Practice Example Of Page Table Calculation (12.4) - Hierarchical Page Tables
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Example of Page Table Calculation

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the purpose of hierarchical page tables?

💡 Hint: Think about how they might manage larger virtual addresses.

Question 2 Easy

Define segmentation in memory management.

💡 Hint: Consider how different types of data might require different handling.

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Question 1

What is a primary benefit of hierarchical page tables?

They create a single page table.
They allow efficient mapping for larger address spaces.
They eliminate the need for paging.

💡 Hint: Think about how they differentiate from a single large table.

Question 2

True or False: Inverted page tables store an entry for each process.

True
False

💡 Hint: Reflect on how they reduce memory usage.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a memory management structure for a computer with 64-bit address space and discuss the use of both segmented and hierarchical page tables.

💡 Hint: Think about how segments would serve different data types.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze the efficiency of lookup times between traditional and inverted page tables in a system handling multiple processes.

💡 Hint: Consider the balance between memory usage and access speed.

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