CS 3400: Operating Systems
| Fall 2022 | Topics | Project | Reading |
| Aug 22–26 | introduction, os interfaces | building and running xv6 | xv6 ch 1, 3ep ch 1–2 |
| Aug 29–Sep 2 | processes and address spaces | hello world OS | xv6 ch 2, 3ep ch 3–5 |
| Sep 5–9 (Labor Day) | multicore, spinlocks | ||
| Sep 12–16 | stacks, context | core-locked coroutines | xv6 ch 3, 3ep ch 12–15 |
| Sep 19–23 | synchronization | locks | 3ep ch 16–24 |
| Sep 26–30 | interrupts, context switching | kernel threads, scheduling | xv6 ch 4 |
| Oct 3–7 | |||
| Oct 10–14 (Fall break) | virtual memory | userspace, paging | xv6 ch 5 |
| Oct 17–21 | fork and exec, page tables | modes, system calls | xv6 ch 6, 3ep ch 25–30 |
| Oct 24–28 | 3ep ch 31–34 | ||
| Oct 31–Nov 4 | userspace threads | tour rest of xv6 | xv6 ch 7, 3ep ch 6–7 |
| Nov 7–11 | userspace memory management | 3ep ch 8–11 | |
| Nov 14–18 | file systems | xv6 ch 8, 3ep ch 35–38 | |
| Nov 21–25 (Thanksgiving) | malloc and free | 3ep ch 39–46 | |
| Nov 28–Dec 2 | distributed file systems | xv6 ch 9, 3ep ch 47–51 | |
| Dec 5–9 |
Changes to the schedule will be announced in class.
“xv6” refers to the xv6 commentary book, our guide to the xv6 operating system source code.
“3ep” refers to Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, our (free) primary text.
Resourses
- Syllabus
- Xv6 main landing page
- Examples from class
- Setting up
sshto connect tocs3400.cs.utahtech.eduwithout typing a password:- Written instructions
- Screencast demo (note, the written instructions are slightly simpler—open that page and follow along while you watch the screencast).
Projects
Last Updated 09/13/2022