Chapter 9. Data and Stack Segments

The Previous Chapter

This chapter provided a detailed description of Code Segments (both Conforming and Non-Conforming), privilege checking, and Call Gates.

This Chapter

This chapter provides a detailed description of Data and Stack segments (including Expand-Up and Expand-Down Stacks) and privilege checking.

The Next Chapter

This chapter provides a detailed description of the Task State Segment (TSS), the TSS segment descriptor, task creation, how the OS starts a task and what happens when a task starts.

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