- A
modern computer operating system usually uses
virtual memory to
provide separate address spaces called user
space and
kernel space. Primarily, this separation...
-
Filesystem in
Userspace (FUSE) is a
software interface for Unix and Unix-like
computer operating systems that lets non-privileged
users create their own...
-
drivers can
either be
compiled into the
monolithic kernel or be run as a
userspace process, microkernel-style,
without code changes. With drivers, a wider...
- arptables, and ebtables.
Notice that
although both the
kernel modules and
userspace utilities have
similar names, each of them is a
different entity with...
- to (e.g., execve(2)
refers to a
system call,
while exec(3)
refers to a
userspace library wrapper). The
following list and the
subsequent sections describe...
-
existing hooks into the
networking stack,
connection tracking system,
userspace queueing component, and
logging subsystem. A
command to drop any packets...
- In
computer science, a
fiber is a
particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads,
fibers share address space. However,
fibers use cooperative...
- Checkpoint/Restore In
Userspace (CRIU) (pronounced kree-oo, /kriu/), is a
software tool for the
Linux operating system.
Using this tool, it is possible...
-
operating system. In most systems,
system calls can only be made from
userspace processes,
while in some systems, OS/360 and
successors for example, privileged...
- can be
divided into two layers,
userspace and the kernel.
Application code such as a text
editor resides in
userspace,
while the
underlying facilities...
