CS 438 • Operating Systems Analysis
CS 505 • Operating Systems Concepts

Fall 2014 Schedule

The schedule has seven two-week sections:

Introduction
Process and Threads
Scheduling
Synchronization and Deadlock
Storage Management
I/O Subsystems
File Systems
Protection and Security

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Note: The phrase “X through Y” means “from the beginning of X to the end of Y.”

• indicates a test day.

Section 1: Introduction, Tuesday, 2 September through Thursday, 4 September.

Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapters 1 (Introduction) & 2 (Operating-System Structures)
Other Readings: Finkel: Chapter 1 (Introduction)
Hailperin: Chapter 1 (Introduction)
Tannenbaum and Woodhull: Chapter 1 (Introduction)
Class notes: Operating Systems

Section 2: Process and Threads, Friday, 5 September through Thursday, 18 September.

Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapters 3 (Processes) & 4 (Threads)
Other Readings: Finkel: Section 1.5, Chapters 8, & 9
Hailperin: Chapters 2 (Threads) & 7 (Processes and Protection)
Tannenbaum and Woodhull: Sections 2.1 (Introduction to Processes)
Class notes: Processes
Threads
Inter-Process Communication
Test 1 — Thursday, 18 September

Section 3: Scheduling, Friday, 19 September through Thursday, 2 October.

Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapter 5 (Scheduling)
Other Readings: Finkel: Chapter 2 (Time Management)
Hailperin: Chapter 3 (Scheduling)
Tannenbaum and Woodhull: Section 2.4 (Scheduling)
Class notes: Scheduling
Schedulers
Test 2 — Thursday, 2 October: The answers.
The grades.

Section 4: Synchronization and Deadlock, Friday, 3 October through Thursday, 16 October.

No class — Fall break, Thursday, 16 October.
Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapters 6 (Process Synchronization) & 7 (Deadlocks)
Other Readings: Finkel: Chapter 4 (Resource Deadlock)
Hailperin: Chapter 4 (Synchronization and Deadlock)
Tannenbaum and Woodhull: Section 2.2 (Interprocess Communication)
Class notes: Concurrency
Managing Concurrency
Concurrency Managers
Deadlock

Section 5: Storage Management, Friday, 17 October through Thursday, 30 October.

Midterms grades due — Tuesday, 21 October.
Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapters 8 (Main Memory) & 9 (Virtual Memory)
Other Readings: Finkel: Chapter 3 (Space Management)
Hailperin: Chapter 6 (Virtual Memory)
Tannenbaum and Woodhull: Chapter 4 (Memory Management) '
Class notes: Primary Storage
Segmented and Paged Storage
Virtual Storage
Test 3 — Thursday, 30 October: The answers.
The grades.

Section 6: I/O Subsystems, Friday, 31 October through Thursday, 13 November.

Drop day — Tuesday, 4 November.
Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapters 12 (Mass-Storage Structures) & 13 (I/O Subsystems)
Other Readings: Finkel: Chapter 5, Transput
Tannenbaum and Woodhull: Chapter 3
Class notes: Mass Storage
Massed Storage
The I-O Subsystem
Test 4 — Thursday, 13 November: The answers.
The grades.

Section 7: File Systems, Friday, 14 November through Thursday, 27 November.

No class — Thanksgiving break, Thursday, 27 November.
Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapters 10 (File-System Interface) & 11 (File-System Implementation)
Other Readings: Finkel: Chapter 6 (File Structures)
Hailperin: Chapter 8 (Files and Other Persistent Storage)
Tannenbaum and Woodhull: Chapter 5 (File Systems)
Class notes: Files
Directories
Implementing Directories

Section 8: Protection and Security, Friday, 28 November through Thursday, 11 December.

Class Readings: Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne: Chapters 14 (Protection) & 15 (Security)
Other Readings: Hailperin: Chapters 7 (Processes and Protection) & 11 (Security)
Class notes: Protection
Security
Cryptographic Security
Test 5 — Thursday, 11 December: The answers.
The grades.

Open Lecture on a topic to be determined at 7:45 to 9:45 on Tuesday, 16 December in HH 101.

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