Practice Cache Access And Structure (14.2.2) - Page Faults - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
What occurs during a page fault?
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Think about what happens when data isn't found in RAM.
Question 2.
What does a valid bit indicate in a page table?
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Consider what the value represents about the page's presence.
3Question 3.
What happens when a page fault occurs?
- Data is loaded from RAM
- Data is loaded from disk
- Data is lost
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Think about the source of the data after a page fault.
4Question 4.
True or False: A valid bit of 1 indicates that a page could be in physical memory.
- True
- False
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Consider what the valid bit represents.
Question 5.
Consider a system where a TLB miss occurs, and the page table check reveals a page fault. Describe the sequence of actions taken to resolve this situation.
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Follow the logical steps from encountering the fault to restoring functionality.
Question 6.
In a given architecture, explain the consequences of having a fully associative TLB compared to a direct-mapped TLB.
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Think about efficiency versus complexity in access patterns.

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