Practice Searching In Hashed Page Tables (12.2.3) - Hierarchical Page Tables
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Searching in Hashed Page Tables

Practice - Searching in Hashed Page Tables

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the main purpose of a page table?

💡 Hint: Think about how programs access different parts of memory.

Question 2 Easy

Define a hashed page table.

💡 Hint: Consider how it improves the efficiency of address resolution.

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Question 1

What is the primary benefit of using hashed page tables?

Reducing search time
Saving memory space
Simplifying address translation

💡 Hint: Consider what happens to unused page entries.

Question 2

True or False: Inverted page tables have one entry for each process's virtual page.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how address mapping changes between processes.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a model for a system with both hierarchical and hashed page tables. Explain how they would interact.

💡 Hint: Consider how different systems might prioritize one method over another for performance.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the trade-offs between using an inverted page table versus a traditional page table in a server environment.

💡 Hint: Think about resource allocation and access patterns under load.

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