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Re: Virtual and Linear addresses

> i have a small question following the virtual kernel addresses issue -
>
> where does the kernel page tables stored ?
> is there a seperate place ?

swapper_pg_dir. Look at e.g. arch/i386/kernel/head.S...

> or are they part of each process' page tables (and equal in all of them) ?

Yes, that's true...

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