Each discussion section is conducted by a TA. Below is a list showing which TA is responsible for which discussion section:

• Fri 10:00am - 10:50am in (TBD)
• Fri 11:00am - 11:50am in (Bill Cheng <bill.cheng@usc.edu>)
• Fri 12:00pm - 12:50pm in (TBD)

During a discussion section, the TA will primarily present information regrading up-coming programming assignments. If you have a particular topic that you would like the TA to discuss in class (including stuff like something covered in lectures that you would like the TA to explain further), you should send e-mail to the TA before 5PM on Thursday. The TA will try his/her best to cover such requests.

Please note that programming assignments are due on Tuesdays. Since you are expected to have finished the an assignment before its due date, on the due date of a programming assignment, the TA will be introducint the next programming assignment and that takes priority over the current assignment. If there is time left, the TA can discuss the current assignment.

The following are tentative and final slides (in PDF format) for this semester. Please note that the source code used below are not the same as in your assignments. They are meant to be used during discussion sections ONLY.

• 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
  • three-threads.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(), do_brk(), kernel 3 FAQ, memtest.c, eatmem.c, and forkbomb.c.
• Week 15 - Q & A

Week #	Date	Topics	Comments
1	1/11	gdb, warmup #1
2	1/18	C, Unix
3	1/25	warmup #2	(warmup #1 due at end of day)
4	2/1	multithreading
5	2/8	Unix signals
6	2/15	intro to kernel assignments	(warmup #2 due at end of day)
7	2/22	kernel #1
8	3/1	faber_test
9	3/8	kernel #2	(kernel #1 due at end of day)
10	3/22	polymorphism, reference counting
11	3/29	vfstest, faber_fs_test
12	4/5	kernel #3	(kernel #2 due at end of day)
13	4/12	objdump, addres space implementation
14	4/19	do_fork, memtest, eatmem, forkbomb
15	4/26	Q & A	(kernel #3 due at end of day)