Chapter 6 The Operating System Machine Level

6.1 Virtual Memory

6.1.1 Paging

6.1.2 Implementation of Paging

6.1.3 Demand Paging and the Working Set Model

6.1.4 Page Replacement Policy

6.1.5 Page Size and Fragmentation

6.1.6 Segmentation

6.1.7 Implementation of Segmentation

6.1.8 Virtual Memory on the Pentium 4

6.1.9 Virtual Memory of the Ultra SPARC III

6.1.10 Virtual Memory and Caching

6.2 Virtual I/O Instructions

6.2.1 Files

6.2.2 Implementation of Virtual I/O Instructions

6.2.3 Directory Management Instructions

 

6.3 Virtual Instructions for Parallel Processing

6.3.1 Process Creation

6.3.2 Race Conditions

6.3.3 Process Synchronization Using Semaphores

6.4 Example Operating Systems

6.4.1 Introduction

6.4.2 Examples of Virtual Memory

6.4.3 Examples of Virtual I/O

6.4.4 Examples of Process Management

6.5 Summary