Hello, What's the purpose of active_mm? I guess, It's been added to 2.4 kernels and it wasn't in 2.2. Can someone shortly describe an - e.g. elf - binary loading process by exec()? -- Muzaffer Ozakca -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/