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Install a back-up stack for page-faults #23

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IsaacWoods opened this issue Jan 30, 2019 · 0 comments
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Install a back-up stack for page-faults #23

IsaacWoods opened this issue Jan 30, 2019 · 0 comments
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A-x86_64 Affects the x86_64 architecture C-kernel Component: kernel

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If we page-fault because we've overflown the stack, we currently double fault. This isn't ideal, and so we should install another stack in the IST and switch to it when page-faults occur.
@IsaacWoods IsaacWoods added A-x86_64 Affects the x86_64 architecture C-kernel Component: kernel labels Jan 30, 2019
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