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1. i suggest the "understanding Linux Kernel" or "Linux Kernel Internals" e-books for anything related on "how do linux xxx ?" questions.

2. you could perfectly have an LDT with every process without having several LDT entries in the GDT: just put your LDT on a process-specific memory area: when switching to another process, your LDT is still there but it now contains new data for the new process.

3. I suggest you check out volume 3 of the intel manuals for a clearer description of what "LIDT" expects (which is same as LGDT) and "LLDT" expects (e.g. a selector)
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