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In computing, the 'kernel' is the central component of most computer operating systems. Its responsibilities include managing the system's resources (the communication between hardware and software co...
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Microsoft Windows kernel memory consists of several memory structures, including paged and non-paged pool memory and system page table entries. These memory structures, also referred to as kernel memory, are used by the operating system to ...
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The memory used by the operating system, which is protected and cannot be accessed by regular applications. Virtual memory can be used to page some of the kernel in memory to disk. However, there is always a certain part of the kernel that ...
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Describes how to use the Memory Pool Monitor utility, Poolmon.exe, as a troubleshooting tool to monitor memory tags. ... This information can be used by Microsoft Technical Support to find kernel mode memory leaks. A memory leak is caused by an application or by a process that allocates memory for use but that does not free...
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The kernel should not be confused with the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). The BIOS is an independent program stored in a chip on the motherboard (the main circuit board of a computer) that is used during the booting process for such tasks as initializing the hardware and loading the kernel into memory.
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Initially the kernel has no per-thread data structures allocated. When it begins the main thread it must already be able to allocate memory for its stack! ... Following is a per-class and per-function summary of the features of the kernel memory management system:
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The Kernel Memory Space Analyzer is a tool to help expert debugging engineers analyze Windows crash dump files. ... Microsoft Support Professionals Toolkit for Windows; The Kernel Memory Space Analyzer is a tool to help expert debugging engineers analyze Windows crash dump files.
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The question was asked on the lkml whether or not memory allocated by kmalloc and vmalloc is swappable. Rik van Reil offered a clear explanation as to why it is not, "unswappable kernel memory is simpler and faster," adding, "there really is no good reason for swapping kernel memory nowadays." He went on to explain:
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Bugtraq ID: 16373 ... Class: Design Error ... CVE: CVE-2006-0379; CVE-2006-0380;
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