Practice - In-Memory Page Tables
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Practice Questions
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What is a page table used for?
💡 Hint: Think about how processes access memory.
Define a page fault.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when a program tries to access data not present.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary function of a page table?
💡 Hint: Remember the role of pages in memory management.
A page fault occurs when:
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when a program requests memory that isn't available.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a system with a 1% TLB miss rate while processing a program that makes 10000 memory accesses. Calculate how many accesses derive from TLB hits and how many result from misses.
💡 Hint: Calculate the percentage based on the total accesses.
Assess how context switching between processes using large page tables impacts system performance.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of efficiency in loading and unloading memory.
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