Mark Humphrys - Teaching - CA321

Operating Systems - Design and Implementation

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Course Descriptor

• CA321 - OS Implementation

• Past exam papers
  • Also relevant is CA204.

Notes

1. Combined 2nd and 3rd year Syllabus

   
   

2. OS Theory
   1. Memory v. Disk (Corresponds roughly to Chapters 1,2)
      • Compile-time, Load-time and Run-time

   2. Computer and OS Structure (Ch. 2,3)
   3. Processes and Scheduling (Ch. 4,5)
      • Scheduling Algorithms
   4. Process Synchronisation and Deadlocks (Ch. 6,7)
      • Deadlocks

   5. Memory Implementation (Ch. 8,9)
      • Include and Lib directories
      • Paging
   6. Files Implementation (Ch. 10,11)
      • UNDELETE

   7. Security (Ch. 20)
      • UNIX file protections
      • UNIX directory protections

   
   

Practical

C++ and Shell CGI scripts.

Recommended Reading

• Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz and Galvin, 5th edn, 1998. Bookshop. Library 005.43.SIL.
  • resources

Library categories

• 005 - Computer programming, programs, data
  • 005.4 - Systems programming and programs