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    Memory Management Unit IA-32: Logical Address 16 + 32 Bit

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    The document discusses memory management in IA-32 processors. It describes how segment selectors reference segment descriptors stored in descriptor tables, with each descriptor containing fields like the segment base, limit, and type. It also explains the logical to linear address translation process, where segment descriptors and paging tables work together to map logical addresses to physical addresses. Segmentation is used in Linux, with separate segments for kernel code/data and user code/data, plus a task state segment per process. Paging tables have entries for fields like present, accessed, dirty flags, and permissions.

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    The document discusses memory management in IA-32 processors. It describes how segment selectors reference segment descriptors stored in descriptor tables, with each descriptor containing fields like the segment base, limit, and type. It also explains the logical to linear address translation process, where segment descriptors and paging tables work together to map logical addresses to physical addresses. Segmentation is used in Linux, with separate segments for kernel code/data and user code/data, plus a task state segment per process. Paging tables have entries for fields like present, accessed, dirty flags, and permissions.

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    The document discusses memory management in IA-32 processors. It describes how segment selectors reference segment descriptors stored in descriptor tables, with each descriptor containing fields like the segment base, limit, and type. It also explains the logical to linear address translation process, where segment descriptors and paging tables work together to map logical addresses to physical addresses. Segmentation is used in Linux, with separate segments for kernel code/data and user code/data, plus a task state segment per process. Paging tables have entries for fields like present, accessed, dirty flags, and permissions.

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    Memory Management Unit IA-32: Logical Address 16 + 32 Bit

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    The document discusses memory management in IA-32 processors. It describes how segment selectors reference segment descriptors stored in descriptor tables, with each descriptor containing fields like the segment base, limit, and type. It also explains the logical to linear address translation process, where segment descriptors and paging tables work together to map logical addresses to physical addresses. Segmentation is used in Linux, with separate segments for kernel code/data and user code/data, plus a task state segment per process. Paging tables have entries for fields like present, accessed, dirty flags, and permissions.

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    Memory Management Unit IA-32

    after Bovet & Cesati Understanding the Linux Kernel

    Logical address 16 + 32 bit


    RPL
    15

    14

    TI
    13

    INDEX
    12

    Segment Selector

    31

    Offset
    Segment Selector are loaded into Segmentation Registers:
    cs, ss, ds and es, fs, gs
    Operating System Design

    1.1

    Laface - 2007

    Segment Descriptors

    Segment registers point to Segment Descriptors stored in:


    Global Description Table and Local Description Table

    A 8 byte Segment Descriptor includes


    A 32-bit Base field (linear address of the first byte of the
    segment)
    A G granularity flag (1 -> multiples of 4 KB)
    A 20-bit Limit field (length in byte of the segment)
    A S system flag (1 -> kernel data structures)
    A 4-bit Type field
    7 Code segment descriptor
    7 Data segment descriptor
    7 Task State Segment Descriptor (appears only in GDT)
    7 Local Descriptor Table Descriptor (appears only in GDT)
    A Segment-Present flag

    Operating System Design

    1.2

    Laface - 2007

    Segment Selectors

    To speed up the translation of logical to linear addresses

    Operating System Design

    1.3

    Laface - 2007

    Logical to linear address translation

    Operating System Design

    1.4

    Laface - 2007

    Segmentation in Linux

    Linux uses these segments:

    A kernel code segment


    A kernel data segment
    A user code segment shared by all processes in User Mode
    A user data segment shared by all processes in User Mode
    A Task Segment State segment for each process
    A LDT segment usually shared by all processes

    Operating System Design

    1.5

    Laface - 2007

    Paging in Hardware IA-32

    The entries of Page Directories and Page Tables


    include the same fields

    Present flag
    Accessed flag
    Dirty flag
    R/W flag permission
    User/kernel flag
    Page size flag (for Page Directory entries, 1 -> page of 4 MB)

    Operating System Design

    1.6

    Laface - 2007

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