W4118 OPERATING SYSTEMS I

Spring 2009 -- Junfeng Yang

# Day Date Topic Assignment
1 Tue 1/20 Introduction and logistics Read OSC Ch 1, Ch 23.1-23.2.3
2 Thu 1/22 Interrupts and system calls Read OSC Ch 2, Homework 1 out
3 Tue 1/27 Interrupts and system calls in Linux Read ULK Ch 4, Ch 10
4 Thu 1/29 Interrupts, system calls, Processes Read OSC Ch 3
5 Tue 2/3 Processes Read OSC Ch 3
6 Thu 2/5 Proesss in Linux Read ULK Ch 3, Homework 1 due, Homework 2 out
7 Tue 2/10 Threads, Introduction to synchronization Read OSC Ch 4, 6
8 Thu 2/12 Locks Read OSC Ch 6
9 Tue 2/17 Semaphores and Monitors Read OSC Ch 6
10 Thu 2/19 Synchronizations in Linux Read ULK Ch 5, Homework 2 due, Homework 3 out
11 Tue 2/24 Concurrency errors Read this paper
12 Thu 2/26 Scheduling Read OSC Ch 5
13 Tue 3/3 Scheduling in Linux Read ULK Ch 7
14 Thu 3/5 Introduction to Memory Management Read OSC Ch 8, Homework 3 due, Homework 4 out
15 Tue 3/10 Midterm review
16 Thu 3/12 Midterm exam
17 Tue 3/17 No class, spring break
18 Thu 3/19 No class, spring break
19 Tue 3/24 Paging Read OSC Ch 9
20 Thu 3/26 Segmentation Read OSC Ch 9, Homework 4 due, Homework 5 out
21 Tue 3/31 Virtual Memory Read OSC Ch 9
22 Thu 4/2 LRU page replacement
23 Tue 4/7 Memory Management in Linux Read ULK Ch 7
24 Thu 4/9 Disks Read OSC Ch12
25 Tue 4/14 File systems Read OSC Ch 10 and Ch11, Homework 5 due, Homework 6 out
26 Thu 4/16 File systems in Linux Read ULK Ch 12 and this paper
27 Tue 4/21 Virtual Machine (guest lecture by Scott Devine)
28 Thu 4/23 No class
29 Tue 4/28 Storage system errors Read this paper
30 Thu 4/30 Final review
31 Tue 5/5 No class (study week) Homework 6 due

Final exam: 4:10-7:00pm, Tuesday, 5/12