Standard disclaimer: dates are subject to change.
| Date | Lecture | Homework | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 08/30 | 1. Introduction | HW1 assigned | Section 1.1 - 1.2 |
| Tue 09/04 | 2. Roles of the Operating System | Sections 1.3 - 1.11 | |
| Thu 09/06 | 3. System Calls | Sections 2.1 - 2.7 | |
| Tue 09/11 | 4. Processes | Sections 3.1 - 3.3 | |
| Thu 09/13 | 5. File Descriptors | HW1 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW2 assigned | Sections 11.1 - 11.2, Linux File Descriptors |
| Tue 09/18 | 6. Interprocess Communication | Sections 3.4 - 3.6, Linux Signals Overview | |
| Thu 09/20 | 7. Parallelism | Sections 4.1 - 4.5 | |
| Tue 09/25 | 8. Synchronization | Sections 4.6, 5.1-5.4 | |
| Thu 09/27 | 9. Thread Synchronizations | HW2 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW3 assigned | Sections 5.5-5.7, POSIX Threads Tutorial |
| Tue 10/02 | Midterm 1 | ||
| Thu 10/04 | 10. Advanced Synchronizations | Sections 5.7-5.9, 6.1 | |
| Tue 10/09 | 11. Scheduling | Sections 6.2-6.3 | |
| Thu 10/11 | 12. Advanced Scheduling | Sections 6.5-6.7 | |
| Tue 10/16 | 13. Memory Systems | HW3 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW4 assigned | Sections 8.1-8.3, 9.7, Linux mmap |
| Thu 10/18 | 14. Paging | Sections 8.4-8.5 | |
| Tue 10/23 | 15. Virtual Memory | Sections 8.6, 9.1-9.3 | |
| Thu 10/25 | 16. Paging Strategies | Sections 9.4-9.6, 9.8 | |
| Tue 10/30 | 17. Introduction to Linux Kernel | HW4 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj1 assigned | LDD chapter 1, chapter 2 |
| Thu 11/01 | Midterm 2 | ||
| Tue 11/06 | 18. Device Drivers | LDD chapter 3 | |
| Thu 11/08 | 19. Kernel Memory | LDD chapter 8, chapter 11 | |
| Tue 11/13 | 20. Kernel Synchronizations | LDD chapter 5, chapter 7 | |
| Thu 11/15 | Class cancelled due to snow | ||
| Tue 11/20 | 21. Interrupt Handling | Proj1 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj2 assigned | LDD chapter 10 |
| Tue 11/22 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Tue 11/27 | 25. Security | Sections 14.1-14.5, Linux Kernel Security | |
| Thu 11/29 | 22. Mass Storage | Sections 10.1-10.5 | |
| Tue 12/04 | 23. Filesystems | Sections 11.3-11.4, 12.1-12.3 | |
| Thu 12/06 | 24. Filesystem Implementations | Sections 12.4-12.7 | |
| Tue 12/11 | 26. Networking | Sections 17.5-17.6, Linux NAPI Design | |
| Thu 12/13 | Final Exam (6:00pm – 8:00pm) | ||
| Sun 12/16 | Proj2 due at 11:59:59 PM | ||