CS 162
A smiling pinto bean being poked with a fork; References to the PintOS operating system students build in this class, and the fork syscall.

CS 162: Operating Systems and Systems Programming

Instructor: Natacha Crooks

Lecture: TuTh 3:30 - 5:00 PM PT in VLSB 2050

Schedule

WeekDate#LectureReadings/DiscussionsHomeworkProjectEvent
1
Mon
08/21
Tue
08/22
Wed
08/23
Thu
08/24		No Discussion
Fri
08/25		1What is an operating system? [pptx]A&D Ch 1Release HW0: Introduction
Sat
08/26
2
Sun
08/27
Mon
08/28
Tue
08/29		C Review Session (2-4 PM) [Video]
Wed
08/30		2Protection: Processes and Kernels [pptx]A&D Ch 2
Thu
08/31		Discussion 0: C, x86 [Worksheet] [Solutions] [Walkthrough]
Fri
09/01		3Protection: Processes (Continued) [pptx]Release Project 0: Introduction to Pintos
Sat
09/02		A&D Ch 4HW0 DueEarly Drop Deadline
3
Sun
09/03		Release Homework 1: Lists
Mon
09/04
Tue
09/05
Wed
09/06		4Systems Programming: Processes and IO [pptx]A&D Ch 3
Thu
09/07		Discussion 1: Fundamentals, Processes, Pintos Lists [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]
Fri
09/08		5Systems Programming: OS Library. Introductions to Threads
Sat
09/09		Project 0 DueDiscussion Registration Form Due
4
Sun
09/10		Release Project 1: User Programs [Design][Report]
Mon
09/11
Tue
09/12
Wed
09/13		6Synchronization 1: Concurrency and Mutual Exclusion
Thu
09/14		Discussion 2: Threads, IO [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]
Fri
09/15		7Synchronization 2: Concurrency (Con't), Lock Implementation, Atomic InstructionsA&D Ch 5.1-5.3
Sat
09/16		HW1 DueMidterm 1 Conflict Request Due
5
Sun
09/17		Release Homework 2: Shell
Mon
09/18
Tue
09/19
Wed
09/20		8Synchronization 3: Locks, Semaphores, Monitors [pptx]Mars Pathfinder Priority Inversion
Toyota Uncontroller Acceleration
Thu
09/21		Discussion 3: Mutual Exclusion, Condition Variables [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]
Fri
09/22		9Synchronization 4: Semaphores (Con't), Monitors and Readers/Writers [pptx]
Sat
09/23		Design Document DueMidterm 1 Review Session (10 AM-12 PM) [Video]
6
Sun
09/24
Mon
09/25
Tue
09/26
Wed
09/27		No lecture (Midterm)Midterm 1 (7-9 PM)
Thu
09/28		No Discussion
Fri
09/29		10Scheduling [pptx]A&D Ch 7
Sat
09/30
7
Sun
10/01
Mon
10/02
Tue
10/03
Wed
10/04		11Scheduling [pptx]A&D Ch 6HW2 Due
Thu
10/05		Discussion 4: Scheduling [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]Release Homework 3: HTTP Server
Fri
10/06		12Scheduling [pptx]
Sat
10/07
8
Sun
10/08
Mon
10/09
Tue
10/10		Code and Final Report Due
Wed
10/11		13Scheduling (Deadlock) [pptx]Release Project 2: Threads [Design] [Report]
Thu
10/12		 Discussion 5: Starvation [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]
Fri
10/13		14Virtual Memory [pptx]A&D Ch 8
Sat
10/14
9
Sun
10/15
Mon
10/16
Tue
10/17		Midterm 2 Conflict Request Due
Wed
10/18		15Virtual Memory [pptx]A&D Ch 9HW3 Due
Thu
10/19		 Discussion 6: Paging, Caches [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]Release Homework 4: Memory
Fri
10/20		16Virtual Memory
Sat
10/21		Design Document DueMid-semester Survey Due
10
Sun
10/22
Mon
10/23
Tue
10/24
Wed
10/25		17General I/OA&D Ch 10 & 12
Thu
10/26		No Discussion
Fri
10/27		18Midterm 2Midterm 2 (3:30-5 PM)
Sat
10/28
11
Sun
10/29
Mon
10/30
Tue
10/31		Suggested Checkpoint Deadline
Wed
11/01		19Filesystems 1 [pptx]A&D Ch 11 & 13
Thu
11/02		 Discussion 7: I/O [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]
Fri
11/03		20Filesystems 2 [pptx]
Sat
11/04		HW4 Due
12
Sun
11/05		Release HW5: Map Reduce (C, Rust)
Mon
11/06
Tue
11/07
Wed
11/08		21Filesystems 3 [pptx]A&D Ch 14
NFS
Thu
11/09		 Discussion 8: Filesystems [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]Code and Final Report Due
Fri
11/10		22Reliability and Distributed SystemsRelease Project 3: File Systems [Design] [Report]
Sat
11/11
13
Sun
11/12
Mon
11/13
Tue
11/14		RPC Lab Deadline (C, Rust)
Wed
11/15		23Distributed Systems (Distributed File Systems, The Internet) [pptx]
Thu
11/16		 Discussion 9: Reliability [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]
Fri
11/17		24Distributed Systems (Distributed Data Processing) [pptx]
Sat
11/18		Design Document Due
14
Sun
11/19
Mon
11/20
Tue
11/21		Midterm 3 Conflict Request Due
Wed
11/22		25Distributed Systems (Coordination - Atomic Commit)Checkpoint Deadline
Thu
11/23		 Discussion 10: Distributed Systems [Worksheet] [Solution] [Walkthrough]
Fri
11/24		Thanksgiving!
Sat
11/25		HW5 Due
15
Sun
11/26
Mon
11/27
Tue
11/28
Wed
11/29		26Distributed Systems (Coordination - Consensus)
Thu
11/30		No Discussion
Fri
12/01		27AMA
Sat
12/02
16
Sun
12/03
Mon
12/04
Tue
12/05
Wed
12/06
Thu
12/07
Fri
12/08		Code and Final Report Due
Sat
12/09
17
Sun
12/10
Mon
12/11
Tue
12/12
Wed
12/13
Thu
12/14
Fri
12/15
Sat
12/16
18
Sun
12/17

Discussion and Office Hours

This calendar includes cancellation and rescheduling.