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		fulafel on Feb 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Single address spaces: design flaw or feature? This confuses system calls and context switches. A syscall does not need to switch address spaces and does not have the associated costs.

axelfontaine on Feb 28, 2016 [–]

Here is a more detailed explanation of how and when they are related and when not: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9238326/system-call-and-c...

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