Syllabus for CS 505, Operating Systems Concepts

Fall 2001

The course is divided into four three-week sections; each section covers a major part of an operating system:

I will try hard not to change the syllabus during the semester, but I make no promises.

Note: The phrase "x through y" means "from the start of x up to and including the end of y."

Section 1 - Introduction (Wednesday, 5 September, through Monday, 17 September)

Readings: Chapters 1 through 4.
Class notes: Introduction
OS abstraction
System architecture
Operating system organization

Section 2 - Processes (Wednesday, 19 September, through Wednesday, 10 October)

Readings: Chapters 6 through 8.
Class notes: Process Management
Scheduling
Process Synchronization
Peterson's algorithm for mutual exclusion
Project notes: Hardware architecture (last modified on 24 November 2001).
The architecture simulator (last modified on 24 November 2001).
Assignment: Process management assignment (last modified on 1 October 2001) available on Wednesday, 19 September.
Test - Wednesday, 10 October: 4:30 start due to the Founder's Day Convocation.
The answers
The grades

Section 3 - Input-Output (Monday, 15 October, through Wednesday, 31 October)

Readings: Chapters 5, 9, and 10.
Class notes: Device management
Resource management and deadlock
Synchronization revisited
Assignment: Process management assignment due Wednesday, 10 October at 2:00 p.m.
An example solution
The grades

Device management assignment (last modified on 24 October 2001) available on Wednesday, 10 October.
Test - Wednesday, 31 October: The answers
The grades

Section 4 - Memory Management (Wednesday, 31 October, through Wednesday, 21 November)

Readings: Chapters 11 and 12.
Class notes: Memory management
Virtual memory
Assignment: Device management assignment due Monday, 5 November at 2:00 p.m.
The grades
An example solution

Memory management assignment (last modified on 9 November 2001) available on Wednesday, 31 October.
Test - Monday, 26 November: The answers
The grades
No class - Thanksgiving break, Wednesday, 21 November

Section 5 - File Systems and Protection (Wednesday, 21 November, through Wednesday, 12 December)

Readings: Chapters 13 and 14.
Class notes: File basics
Implementing files
Directories
File systems
Security and protection
Assignment: Memory management assignment due Wednesday, 21 November at 2:00 p.m.
The grades
An example solution

File management assignment (last modified on 24 November 2001) available on Wednesday, 21 November.
File management assignment due Wednesday, 12 December at 2:00 p.m.
The grades
Test - Wednesday, 12 December: The answers
The grades

Open Lecture on distributed operating systems in Bey Hall 227 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 on Monday, 17 December.

This page last modified on 17 January 2002.