On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 09:23 +0530, Niklaus wrote:
> On 4/17/06, Gaurav Dhiman <gauravd.chd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 4/17/06, Asim Kadav <linkasim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Process A has a memory allocated and memory pointer x pointing to that memory.
> > > I fork process B from a running process A.B gets a new copy of the
> > > memory and the pointer.However, printing x in A and B points to the
> > > same memory location(though actually differnt physical memory
> > > locations).What is the concept of VM here.Can anyone kindly explain ?
> >
> > The address you are seeing here are the virtual address not the
> > physical address. Virtual address are mapped to physical address
> > through page table and page directory structures which are different
> > for every process. The virtual address you are seeing is 32 bit
> > address, this is divided into three parts, first 10 bits tells the
> > index into page directory whose base address is stored in CR3 register
> > of processor in i386 architecture. From this index we get the base
> > address of concerned page table. Next 10 bits of virtual address is
> > the index into page table whose base address we just got from page
> > directory. Now at this index in page table we get the base address of
> > the physical page we are concerned with. Now last 12 bits of virtual
> > address is an offset into this physical address. This is how the
> > virtual address is converted to physical address.
> >
> If the virtual address are same , then how can the physical address be
> different. Can you give some examples please. I am not clear about
> that.
>
> > So when you are printing the address of a varaible in your parent and
> > child process, both have same virtual address, but are actually mapped
> > to two different physical addresses through their own page table.
> >
> > Hope this explanation helps you.
> >
> > regards,
> > Gaurav
> >
> >
> > >
> > > =======================
> > > For eg. :
> > >
> > > [root@XXXXX]# cat test.c
> > > #include <stdio.h>
> > >
> > > main ()
> > > {
> > > char a;
> > > a='b';
> > > fork();
> > > a='c';
> > > printf ("%x\n",&a);
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > [root@XXXXXX]# ./a.out
> > > bfed3237
> > > bfed3237
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Link
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > -Gaurav
hi
read a decent book about memory management..
like "understanding the linux kernel"..
taha
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