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operating systems

Semester :  IV

Course Code : 18CS43

CIE Marks : 40                       SEE Marks : 60

OPERATING SYSTEMS
18CS43

SYLLABUS

Module-1

Introduction to operating systems, System structures: What operating systems do; Computer System organization; Computer System architecture; Operating System structure; Operating System operations; Process management; Memory management; Storage management; Protection and Security; Distributed system; Special-purpose systems; Computing environments. Operating System Services; User – Operating System interface; System calls; Types of system calls; System programs; Operating system design and implementation; Operating System structure; Virtual machines; Operating System generation; System boot. Process Management Process concept; Process scheduling; Operations on processes; Inter-process communication
Textbook 1: Chapter 1, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Module-2

Multi-threaded Programming: Overview; Multithreading models; Thread Libraries; Threading issues. Process Scheduling: Basic concepts; Scheduling Criteria; Scheduling Algorithms; multiple-processor scheduling; Thread scheduling. Process Synchronization: Synchronization: The critical section problem; Peterson‟s solution; Synchronization hardware; Semaphores; Classical problems of synchronization; Monitors. Textbook 1: Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7

Module-3

Deadlocks: Deadlocks; System model; Deadlock characterization; Methods for handling deadlocks; Deadlock prevention; Deadlock avoidance; Deadlock detection and recovery from deadlock. Memory Management: Memory management strategies: Background; Swapping; Contiguous memory allocation; Paging; Structure of page table; Segmentation.
Textbook 1: Chapter 7, 8.1 to 8.6

Module-4

Virtual Memory Management: Background; Demand paging; Copy-on-write; Page replacement; Allocation of frames; Thrashing. File System, Implementation of File System: File system: File concept; Access methods; Directory structure; File system mounting; File sharing; Protection: Implementing File system: File system structure; File system implementation; Directory implementation; Allocation methods; Free space management.
Textbook 1: Chapter 91. To 9.6, 10.1 to 10.5

Module-5

Secondary Storage Structures, Protection: Mass storage structures; Disk structure; Disk attachment; Disk scheduling; Disk management; Swap space management. Protection: Goals of protection, Principles of protection, Domain of protection, Access matrix, Implementation of access matrix, Access control, Revocation of access rights, Capability-Based systems.
Case Study: The Linux Operating System: Linux history; Design principles; Kernel modules; Process management; Scheduling; Memory Management; File systems, Input and output; Inter-process communication.
Textbook 1: Chapter 12.1 to 12.6, 21.1 to 21.9