The following table outlines the schedule of lectures and assignments for the course. It should give you a good idea on the load expected in this class on a week by week basis. However, we reserve the right to change the order of lectures and/or assignments with an advanced week’s notice.
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Thu, May 30 2024 |
OS Introduction | ||
| WSL2 Install DUE Thu, May 30 2024 23:59 No submission needed | ||||
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2
Fri, May 31 2024 |
C Review | |||
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3
Mon, Jun 03 2024 |
The Process Abstraction | ||
| C Review & xv6 Introduction DUE Mon, Jun 03 2024 23:59 Submission box | ||||
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4
Tue, Jun 04 2024 |
Operations on Processes | |||
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5
Thu, Jun 06 2024 |
IPC: Signals | |||
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6
Fri, Jun 07 2024 |
IPC: Pipes | |||
| 2 |
7
Mon, Jun 10 2024 |
Makefiles | ||
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8
Tue, Jun 11 2024 |
Hacking Day: Heap Manager | |||
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9
Thu, Jun 13 2024 |
Introduction to Paging | |||
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10
Fri, Jun 14 2024 |
Paging | |||
| 3 |
11
Mon, Jun 17 2024 |
Exam 1: Part 1 Review | ||
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12
Tue, Jun 18 2024 |
Exam 1: Part 1 | |||
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13
Thu, Jun 20 2024 |
Multi-level Page Tables | |||
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14
Fri, Jun 21 2024 |
Interrupts and Traps |
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15
Mon, Jun 24 2024 |
Exam 1: Part 2 Review | ||
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16
Tue, Jun 25 2024 |
Exam 1: Part 2 | |||
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17
Thu, Jun 27 2024 |
Lazy page allocation activity | |||
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18
Fri, Jun 28 2024 |
Threads: Lightweight Processes | |||
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19
Mon, Jul 01 2024 |
Concurrency: Mutex & Condition Variables |
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Tue, Jul 02 2024 |
Mutex locks practice |
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21
Mon, Jul 15 2024 |
Concurrency: Condition Variables |
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Tue, Jul 16 2024 |
Concurrency: Condition Variables Practice |
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23
Thu, Jul 18 2024 |
Concurrency: Producer-consumer Problem |
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24
Fri, Jul 19 2024 |
Concurrency: Readers/Writers Problem |
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25
Mon, Jul 22 2024 |
CPU Scheduling I | ||
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26
Tue, Jul 23 2024 |
The xv6 scheduler | |||
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27
Thu, Jul 25 2024 |
Exam 2 Review | |||
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28
Fri, Jul 26 2024 |
Exam 2 Part 1 | |||
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29
Mon, Jul 29 2024 |
Introduction to Memory Safety | ||
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30
Tue, Jul 30 2024 |
Stack Smashing and Its Variants | |||
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31
Thu, Aug 01 2024 |
Return-to-libc Attacks | |||
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32
Fri, Aug 02 2024 |
Exam 2 Part 2 | |||
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33
Mon, Aug 05 2024 |
Return-Oriented-Programming and Wrap-up | ||
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34
Tue, Aug 06 2024 |
File Systems | |||
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35
Thu, Aug 08 2024 |
Project Work Time | |||
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36
Fri, Aug 09 2024 |
Project Work Time and Meetings | |||
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37
Mon, Aug 12 2024 |
Lab: ext2 file system | ||
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38
Tue, Aug 13 2024 |
Project Work Time and Meetings | |||
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Thu, Aug 15 2024 |
Project Work Time and Meetings | |||
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40
Fri, Aug 16 2024 |
Project Work Time and Meetings | |||