Explain the disadvantages of providing four modes

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Question: The VAX/VMS operating system makes use of four processor access modes to facilitate the protection and sharing of system resources among processes. The access mode determines:

• Instruction execution privileges: What instructions the processor may execute

• Memory access privileges: Which locations in virtual memory the current instruction may access The four modes are as follows:

• Kernel: Executes the kernel of the VMS operating system, which includes memory management, interrupt handling, and I/O operations

• Executive: Executes many of the operating system service calls, including file and record (disk and tape) management routines

• Supervisor: Executes other operating system services, such as responses to user commands

• User: Executes user programs, plus utilities such as compilers, editors, linkers, and debuggers A process executing in a less-privileged mode often needs to call a procedure that executes in a more-privileged mode; for example, a user program requires an operating system service. This call is achieved by using a change-mode (CHM) instruction, which causes an interrupt that transfers control to a routine at the new access mode. A return is made by executing the REI (return from exception or interrupt) instruction.

a. A number of operating systems have two modes, kernel and user. What are the advantages and disadvantages of providing four modes instead of two?

b. Can you make a case for even more than four modes?

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