ADVANCE OPERATING SYSTEM
Unit 1
Operating system structures : operating system service – user and operating system interface-
system call-system service-linkers and loader-operating system design and implementation-
operating system-structure-process management-process concept-process scheduling- operation
on process-interprocess communication-ipc in shared memory system-ipc in message passing
system-examples of ipc system.
Unit 2
Threads and concurrency: overview –multicore programming-multithreading models-thread
libraries-implicit threading-threading issues-operating system examples-cpu scheduling-basic
concept-scheduling algorithms-thread cpu scheduling –multi processor scheduling- real time cpu
scheduling –operating system examples-algorithm evaluation.
Unit 3
Synchronization tools: background-the critical section problem-peterson’s solution-hardware
support for synchronization-mutex locks-semaphores-synchronization examples-classical
problems of synchronization-synchronization within the kernel-posix Synchronization-deadlock:
system model-deadlock in multithread applications-deadlock characterization-methods for
handling deadlocks-deadlocks preventions-deadlock avoidance- deadlock detection-recovery
from deadlock.
Unit 4
Main memory: background –contiguous memory allocation- paging-structure of the page table-
swapping-virtual memory: background –demand paging- copy –on-write-page replacement-
allocaton of frames –thrashing- memory compression.
Unit 5
Mass-storage structure: overview of mass storage structure-hdd scheduling-nvm scheduling-
error detection and correction-storage device management- i/o system: i/o hardware-application
i/o interface.
Text Books:
1. Abraham Silberschatz Peter B. Galvin, G. Gagne, “Operating System Concepts”,
Sixth Edition, Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 2003.
Reference Books:
1. Operating systems - Internals and Design Principles, W. Stallings, 6th Edition,
Pearson
2. Operating System - Willam-Stallings Fourth Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
3. Operating Systems – H.M. Deitel, P. J. Deitel, D. R. Choffnes, 3 rd Edition, Pearson
