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I thought that Linux did not use the TSS though. I understand TSS is mandatory but my understanding was that Linux just creates a single TSS entry for CPU just
by bogomipz 4y ago
I thought that Linux did not use the TSS though. I understand TSS is mandatory but my understanding was that Linux just creates a single TSS entry for CPU just to satisfy the requirement that there's something there.
- toast0 4y agoWhilst researching my post, I saw something that said when switching tasks, Linux copies the soon to be current task's TSS relevant information into the TSS for the cpu. So it still can do all the TSS stuff, it just doesn't keep a TSS entry for all tasks.