CS3431 Operating Systems and  Data Management Summer 1999

Details:

• Class:
• CS3431 Intro to Operating Systems and Data Management
• MTWR 2:40-3:50 College of Computing Building (CCB) 101
• Prerequisites: CS2430 Control and Concurrency, knowledge of C
• Text: Silberschatz/Galvin Operating System Concepts AWL 98/5e
• Web: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs3431_99_summer
• News: git.cc.class.3431
• Instructors:
• Phillip Hutto (pwh@cc)
• Office: 119 CCB
• Hours: TuTh 4-5 Commons
• Phone: h 404.892.7444
• Vernard Martin (vernard@cc)
• Office: 226D CCB
• Hours: MW 1:40-2:40 Commons
• Phone: 404.894.9390
• Teaching Assistants
• Solomon Peachy (pizza@cc)
• Office: Commons
• Hours: MWF noon-1:00pm
• Steve Wisener (slanted@cc)
• Office: Commons
• Hours: MW 4:00-5:00pm
• Syllabus (text for now; I'll make it pretty later)

There will be two homeworks and two programming assignments. Homework questions will be taken from the text. Both programs will be written in C. The first will use Pthreads to implement a simple producer/consumer synchronization problem using threads. The second assignment will be an implementation of a first-fit memory manager (malloc/free).

• Homework 1 Ch 1-5, 12
• DUE: Thursday 8 July 2:40 pm
• Homework 2 Ch 7-9
• DUE: Monday 2 August 2:40 pm
• Project 1 Producer/Consumer with Pthreads
• DUE: Monday 12 July 11:59 pm
• Project 2 Malloc/Free Using First-Fit
• DUE: Wednesday 4 August 11:59 pm

To simplify things, NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED THIS QUARTER.

Exams:

There will be a midterm and a final exam. The midterm will be held in the evening outside of class time. You are responsible for clearing your schedule or contacting an instructor well in advance to notify us of any insurmountable schedule conflicts. Exams will probably be open book.

    Midterm:    Wednesday 14 July 7:30-9:00 pm CCB 101
                        (MAKEUP: Friday 16 July 11-12:30 CCB 201)
    Final:          Monday 9 August 2:50-5:40 pm CCB 101

Grading:

Assignments, exams and final course grades will be curved.

    Exams: 25% 25%
    Programs: 15% 15%
    Homeworks: 10% 10%

Graduating Seniors:

Graduating seniors are exempt from the final exam but must complete all remaining coursework.

    Exam: 30%
    Programs: 20% 20%
    Homeworks: 15% 15%

Supplementary Material:

• Course notes prepared by the textbook authors are available through the textbook web site.
• Text errata
• The first assignment will use POSIX threads (Pthreads). Several good books on Pthreads are available:
• Programming with Threads, Kleinman et al. Prentice-Hall 95
• Programming with POSIX Threads, Butenhof, AWL 97
• Pthreads Programming, Nichols et al., OReilly 96
• Multithreaded Programming with Pthreads, Lewis/Berg, Prentice-Hall 97
• A threads tutorial is also available via the Solaris "answerbook" as "Multithreaded Programming
• Last quarters Web (by Richard West).

Class Summaries:

1. M 21 June Ch 1 Intro
2. Tu 22 June Ch 2 Computer System Structure
3. W 23 June Ch 3 Operating System Structure
4. Th 24 June Ch 4 Processes
5. M 28 June Threads
6. Tu 29 June Ch 12 Low-level IO
7. W 30 June Ch 5 Scheduling I
8. Th 1 July Ch 5 Scheudling II

Last modified: 22 June 99 Phil Hutto pwh@cc.gatech.edu.