0200

guruteck@gmail.com wrote:
> HI All
>
> 1. I want to know why kernel thread dont have address space..??
> As it uses previous process address space in execution...

Merely by accident. It runs in kernel space.

> 2. In Linux it uses pure demand paging or Just demand paging??
>
> 3. Can kernel send signals to userspace???

Yes, e.g. a SIGSEGV is usually not sent by another process but by the
memory manager inside the kernel. 

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Josef Möllers (Pinguinpfleger bei FSC)
	If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize
						-- T.  Pratchett

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