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| Course Description
This course will cover the fundamental concepts that underlie
operating systems, including multiprogramming, concurrent processes, CPU
scheduling, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, protection and
security. Many examples from real systems are given to illustrate the
application of particular concepts.
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Introduction, (basic definitions, OS components and structures).
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Processes (scheduling, communication, operations).
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Threads (multi-thread programming, multi-core systems, thread
libraries and implementations).
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Process Synchronization (critical section problem, deadlocks, software and
hardware solutions, mutex locks, semaphores, monitors, classic problems).
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CPU Scheduling (Criteria and algorithms, thread scheduling,
multiproicessor scheduling, real-time scheduling).
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Main Memory (swappiung, memory allocation, segmentation, paging,
structure of page tables).
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Virtual memory (demand paging, copy on write, page replacement,
allocation, thrashing, memory mapped files, allocating kernel memory).
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Mass Storage (Disk organization, attachment, scheduling, management,
swap space).
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File System Interface (access methods, directories, mounting,
sharing, protection)
- File System Implementation (file system structure, directory
implementation, allocation methods, efficiency, recovery)
Lecture Hours Tue. and Thu. 11:30-1:00 on
zoom.
Office
hours Tue and Thu. 1:00-1:30. Normally my office hours are in my office
Lass. 3049 but now are on
zoom.
Programming Assignments
There will be three programming assignments involving process
operations, threads and synchronization and memory management. The
programming language is C and the programs will have to run on our
Linux systems. Each assignment is worth 10%.
Tests
There will be a midterm worth 25% and a final worth 45%. The final will
cover all the material in the course. Both the midterm and the final will
be on eclass, open book.
Text
The text is A. Silberschatz, P.B. Galvin, G. Gagne, “Operating System Concepts,” 10th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
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