Practice Slab Allocation (6.4.2) - Memory Management Strategies II - Virtual Memory
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Slab Allocation

Practice - Slab Allocation

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Question 1 Easy

What is slab allocation?

💡 Hint: Think about how memory can be organized for specific types of objects.

Question 2 Easy

Name one state a slab can be in.

💡 Hint: Consider how objects in a slab can affect its status.

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Question 1

What type of objects does slab allocation manage?

Variable-size objects
Fixed-size objects
Any size objects

💡 Hint: Focus on the setup of caches.

Question 2

True or False: Slab allocation can lead to internal fragmentation.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the definitions of internal fragmentation.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a small slab allocator that can manage three types of fixed-size objects. Describe its caches and how allocation and deallocation would work.

💡 Hint: Consider what structures are needed to handle the states of slabs.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the potential trade-offs in implementing slab allocation versus a traditional variable-size memory allocation system.

💡 Hint: Think about performance versus memory management efficiency.

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