Re: some doubts on cache coherence

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Hi...

> 1. What is the difference between interrupt context & user context in
> case of memory. (user space & kernel space related)

I don't understand, what do you mean by "in case of memory"? 

> 2.  How internally a spinlock is different from a semaphore?

In general, spin lock is actually a busy loop, while semaphore  makes 
you sleep if the lock can't be obtained.

> 3. Cache coherence in linux 2.6 kernels? (detailed explaination is
> greatly appreciated)

which cache? L1/L2 cache? page cache? internal disk cache?

regards

Mulyadi

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