[Solved] Os Support Memory Mapped Files Describes Files Mapped Address Space Running Process Reads Q37196421

Most OS support “memory-mapped files” this describes files whichare mapped into the address space of a running process. Reads andwrites to the file are converted into memory reads and writes. Wecan imagine the existence of two new system calls, map() andunmap().

Q. Consider map; it accepts a file name and a virtual address,causing the OS to map the file into the address space starting atthe virtual address. Describe how the virtual memory system couldbe used to support this call.

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