Schedule

Always, always subject to change

Date	Topic	Readings	Handouts & Links	Assignments/Notes
1/30	Administrative Information, Introduction	OSC: Ch. 1 How to Ask Questions the Smart Way	Syllabus Integrity Statement How To Ask Questions The Smart Way Lecture 1 Slides	None.
2/1	Basic Operating System Structures and System Calls	OSC: Ch. 2	Kernel command using Linux system calls FreeBSD x86 System Calls How Windows System Calls Really Work Directly Calling Solaris System Calls X86 Assembly/Bootloaders Lecture 2 Slides VGA Compatible Text Mode	Submit the "README.2nd" file with your full name using the Git system. Due Date: 2/8.
2/6	Processes and Interprocess Communication	OSC: Ch. 3	Anatomy of a Program in Memory PE and COFF Specifications Executable and Linkable Format Windows internals Process Memory Layout [0x03]. Notes on Assembly - Memory from a process' point of view Lecture 3 Slides	Fix the BSS bug in mem_sequence.c and recalculate the order and address of the sections for your operating system. Store the changes and result in "program-layout/" inside your git repository. Due Date: 2/13
2/8	Inter-Process Communication (cont) and Threads	OSC: Ch. 4	Thread on IPC Thread on IPC (cont). Windows IPC Mechanisms The Boost Thread Library API Unix Domain Sockets Lecture 4 Slides	Git Repo test is due.
2/13	Guest Lecture: Steve Donald (KEYW Corporation) Windows-Related	None.	None.	mem_sequence.c changes are due.
2/15	Guest Lecture: Gabriel Parmer (GWU) The Composite Operating System	Composite Web Page	Composite Slides	None.
2/20	CPU Scheduling	OSC: Ch. 5	Solaris Scheduling Windows Scheduling Inside the Linux scheduler Lecture 5 Slides	Project 1 will be assigned ASAP. Due Date: 3/8
2/20	CPU Scheduling (Cont.)	None.	None.	Project 1 is assigned. Due Date: 3/8 Homework 1 is assigned. Due Date: 3/4
2/27	Process Synchronization	OSC: Ch. 6	Unreliable Guide to Locking Kernel Mutex implementation FreeBSD Locking Notes Solaris Lock Contention The Toilet Example: Mutex vs. Semaphore Some notes on lock-free and wait-free algorithms Practical lock-free data structures Concurrent programming without locks [PDF]	None.
2/29	Process Synchronization	OSC: Ch. 6	Lecure 6 Slides	None.
3/5	Deadlocks	OSC: Ch. 7	Lecure 7 Slides	None.
3/7	Memory Management: Main Memory	OSC: Ch. 8	Lecure 8 Slides	None.
3/12	Memory Management: Main Memory (cont)	None.	p57_0x08_Vudo malloc tricks_by_MaXX A look at how malloc works on the Mac Advanced Memory Allocation Memory allocation in embedded systems A (brief) retrospective on transactional memory What every programmer should know about memory (read all the parts) You're Doing It Wrong—Think you've mastered the art of server performance? Think again. Demo Files	None.
3/14	Midterm Exam	Taking Tests and Quizzes on Blackboard	None.	None.
3/19	Spring Break
3/21	Spring Break
3/26	Midterm Exam Review	OSC: Ch. 9	None.	None.
3/28	Memory Management: Virtual Memory	None.	Lecure 9 Slides	None.
4/2	Memory Management: Virtual Memory	None	None.	None.
4/4	File systems	OSC: Ch. 10	Lecure 10 Slides	Project 1 and HW 2 assigned.
4/9	File system Implementations	OSC: Ch. 11	NTFS Architecture and Structures The BeOS file system: an OS geek retrospective From BFS to ZFS: past, present, and future of file systems Designs, Lessons and Advice from Building Large Distributed Systems BTRFS Design and Implementation of the Second Extended Filesystem (ext2) Microsoft Extensible Firmware Initiative FAT32 File System Specification, FAT: General Overview of On-Disk Format Filesystem in Userspace Lecure 11 Slides	None.
4/11	Mass Storage Systems	Ch. 12	Lecure 12 Slides RAPID-Cache --- A Reliable and Inexpensive Write Cache for High-performance Storage Systems	None.
4/16	I/O Systems	OSC: Ch. 13	Lecure 13 Slides	HW2 Due.
4/18	Networking and Communication Stacks	OSC: Ch. 16	Lecure 14 Slides	None.
4/23	Protection	OSC: Ch. 14	Lecure 15 Slides	None.
4/25	Security	OSC: Ch. 15	Lecure 16 Slides	None.
4/30	Guest Lecture: Lawrence Sebald KallistiOS: An Embedded OS for Video Game Consoles	KallistiOS Web Site	KallistiOS Source Code Repository Lecture Slides	None.
5/2	Understanding Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities	None.	Slides from Talk	Project 2 Due.
5/7	NTFS Forensics	None.	Example bin used in lecture (~300 MB) nfi.txt	None.
5/9	Review Day	None.	None.	None.
5/14	Final Exam 6:00pm—8:00pm	None.	None.	None.

CMSC 421: Principles of Operating Systems - Spring 2012 - UMBC

Schedule