Hi, Le Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:55:50 +0530, "Asim Kadav" <linkasim@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > 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 ? Read http://www.phptr.com/content/images/0131453483/downloads/gorman_book.pdf for more information about Virtual Memory Management in the Linux kernel. Sincerly, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni - thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx http://{thomas,sos,kos}.enix.org - http://www.toulibre.org http://www.{livret,agenda}dulibre.org -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
