Thread Memory

Question Text

Is data used by a thread inaccessible from other threads?

Question Answers

• Yes, each thread has its own stack

• No, each thread can access every address from the virtual address space

• Only the heap is shared

• Only the heap and the read-only zones are shared

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Each thread has the same perspective on the system memory - it thinks it owns it all. Therefore, it can perform pointer arithmetic to access every memory address.