Practice - Detailed Steps of Page Fault Handling
Practice Questions
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What happens when a page fault occurs?
💡 Hint: Think about what interrupts the CPU's normal operation.
What does the MMU do?
💡 Hint: Focus on the role of the MMU in memory management.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the MMU detect during a memory access?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when a process requests a page that is not available.
True or False: A process can continue without waiting for the OS to handle a page fault.
💡 Hint: Think about process execution flow during faults.
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Challenge Problems
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A user accesses a virtual address that leads to a page fault. Describe each step the OS takes to resolve the fault, including handling a scenario where all frames are busy.
💡 Hint: Outline the entire fault resolution strategy.
Critique the efficiency of page fault handling in modern systems. What improvements could be suggested?
💡 Hint: Consider the balance between hardware capabilities and software strategies in paging systems.
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