Basic System Problem Analysis - August 2003

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Basic System Problem Analysis
Table Management
• used extensively in the OS, table header type “tbl_hdr”
• characteristic of a “table management” table is that the
first two words of the table point to itself
• various types of tables are used, FIFO, LIFO, monotonic
etc.
• TBL_INFO macro is the easiest way to view a table
management header
Notes: