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Operating Systems 2
OS2 Acad. year 2003/2004 Summer semester 6 credits
Basic concepts, operating system kernel, kernel structure. Parallel programming and synchronization withe a view to kernel synchronization. Deadlock, deadlock detection and prevention. Scheduling algorithms for uniprocessor systems. Memory management, virtual memory, paging, virtual memory implementation. Input/Output, synchronous and asynchronous I/O, drivers, optimalization of disk operations, File systems, disk space allocation, metadata structures, failure recovery, file system examples. Security and protection.
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Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
Students are acquainted with the parallel programming using POSIX threads, usage of synchronization primitives, virtual memory and file system.
Learning objectives
The goal is to acquaint students with the principles and concepts that are used as a basis of modern operating systems kernels.
Study literature
- Bic, L., Shaw, A.C.: Operating Systems Principles, Prentice-Hall, 2003, ISBN 0-13-026611-6
- Raymond, E.S.: The Art of Unix Programming
- Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Fundamental literature
- Bic, L.: The Logical Design of Operating Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1988, ISBN 0-13-540139-9
- Andrews, G.R.: Foundations of Multithreaded, Parallel, and Distributed Programming, Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0-201-35752-6
- Nutt, G.J.: Operating Systems: A Modern Perspective, Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0-201-61251-8
- Stevens, R.,W.: Advanced Programming in The Unix Environment, Addison-Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-56317-7
- Vahalia, U.: Unix Internals: The New Frontiers, Prentice-Hall, 1996, ISBN 0-13-101908-2
- McKusick, M.K., Bostic, K., Karels, M.,J., Quaterman, J.S.: The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System, Addison-Wesley, 1996, ISBN 0-201-54979-4
- Schimmel, K.: UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers, Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-63338-8
- Butenhof, D.R.: Programming with POSIX Threads, Addison-Wesley, 1997, ISBN 0-201-63392-2
- Tannenbaum, A.S.: The Modern Operating Systems, Prentice-Hall, 2001, ISBN 0-13-031358-0
Progress assessment
Written mid-term exam (20 points) and submitted project in due date.
Course inclusion in study plans
- Programme EI-BC-3, field VTB, 1st year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-BC-3 (in English), field VTB, 1st year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-MGR-3, field VTN, 1st year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-MGR-5, field VTI, 1st year of study, Elective
- Programme EI-MGR-5 (in English), field VTI, 1st year of study, Elective