On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 17:49, Rithin K Shetty wrote: > * What is the stack used by modules to execute ? Same as any other part of the kernel. Process context kernel code uses that process's kernel stack. Non-process context kernel code (interrupt handlers, etc.) use the kernel stack of whatever process they interrupted. > * Is it always the case that Interrupt handlers use the kernel mode stack > of the process that was in execution when the interrupt occurred ? Yes. > What about the case when the control was in kernel when the interrupt is > received ? Don't follow. If the kernel is executing process context code, then the interrupt handler uses that process's kernel stack. > * Also is it always the case that ebp register stores the address of the > current user mode stack frame ? Yes, although you can turn off the stack frame pointer if you so choose. Robert Love -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
