COS 318, Fall 2012: Schedule

Computer Science 318
Operating Systems

Kai Li

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Here is the tentative schedule of lectures for the course. Links will be updated throughout the term.

You are expected to complete the readings before the day of the corresponding lecture, print out your notes, and bring to the lecture.

Date	Topics	Reading and Questions
9/13	Introduction	MOS 1.1-1.3
9/18	Overview	MOS 1.4-1.5, submit
9/20	OS Structure	MOS 1.6-1.7, submit
9/25	Processes & Threads	MOS 2.1, OS 4.1-4.2, submit
9/27	Threads Implementation	OS 4-3-4.4, 5.1, threads paper (pages1-7), submit
10/2	Mutex Implementation	OS 5.2-5.3, submit
10/4	Semaphores, Monitors, & Condition Variables	OS 5.4-5.7, threads paper(pages8-30), submit
10/9	CPU Scheduling	MOS 2.4, OS 7.2-7.4, submit
10/11	Deadlocks	MOS 6, submit
10/16	I/O Devices and Drivers	MOS 5.1-5.3, 5.5-5.9, submit
10/18	Security and protection by Prof. Ed Felten	MOS 9
10/23	Midterm exam, suggested solutions	2011 midterm
10/25	Message Passing	MOS 2.3.8, 8.2.1-8.2.4, submit
11/6	Virtual Memory Address Translation	MOS 3.1-3.3, submit
11/8	Virtual Memory Paging and Replacement	MOS 3.4, submit
11/13	Virtual Machine Monitors	Virtual Machine Monitors. VMM paper, submit
11/15	Virtual Memory Design Issues	MOS 3.5-3.6, submit
11/20	Storage Devices	MOS 5.4, OS 12.2, submit
11/27	File Systems	MOS 4.1, 9.3.1-9.3.3, submit
11/29	File Layout and Directories	MOS 4.2,4.3.1-4.3.3, 4.5.2-4.5.3, submit
12/4	Internetworking	DARPA Internet Protocols, Clark-paper, submit
12/6	File System Reliability and Performance	MOS 4.4.2-4.4.4, 4.3.5-4.3.6, OS 14.1, submit
12/11	NFS and Snapshot	MOS 10.6.3-10.6.4, NetApp paper, submit
12/13	Deduplication file system and review	Dedup storage, Dedup paper, submit
1/25	Final Exam: McCosh Hall 10, 7:30-10:30pm	Last year final exam