Hello, Raj wrote:
I have a doubt regarding the working of the VMA. How is a program executable's text region shared among processes that are running the same program ? I would like to understand how finally the same pages are shared between the 2 processes .
You may want to have a look at the excellent Mel Gorman's book about Linux Virtual Memory Management: http://www.phptr.com/content/images/0131453483/downloads/gorman_book.pdf
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