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Support virtual memory #1

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alanjian85 opened this issue Apr 21, 2024 · 0 comments
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Support virtual memory #1

alanjian85 opened this issue Apr 21, 2024 · 0 comments
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The virtual memory mechanism is essential to various critical functionalities in Unix-like systems. Firstly, the fork system call heavily relies on the separation of address spaces and the copy-on-write (COW) functionality. Secondly, modern executables in formats like ELF possess their distinct address space, simplifying the linking process. Lastly, dynamic allocations in user space are facilitated by the sbrk() system call, which depends on virtual memory and page allocation.

Consequently, the implementation of the virtual memory system and the design of address space layouts are of utmost importance. While copy-on-write, fork(), and sbrk() are crucial, features such as page eviction are considered less critical.

@alanjian85 alanjian85 added the enhancement New feature or request label Apr 21, 2024
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@alanjian85 alanjian85 added this to the v0.3.0 milestone Apr 26, 2024
@alanjian85 alanjian85 added the help wanted Extra attention is needed label May 6, 2024
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