Practice Calculating Page Table Sizes (12.4.2) - Hierarchical Page Tables
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Calculating Page Table Sizes

Practice - Calculating Page Table Sizes

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a page table?

💡 Hint: Think about how virtual memory functions in a system.

Question 2 Easy

What’s the benefit of hierarchical page tables?

💡 Hint: Consider how they break down information.

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Question 1

What technique reduces page table sizes by organizing them into multiple levels?

Flat Page Tables
Hierarchical Page Tables
Single Level Page Tables

💡 Hint: Think about how many layers of organization are beneficial for large data structures.

Question 2

True or False: Inverted page tables map logical addresses directly.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how physical and logical addresses are represented.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a 32-bit address space with a 4KB page size, calculate the size of a hierarchical page table with three levels.

💡 Hint: Use the concept of dividing the address space by the page size, then determine how many entries in each hierarchical level.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss how real-time applications could benefit from hashed page tables over hierarchical ones.

💡 Hint: Think about how processing speed affects application performance.

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