Assignments of CS342 - Operating Systems

Homework 1: Linux System Calls

• Basic Use of Linux System Calls and Their Performance

Homework 2: Theoretical Questions on Various Topics

• CPU and Disk Scheduling Algorithms
• Synchronization
• Memory Management
• File Systems
• Mass Storage

Project 1: A Simple Shell Program

• Interprocess Communication
• C Pipes
• Command Parser

Project 2: Thread Safe Hash Table

• Multi-threaded Programs and Synchronization
• Mutex Locks in Pthreads API
• Hash Table Data Structure

Project 3: Resouce Allocation Library

• Synchronization and Deadlocks
• Banker's Algorithm
• Mutex Locks and Condition Variables in Pthreads API
• Monitor Implementation

Project 4: A Module to Access In-Memory File System Structures

• Developing Linux Kernel Modules
• In Memory File and File-System Structures of Linux