Syllabus

Catalog Description

Covers the principles and practice of operating system design. Includes concurrency, memory management, file systems, protection, security, command languages, scheduling, and system performance.

Instructor

• Name: Heng Yin
• Email: heng AT cs DOT ucr DOT edu
• Office: Winston Chung Hall 316
• Office hours: Mon 2-3pm, Thu 11am-12pm
• Location and Time: Sproul 1102, T/Th 02:10PM-3:30PM

Textbooks

• Textbook (free!): Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
• Alternatives (not required): Operating Systems, Principles and Practice, Thomas Anderson and Michael Dahlin

Communication

We will use iLearn for assignments and grading, and piazza for announcement, discussions and help.

Lab Assignments

There will be four lab assignments based on XV6.

Exams

A midterm and a final exam are given to assess students' understanding of the key concepts discussed in the class.

Grading

Component	Weight
Lab assignments	40%
Homework	16%
Midterm	18%
Final Exam	26%

Policy for Late Submissions

Late submissions within 72 hours will be graded with 15% penalty for each day. Late submissions beyond 72 hours will not be graded. Exceptions may only be granted case by case with strong evidence presented.

Schedule

Date	Topics	Lecture Notes	Reading	Announcement
09/27	Syllabus and Overview, OS evolution	lec01.pdf	Module 2 in textbook	xv6 setup, Lab 0 optional
10/02	Architecture Support	lec02.pdf	For project, start reading Chapter 0, Appendix A and B in xv6 book
10/04	Achitecture Support, Process	lec03.pdf	Modules 3, 4, 6	lab 1 is out
10/09	Process, Thread	lec04.pdf	Modules 5, 26	HW1 is out
10/11	Thread, Synchronization	lec05.pdf	Modules 27, 28
10/16	No class (conference travel)
10/18	Synchronization	lec06.pdf	Modules 29, 31
10/23	Synchronization	Reviewed examples in Module 31		lab 2 and HW 2 are out
10/25	Scheduling	lec07.pdf	Modules 7, 8
10/30	Midterm Review	midter_review.pdf
11/01	Midterm			In-class exam, closed books
11/06	Memory Management	lec08.pdf
11/08	Virtual Memory	lec09.pdf	Modules 13, 14, 15; skim 16	Lab 3 released
11/13	TLB and Multi-Level Page Table	lec10.pdf	Modules 18, 19, 20	HW3 released
11/15	Page Replacement	lec11.pdf	Module 22
11/20	Disks and Filesystem	lec12.pdf	Modules 37	Lab 4 released.
11/22	Thanksgiving Holiday
11/27	Filesystem		Modules 39, skim 36
11/29	Filesystem	lec13.pdf	Module 40	HW 4 released
12/04	Filesystem	lec14.pdf
12/06	Review
12/11	Final Exam 8-11am