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School of Computer Science & Engineering
University of New South Wales

 Advanced Operating Systems 
 COMP9242 2002/S2 
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Downcall vs. upcall


upcall

unprivileged code  privileged code
enters kernel mode  enters user mode
implemented via trap  implemented via IPC



Gernot Heiser 2002-08-21