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Would virtual memory still be necessary on a capability machine architecture [0] ? My understanding is that would not be the case since all programs can only ac

Would virtual memory still be necessary on a capability machine architecture [0] ? My understanding is that would not be the case since all programs can only access memory that's been allocated to it. By definition, capabilities cannot be created out of thin air like pointers can be ? [0]: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/ https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/

warkdarrior 5y ago
You probably still want to use virtual memory to simplify the programming model (flat address space) and to be able to overallocate memory across many processes. Without virtual memory you are pushing these functionalities to app developers.