Chapter 8: Memory Management
Chapter 8: Memory Management
Chapter 8: Memory Management
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Contiguous Allocation (Cont.)!Multiple-partition allocation" Hole – block of available memory; holes of various size arescattered throughout memory" When a process arrives, it is allocated memory from a holelarge enough to accommodate it" Operating system maintains information about:a) allocated partitions b) free partitions (hole)"OS"OS"OS"OS"process 5"process 5"process 5"process 5"process 9"process 9"process 8"process 10"process 2"process 2"process 2"process 2"Operating System Concepts!8.22! Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005!