> > But most of this will be lost on exec(2).
> > Also, it is my impression that
> > the tree of _running_ processes isn't usually very deep (Say init --> X -->
> > [Random processes] --> [compilations &c], this would make 5 or 6 deep, no
> > more.
> Here's my tree - on a non-very-busy laptop. Why is my X tree so much deeper?
> I suppose if I was running java this would look considerably more interesting.
> |-bash---bash---xinit-+-XFree86
> | `-xfwm-+-xfce---gnome-terminal-+-bash---pstree
It doesn't matter how deep the tree is, on exec() all
previously shared page tables will be blown away.
In this part of the tree, I see exactly 2 processes
which could be sharing page tables (the two bash
processes).
regards,
Rik
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