COP4610/CGS5765: Principles of Operating Systems

Course Syllabus

program examples, Cory Fox's COP4610/CGS5765 recitation page

Lecture 1

Syllabus,

Introduction and History

Reading: Chapter 1

Lecture 2

Lecture 1 review

Concurrency, process, and system call

Lecture 3

Lecture 2 review

OS interface: Process Control

Homework 1, Due before next class, Sample executable

Homework 1 Solution

Lecture 4

Lecture 3 review

OS interface: File and I/O

Lecture 5

Lecture 4 review

OS interface: I/O redirection

Homework 2, Due before next class

Homework 2 solution

Lecture 6

Lecture 5 review

OS interface: Inter-process communication with pipe

Lecture 6a

Lecture 6 review

OS interface: signal

Homework 3, Due before next class

Homework 3 solution

Lecture 7

Process Management

Reading: Chapter 3

Lecture 8

Lectures 6a and 7 review

CPU Scheduling

Homework 4, Problem 5.4 at page 187, Due next class.

Reading: Chapter 5

Lecture 9

Lectures 8 review

Genesis: From raw hardware to processes

Announcement: Midterm No.1 to be held on Feb. 13 (Next Tuesday). Here is the reading list for the exam.

Lecture 10

Memory allocation

Lecture 11

Lectures 10 review

Memory Protection

Reading: Chapter 8

Lecture 12

Lecture 13

Homework 5, Due next class.

Homework 5 Solution

Reading: Chapter 9

Lecture 14

Lectures 13 review

Device Management

Project 3: A User Level Memory Management Class, Code released for the project

Lecture 15

Lectures 14 review

File System

Announcement: Midterm No.2 to be held on March 27. This exam covers materals from Lecture 10 to Lecture 17. Reading list for the exam.

Lecture 16

Lectures 15 review

Naming

Homework 6, Due next class.

Lecture 17

Lectures 16 review

Reliability

Announcement: Midterm No.2 date is changed to March 29.

Lecture 18

Protection and Security

Lecture 19

Lecture 20

Lecture 21

Discuss Project No. 4. More sample code

Lectures 20 Review

Semaphore

Homework 7: Implementing Semaphore with the test_and_set instruction, due next class. Solution

Lecture 22

Lecture 23

Final exam to be held on April 24 (Tuesday), 5:30pm-7:30pm. You are allowed to bring one piece of 11"x8.5" "cheat sheet" to the exam.

Reading list for the materials after midterm 2. You will also need to read the materials covered in Midterm 1 and Midterm 2.