CMSC 421: Principles of Operating Systems

Lecture & Homework Schedule

Standard disclaimer: dates are subject to change.

Date Lecture Homework Reading
Tue 01/31 Introduction HW1 assigned Section 1.1 - 1.2
Thu 02/02 Roles of the Operating System Sections 1.3 - 1.11
Tue 02/07 System Calls Sections 2.1 - 2.7
Thu 02/09 Processes Sections 3.1 - 3.3
Tue 02/14 File Descriptors HW1 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW2 assigned Sections 11.1 - 11.2, Linux File Descriptors
Thu 02/16 Interprocess Communication Sections 3.4 - 3.6, Linux Signals Overview
Tue 02/21 Parallelism Sections 4.1 - 4.5
Thu 02/23 Synchronization Sections 4.6, 5.1-5.4
Tue 02/28 Thread Synchronizations HW2 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW3 assigned Sections 5.5-5.7, POSIX Threads Tutorial
Thu 03/02 Advanced Synchronizations Sections 5.7-5.9, 6.1
Tue 03/07 Scheduling Sections 6.2-6.3
Thu 03/09 Advanced Scheduling Sections 6.5-6.7
Tue 03/14 Class Cancelled - Snow HW3 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW4 assigned
Thu 03/16 Memory Systems Sections 8.1-8.3, 9.7, Linux mmap
Tue 03/21 Spring Break
Thu 03/23 Spring Break
Tue 03/28 Review Session
Thu 03/30 Midterm
Tue 04/04 Paging Sections 8.4-8.5
Thu 04/06 Introduction to Linux Kernel HW4 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj1 assigned LDD chapter 1, chapter 2
Tue 04/11 Device Drivers LDD chapter 3
Thu 04/13 Kernel Memory LDD chapter 8, chapter 11
Tue 04/18 Virtual Memory and Paging Strategies Sections 8.6, 9.1-9.3 and Sections 9.4-9.6, 9.8
Thu 04/20 Kernel Synchronizations LDD chapter 5, chapter 7
Tue 04/25 Interrupt Handling LDD chapter 10
Thu 04/27 Mass Storage Proj1 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj2 assigned Sections 10.1-10.5
Tue 05/02 Filesystems Sections 11.3-11.4, 12.1-12.3
Thu 05/04 Filesystem Implementations Sections 12.4-12.7
Tue 05/09 Security Sections 14.1-14.5, Linux Kernel Security
Thu 05/11 Embedded I/O Sections 13.2-13.3, Raspberry Pi Serial Communication
Tue 05/16 Review Session
Thu 05/18 Final Exam (6:00pm – 8:00pm)
Sun 05/21 Proj2 due at 11:59:59 PM