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
• Location and Time: Online via Zoom, M/W/F 02:00PM-2:50PM
• Office hours: by appointment via Calendly

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
• XV6 Documentation: xv6: A simple, UNIX-like teaching operating system

Lecture Notes and Videos

Distributed in Piazza "Resources" page.

Communication

• GradeScope for assignments and exams
• 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 (Tentative)

Component	Weight
Attendance/Class Participation	10%
Lab assignments	35%
Homework	15%
Midterm	15%
Final Exam	25%

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. Due to the pandemic, extensions can be granted to students case by case, as long as a reasonable justification is provided.

Schedule

Date	Topics	Reading	Announcement
03/29	Syllabus
03/31	Introduction and History	Module 2	Check lab 0 in Piazza Resources
04/02	OS Model and Architectural Support	Module 6
04/05	Architectural Support
04/07	Process	Module 4, and 13
04/09	Process cont'd	Module 5
04/12	Thread	Module 26	Lab 1 is out, due 04/25, end of day
04/14	Thread/Synchronization	Module 27	HW1 is out, due 04/20
04/16	Synchronization cont'd	Module 28
04/19	Semaphore	Module 31
04/21	Semaphore cont'd
04/23	Semaphore/Deadlock		HW2 posted, due 05/02
04/26	Scheduling	Module 7	lab 2 is out, due 05/09
04/28	Scheduling cont'ed	Module 8
04/30
05/03	Midterm Review
05/05	Midterm Review
05/07	Midterm Exam
05/10	Memory Hierarchy
05/12	Virtual Memory	Module 13, 14, 15
05/14	Virtual Memory cont'd	Modules 18, 19, 20
05/17	Virtual Memory cont'd		Lab 3 announced, due 05/30
05/19	TLB/Multi-Level Page Table
05/21	Page Replacement	Modules 21, 22
05/24	IO Devices/Hard Disks	Modules 36, 37
05/26	Files and Directories	Module 39	Optional Lab 4 is released, due 06/06/2021
05/28	File System Implementation	Module 40
05/31
06/02
06/04
06/08	Final Exam	Online 3pm-6pm