Re: Query regarding current macro

[Jagadeesh Bhaskar P]

So the rest of the bits in esp means garbage values?

 On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Jagadeesh Bhaskar P wrote:
> > I have read that both the kernel stack and process descriptor of a
> > process is stored in together in an 8KB page. Now the offsets in the
> > page should start from all bits 0, rite? So then why masking only the 13
> > bits LSB?? What is the significance of keeping that length at 13??
>
> The stack grows downwards on x86. Thus the lowermost stack entry has all
> bits set. The length is 13 because 13 corresponds to 8K.
>
> HTH
> Oliver

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Regards,

Jagadeesh Bhaskar P

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