EXPERIMENT NO.

PAGE REPLACEMENT ALGORITHMS

AIM: To implement FIFO page replacement technique.

a) FIFO b) LRU c) OPTIMAL

DESCRIPTION:
Page replacement algorithms are an important part of virtual memory management and it helps the OS to
decide which memory page can be moved out making space for the currently needed page. However, the
ultimate objective of all page replacement algorithms is to reduce the number of page faults.
FIFO-This is the simplest page replacement algorithm. In this algorithm, the operating system keeps track
of all pages in the memory in a queue, the oldest page is in the front of the queue. When a page needs to be
replaced page in the front of the queue is selected for removal.

LRU-In this algorithm page will be replaced which is least recently used

OPTIMAL- In this algorithm, pages are replaced which would not be used for the longest duration of time
in the future. This algorithm will give us less page fault when compared to other page replacement
algorithms.

ALGORITHM:
1. Start the process
2. Read number of pages n
3. Read number of pages no
4. Read page numbers into an array a[i]
5. Initialize avail[i]=0 .to check page hit
6. Replace the page with circular queue, while re-placing check page availability in the frame
Place avail[i]=1 if page is placed in the frame Count page faults
7. Print the results.
8. Stop the process.

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A) FIRST IN FIRST OUT
SOURCE CODE :

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h> int fr[3];
void main()
{
void display();
int i,j,page[12]={2,3,2,1,5,2,4,5,3,2,5,2};
int
flag1=0,flag2=0,pf=0,frsize=3,top=0;
clrscr();
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
fr[i]=-1;
}
for(j=0;j<12;j++)
{
flag1=0; flag2=0; for(i=0;i<12;i++)
{
if(fr[i]==page[j])
{
flag1=1; flag2=1; break;
}
}
if(flag1==0)
{
for(i=0;i<frsize;i++)
{
if(fr[i]==-1)
{
fr[i]=page[j]; flag2=1; break;
}
}
}
if(flag2==0)
{
fr[top]=page[j];
top++;
pf++;
if(top>=frsize)
top=0;
}
display();
}

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printf("Number of page faults : %d ",pf+frsize);
getch();
}
void display()
{
int i; printf("\n");
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
printf("%d\t",fr[i]);
}

OUTPUT:

2 -1 -1
2 3 -1
2 3 -1
2 3 1
5 3 1
5 2 1
5 2 4
5 2 4
3 2 4
3 2 4
3 5 4
3 5 2

Number of page faults: 9

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 B) LEAST RECENTLY USED

AIM: To implement LRU page replacement technique.

ALGORITHM:

1. Start the process

2. Declare the size
3. Get the number of pages to be inserted
4. Get the value
5. Declare counter and stack
6. Select the least recently used page by counter value
7. Stack them according the selection.
8. Display the values
9. Stop the process

SOURCE CODE :

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
int fr[3];
void main()
{
void display();
int p[12]={2,3,2,1,5,2,4,5,3,2,5,2},i,j,fs[3];
int index,k,l,flag1=0,flag2=0,pf=0,frsize=3;
clrscr();
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
fr[i]=-1;
}
for(j=0;j<12;j++)
{
flag1=0,flag2=0;
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
if(fr[i]==p[j])
{
flag1=1;
flag2=1; break;
}
}
if(flag1==0)

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{
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
if(fr[i]==-1)
{
fr[i]=p[j]; flag2=1;
break;
}
}
}
if(flag2==0)
{
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
fs[i]=0;
for(k=j-1,l=1;l<=frsize-1;l++,k--)
{
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
if(fr[i]==p[k]) fs[i]=1;
}}
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
if(fs[i]==0)
index=i;
}
fr[index]=p[j];
pf++;
}
display();
}
printf("\n no of page faults :%d",pf+frsize);
getch();
}
void display()
{
int i; printf("\n");
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
printf("\t%d",fr[i]);
}

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OUTPUT:

2 -1 -1
2 3 -1
2 3 -1
2 3 1
2 5 1
2 5 1
2 5 4
2 5 4
3 5 4
3 5 2
3 5 2
3 5 2

No of page faults: 7

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 C) OPTIMAL

AIM: To implement optimal page replacement technique.

ALGORTHIM:

1. Start Program
2. Read Number Of Pages And Frames
3.Read Each Page Value
4. Search For Page In The Frames
5.If Not Available Allocate Free Frame
6. If No Frames Is Free Repalce The Page With The Page That Is Leastly Used
7.Print Page Number Of Page Faults
8.Stop process.

SOURCE CODE:

/* Program to simulate optimal page replacement */

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
int fr[3], n, m;
void
display();
void main()
{
int i,j,page[20],fs[10];
int
max,found=0,lg[3],index,k,l,flag1=0,flag2=0,pf=0;
float pr;
clrscr();
printf("Enter length of the reference string: ");
scanf("%d",&n);
printf("Enter the reference string: ");
for(i=0;i<n;i++)
scanf("%d",&page[i]);
printf("Enter no of frames: ");
scanf("%d",&m);
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
fr[i]=-1; pf=m;

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for(j=0;j<n;j++)
{
flag1=0; flag2=0;
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
{
if(fr[i]==page[j])
{
flag1=1; flag2=1;
break;
}
}
if(flag1==0)
{
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
{
if(fr[i]==-1)
{
fr[i]=page[j]; flag2=1;
break;
}
}
}
if(flag2==0)
{
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
lg[i]=0;
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
{
for(k=j+1;k<=n;k++)
{
if(fr[i]==page[k])
{
lg[i]=k-j;
break;
}
}
}
found=0;
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
{
if(lg[i]==0)
{
index=i;
found = 1;

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 break;
}
}
if(found==0)
{
max=lg[0]; index=0;
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
{
if(max<lg[i])
{
max=lg[i];
index=i;
}
}
}
fr[index]=page[j];
pf++;
}
display();
}
printf("Number of page faults : %d\n", pf);
pr=(float)pf/n*100;
printf("Page fault rate = %f \n", pr); getch();
}
void display()
{
int i; for(i=0;i<m;i++)
printf("%d\t",fr[i]);
printf("\n");
}

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 OUTPUT:
Enter length of the reference string: 12
Enter the reference string: 1 2 3 4 1 2 5 1 2 3 4 5
Enter no of frames: 3
1 -1 -1
1 2 -1
123
124
124
124
125
125
125
325
425
425
Number of page faults : 7 Page fault rate = 58.333332

VIVA QUESTIONS
1) What is meant by page fault?
2) What is meant by paging?
3) What is page hit and page fault rate?
4) List the various page replacement algorithm
5) Which one is the best replacement algorithm?

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