Discussion Sections - CSCI 402, Fall 2015, All Sections

Please note that programming assignments are due on Thursdays and you are expected to have finished the an assignment before its due date.

• Week 1 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - gdb, warmup #1
• Week 2 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - C, Unix
• Week 3 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - warmup #2 introduction
• Weeks 4 & 5 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - warmup #2, multiple processes and multiple threads

  Code in slides:

  • defs.h
  • fork-wait.c
  • cat.c
  • redirect.c
  • thr-term.c
  • busywait.c
  • join.c
  • deadlock.c
  • trylock.c
  • whoopee.c
  • status-update.c
  • sigblock.c
  • sigwait.c
  • direct.c
  • cancel.c

• Week 6 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - introduction to kernel assignments
• Weeks 7 & 8 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - kernel 1, faber_test

  Code in slides:

  • k1tests.zip

• Week 9 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - introduction to kernel 2

  Code in slides:

  • fs.zip

• Weeks 10 & 11 - kernel 2, vfstest.c, faber_fs_test.c

  Notes:

  • week10-notes.txt

• Week 12 (PDF) (6-up PDF) - introduction to kernel 3
• Week 13 - objdump, address space implementation (vmarea, mmobj, pframe, page table), page fault handling, hello.c, fork-and-wait.c, kernel FAQ
• Week 14 - do_fork(), kernel 3 FAQ, memtest.c, eatmem.c, and forkbomb.c.
• Week 15 - Q & A

Week #	Date	Topics	Comments
1	8/28	gdb, warmup #1
2	9/4	C, Unix
3	9/11	warmup #2	(warmup #1 due at end of day)
4	9/18	multithreading
5	9/25	Unix signals
6	10/2	intro to kernel assignments	(warmup #2 due at end of day)
7	10/9	kernel #1
8	10/16	faber_test
9	10/23	kernel #2	(kernel #1 due at end of day)
10	10/30	polymorphism, reference counting
11	11/6	vfstest, faber_fs_test
12	11/13	kernel #3	(kernel #2 due at end of day)
13	11/20	objdump, addres space implementation
14	11/27	do_fork, memtest, eatmem, forkbomb
15	12/4	Q & A	(kernel #3 due at end of day)