Question

Which of the following is considered a benefit when using slab allocator?

A. Memory is allocated using a simple power-of-2 allocator
B. It allows kernal code and data to be efficiently paged
C. It allows larger segments to be combined using coalescing.
D. There is no memory fragmentation

Answer 1

Answer:

Option(d) is the correct answer to the given question

Explanation:

The main advantage of slab allocator is that There is no memory is lost because of the fragmentation this is due to some driver data framework has a cache memory that is connected to it.

• In the slab allocator the resources are repeatedly assigned or free to handle them. It is a type of memory management scheme that is used for distributing resources to the memory.
• All the other options are not considered as advantages of Slab allocator that's why they are an incorrect options.