Subject Code: CS2254
Subject Name: Operating Systems
Department: Computer Science
Sem: Fourth
Type: Question Bank
CS 2254 OPERATING SYSTEMS Syllabus
UNIT I PROCESSES AND THREADS 9
Introduction to operating systems – review of computer organization – operating system
structures – system calls – system programs – system structure – virtual machines.
Processes: Process concept – Process scheduling – Operations on processes –
Cooperating processes – Interprocess communication – Communication in client-server
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systems. Case study: IPC in Linux. Threads: Multi-threading models – Threading issues.
Case Study: Pthreads library
UNIT II PROCESS SCHEDULING AND SYNCHRONIZATION 10
CPU Scheduling: Scheduling criteria – Scheduling algorithms – Multiple-processor
scheduling – Real time scheduling – Algorithm Evaluation. Case study: Process
scheduling in Linux. Process Synchronization: The critical-section problem –
Synchronization hardware – Semaphores – Classic problems of synchronization –
critical regions – Monitors. Deadlock: System model – Deadlock characterization –
Methods for handling deadlocks – Deadlock prevention – Deadlock avoidance –
Deadlock detection – Recovery from deadlock.
UNIT III STORAGE MANAGEMENT 9
Memory Management: Background – Swapping – Contiguous memory allocation –
Paging – Segmentation – Segmentation with paging. Virtual Memory: Background –
Demand paging – Process creation – Page replacement – Allocation of frames –
Thrashing. Case Study: Memory management in Linux
UNIT IV FILE SYSTEMS 9
File-System Interface: File concept – Access methods – Directory structure – Filesystem
mounting – Protection. File-System Implementation : Directory implementation –
Allocation methods – Free-space management – efficiency and performance – recovery
– log-structured file systems. Case studies: File system in Linux – file system in
Windows XP
UNIT V I/O SYSTEMS 8
I/O Systems – I/O Hardware – Application I/O interface – kernel I/O subsystem –
streams – performance. Mass-Storage Structure: Disk scheduling – Disk management –
Swap-space management – RAID – disk attachment – stable storage – tertiary storage.
Case study: I/O in Linux
Subject Name: Operating Systems
Department: Computer Science
Sem: Fourth
Type: Question Bank
CS 2254 OPERATING SYSTEMS Syllabus
UNIT I PROCESSES AND THREADS 9
Introduction to operating systems – review of computer organization – operating system
structures – system calls – system programs – system structure – virtual machines.
Processes: Process concept – Process scheduling – Operations on processes –
Cooperating processes – Interprocess communication – Communication in client-server
38
systems. Case study: IPC in Linux. Threads: Multi-threading models – Threading issues.
Case Study: Pthreads library
UNIT II PROCESS SCHEDULING AND SYNCHRONIZATION 10
CPU Scheduling: Scheduling criteria – Scheduling algorithms – Multiple-processor
scheduling – Real time scheduling – Algorithm Evaluation. Case study: Process
scheduling in Linux. Process Synchronization: The critical-section problem –
Synchronization hardware – Semaphores – Classic problems of synchronization –
critical regions – Monitors. Deadlock: System model – Deadlock characterization –
Methods for handling deadlocks – Deadlock prevention – Deadlock avoidance –
Deadlock detection – Recovery from deadlock.
UNIT III STORAGE MANAGEMENT 9
Memory Management: Background – Swapping – Contiguous memory allocation –
Paging – Segmentation – Segmentation with paging. Virtual Memory: Background –
Demand paging – Process creation – Page replacement – Allocation of frames –
Thrashing. Case Study: Memory management in Linux
UNIT IV FILE SYSTEMS 9
File-System Interface: File concept – Access methods – Directory structure – Filesystem
mounting – Protection. File-System Implementation : Directory implementation –
Allocation methods – Free-space management – efficiency and performance – recovery
– log-structured file systems. Case studies: File system in Linux – file system in
Windows XP
UNIT V I/O SYSTEMS 8
I/O Systems – I/O Hardware – Application I/O interface – kernel I/O subsystem –
streams – performance. Mass-Storage Structure: Disk scheduling – Disk management –
Swap-space management – RAID – disk attachment – stable storage – tertiary storage.
Case study: I/O in Linux
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