Kernel threads - how should they be implemented, as normal user level tasks with high privileges, kernel level tasks or what ?Kernel threads
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Thomas
Kernel threads
A not too smart question (as always... Kernel threads - how should they be implemented, as normal user level tasks with high privileges, kernel level tasks or what ?
Kernel threads - how should they be implemented, as normal user level tasks with high privileges, kernel level tasks or what ?-
ATG
RE:Kernel threads
>On 2001-03-21 14:53:21, Thomas wrote:
>A not too smart question (as always... Kernel
threads - how should they be implemented, as
normal user level tasks with high privileges,
kernel level tasks or what ?
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Well, the nature of the thread is that it is a
"sub-task".
It is simply a second stack and state that operates
within the same "context". It has the same PID/Files/memory
as other threads...
The low level details of this are quite ugly on the
x86...
>A not too smart question (as always...
Kernelthreads - how should they be implemented, as
normal user level tasks with high privileges,
kernel level tasks or what ?
<<<<
Well, the nature of the thread is that it is a
"sub-task".
It is simply a second stack and state that operates
within the same "context". It has the same PID/Files/memory
as other threads...
The low level details of this are quite ugly on the
x86...