From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Sreeni <sreeni.pulichi@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Memory management while loading program in Linux
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:20:27 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1br5p3ib8.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <94e67edf05062810586d6141f3@mail.gmail.com> (sreeni.pulichi@gmail.com's message of "Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:58:54 -0400")
Sreeni <sreeni.pulichi@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I have a query regarding memory management using Linux kernel.
>
> In our system we have a secure physical memory starting and ending at
> predefined addresses. We want to execute certain programs, which have
> to be running secure in those address spaces only.
>
> Is it possible to force the loader to load the "particular" program
> (both the code and data segment) at that pre-defined secure physical
> memory, without any major kernel changes?
Sounds a little silly but in essence the loader is implemented
in user space so it shouldn't require any kernel changes.
Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-29 4:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-28 17:58 Memory management while loading program in Linux Sreeni
2005-06-29 4:20 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2005-06-29 15:37 ` **** How to lock memory pages? Sreeni
2005-06-29 16:51 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-06-29 20:02 ` John Stoffel
2005-06-29 20:27 ` Forcing loader to load a prog at a fixed memory location Sreeni
2005-06-29 20:50 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-06-29 18:52 ` **** How to lock memory pages? Frederik Deweerdt
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