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   mutazilah@gmail.com to Joe Monk   
   Re: segmentation   
   02 Nov 22 22:24:30   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 12:16:45 AM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > > Also, I don't want to require privileges to manipulate   
   > > page tables. I'll just allocate 8 GB from z/OS so that   
   > > I am sure I have a 4 GB boundary available.   
   > >   
   > OK that was pretty funny.   
   >   
   > z/OS checks the storage keys of the caller, and since you cant gain key 0,   
   no page tables for you.   
      
   Sorry if my English was confusing.   
      
   I don't want to use paging. I don't want page tables.   
      
   I will do a simple malloc of 8 GB, unprivileged. That will   
   get me a 4 GB boundary. Someone in IBM-MAIN mentioned   
   that they did the same thing and called them "continents".   
      
   Then I can run a PDOS-generic application and it can have a full   
   4 GB.   
      
   And call another PDOS-generic application which gets another 4 GB   
   (if I malloc 12 GB initially instead of 8 GB).   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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