Practice Dirty Pages Management (21.2.3) - Page Frame Allocation and Thrashing
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Dirty Pages Management

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Question 1 Easy

What is a dirty page?

💡 Hint: Think about what conditions lead to a page being considered dirty.

Question 2 Easy

What does the free frame pool do?

💡 Hint: Consider how it helps a system during page replacements.

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Question 1

What is a dirty page?

A page with no modifications
A page modified but not saved
A page that is currently in use

💡 Hint: Think about the status of the page relative to modifications.

Question 2

True or False: Thrashing occurs when a process utilizes more CPU time than it spends on paging.

True
False

💡 Hint: Focus on the behavior of the process when page faults happen.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyze a scenario where a system is experiencing thrashing. What strategies can the operating system implement to alleviate this issue?

💡 Hint: Focus on how the operating system prioritizes tasks to regain efficiency.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss the roles of dirty pages and the free frame pool in memory management. How do they interact to influence overall system performance?

💡 Hint: Think about efficiency in terms of I/O operations during page replacements.

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