Hi Joel,
> since Linux doesn't use segmentation , all the segment descriptor values >
> are the same. So I think it doesn't matter what selector value you load > in
> DS, ES etc. Though I don't know the real reason for why __USER_DS is > used
> instead of __KERNEL_DS
Although, linux doesn't
Guys,
I was looking at the SAVE_ALL code for kernel 2.6.
I am confused why SAVE_ALL restores __USER_DS to ds and es ?
#define SAVE_ALL \
cld; \
pushl %fs; \
pushl %es; \
pushl %ds; \
pushl %eax; \
pushl %ebp; \
pushl %edi; \
pushl
Guys,
In function __refile_buffer() (linux 2.4.21-50), what is the significance of
moving a buffer to BUF_CLEAN list.
I don't see traversing BUF_CLEAN list anywhere in the code. So, why do we need
to move the buffer to clean list. In case if dispose == BUF_CLEAN, just
removing the buffer fr
