CS 438/505 - Operating Systems Analysis

Semester: Fall 2013

• Final exam scheduled for Tue, 12/17/2013, 07:45PM - 09:45PM, HH-310
  • Material up to and including Memory Management will be covered.
    • Will focus more on second half of semester material
    • C programming will be included.
    • You will need to be able to start your Intel-based Android Virtual Device in the lab during the exam.
  • Expect true-false, multiple choice and short written answer format.
  • About 30 questions

• Introduction (Updated: 9/3)
  • C for Java Programmers (PDF)
• Computer Architecture Overview (Updated: 9/5)
• OS Evolution (Updated: 9/5)
• Modern OS Structures (Updated: 9/12)
• Modern OS Abstractions (Updated: 9/12)
• Processes and Address Spaces (Updated: 9/24)
• System Calls (Updated: 10/3)
  • Also read:
    • The UNIX Time-Sharing System, Dennis M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson, Bell Laboratories, 1974 (PDF version)
    • Kernel command using Linux system calls, M. Tim Jones, IBM developerWorks Technical Library, 2010
    • System Calls, The Linux kernel, Andries Brouwer, aeb@cwi.nl, 2003
    • SYSENTER Based System Call Mechanism in Linux 2.6, Manu Garg
• Signals, Shared Memory and IPC (Updated: 10/8)
  • Also read (on the Android IPC model):
    • http://www.angryredplanet.com/~hackbod/openbinder/docs/html/BinderIPCMechanism.html
    • http://www.nds.rub.de/media/attachments/files/2012/03/binder.pdf
• Threads (Updated: 10/24)
• Linux Processes (Updated: 11/5)
• Linux Interrupts (Updated: 11/7)
• Synchronization with Locks (Updated: 11/14)
• Synchronization with Semaphores and Monitors (Updated: 11/21)
• Scheduling and Deadlock (Updated: 12/2)
• Memory Management (Updated: 12/10)
• File Systems (Updated: 12/10)

• Set up virtual Android environment
• Compile and run the Android goldfish kernel
  • Compile and run the Android goldfish kernel for Intel x86
  • Compile and run simple C programs on your Android AVD
• Writing your own UNIX shell
• List of assignments (Updated: 12/2)