Operating Systems and C

Schedule

#	Wk	Date		Topic	Reading	Exercises	R	C	A	Details
1	35	Aug	30	Computer Systems	1	1-4, server	2	6	0	overview, abstractions (Fundamental, OS)
2	36	Sep	6	Representing Data	2.1-2	5-7	2	3	5	bin, hex, two’s complement
3	37	Sep	13	Representing Instructions	3.1-2	8-10	2	3	5	mem I/O, ops, stack, assembly
4	38	Sep	20	Interpreter	4.1-2	11-15	1	3	10	processor: gates, circuits, instruction sets, aF
		Sep	25	assignment 1: datalab (pdf)						due at 23:59
5	39	Sep	27	C Primer	3.7-10	16-17	1	3	10	dec, def, types, ops, pointers
8	40	Oct	4	Process	8.1-5	18-20	5	3	6	interrupt, `fork`, `exit`, `wait`, `execve`, aO
6	41	Oct	11	Security Performance			0	0	10	stack-based exploits: buffer overflow, canaries locality: temporal, spacial, arrays, caching
	42			fall break
	43	Oct	25	Security Performance			0	0	10	linux security: kernel, drivers, booting, LSM optimization: compilers, blockers, benchmarks
9	44	Nov	1	Heap	9.9	24-25	3	1	4	`malloc`, `free`, allocator (free-list, coalescing)
10	45	Nov	8	Memory	9.1-7	21-22	3	2	3	virtual memory: cache, page, tlb, link, load, aFO
		Nov	13	assignment 2: attacklab (pdf), perflab (pdf)						due at 23:59, DS does perflab, others choose one
11	46	Nov	15	File	10	23	2	1	7	file I/O, inode, wd, fd, linux I/O, aO
12	47	Nov	22	Concurrency	12.1-5		2	0	8	thread, thread-safety, mutex, semaphore
		Nov	27	assignment 3: malloclab (pdf)						due at 23:59, only for SWU & MSc students
13	48	Nov	29	Communication	11.1-4		2	0	8	networks: internet, host, port, socket, aF
14	49	Dec	6
		Dec	16	exam assignment						due at 14:00
				christmas break

Reading refers to sections in CS:APP, exercises are from LCTHW (see books below). R, C and A refer to hours we estimate you will spend on Reading, C-programming, and Assignment. Slides & labs in the schedule are from last year; expect them to change, but only slightly.