On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Srinivas Ramanan <srinivas.ramanan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > This is an interview question. > "What is the implication of mapping BSS to the Virtual Memory Segment 0?" segment 0? or mapping zero page? If it is indeed zero page, well, it's to trigger page fault later and do actual page allocation when the variables (or structure etc) at BSS is actually accessed. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies