How Processes Share Memory Without Copying (Visual)

A visual explanation of how two separate processes can access the same bytes without copying a payload between them. It covers virtual memory, page tables, physical frames, shm_open, mmap(MAP_SHARED), lazy allocation, copy-on-write, shared libraries, memory-mapped files, Redis snapshots, and Dirty COW. submitted by /u/Ok_Marionberry8922 [link] [留言]