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This document provides information about the Operating Systems course offered at a university. The course is offered in the 4th semester and covers key topics like process management, memory management, file systems, and protection. It consists of 5 modules that cover concepts of operating systems, process scheduling, synchronization, virtual memory, file systems, and the Linux operating system. Evaluation includes class tests, assignments and a final exam worth 60 marks that tests knowledge across all modules. Recommended textbooks and reference books are also listed.

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This document provides information about the Operating Systems course offered at a university. The course is offered in the 4th semester and covers key topics like process management, memory management, file systems, and protection. It consists of 5 modules that cover concepts of operating systems, process scheduling, synchronization, virtual memory, file systems, and the Linux operating system. Evaluation includes class tests, assignments and a final exam worth 60 marks that tests knowledge across all modules. Recommended textbooks and reference books are also listed.

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OPERATING SYSTEMS
(Effective from the academic year 2018 -2019)
SEMESTER – IV
Course Code 18CS43 CIE Marks 40
Number of Contact Hours/Week 3:0:0 SEE Marks 60
Total Number of Contact Hours 40 Exam Hours 03
CREDITS –3
Course Learning Objectives: This course (18CS43) will enable students to:
• Introduce concepts and terminology used in OS
• Explain threading and multithreaded systems
• Illustrate process synchronization and concept of Deadlock
• Introduce Memory and Virtual memory management, File system and storage techniques
Module 1 Contact
Hours
Introduction to operating systems, System structures: What operating systems do; 08
Computer System organization; Computer System architecture; Operating System structure;
Operating System operations; Process management; Memory management; Storage
management; Protection and Security; Distributed system; Special-purpose systems;
Computing environments. Operating System Services; User - Operating System interface;
System calls; Types of system calls; System programs; Operating system design and
implementation; Operating System structure; Virtual machines; Operating System
generation; System boot. Process Management Process concept; Process scheduling;
Operations on processes; Inter process communication
Text book 1: Chapter 1, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
RBT: L1, L2, L3
Module 2
Multi-threaded Programming: Overview; Multithreading models; Thread Libraries; 08
Threading issues. Process Scheduling: Basic concepts; Scheduling Criteria; Scheduling
Algorithms; Multiple-processor scheduling; Thread scheduling. Process Synchronization:
Synchronization: The critical section problem; Peterson’s solution; Synchronization
hardware; Semaphores; Classical problems of synchronization; Monitors.
Text book 1: Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7
RBT: L1, L2, L3
Module 3
Deadlocks : Deadlocks; System model; Deadlock characterization; Methods for handling 08
deadlocks; Deadlock prevention; Deadlock avoidance; Deadlock detection and recovery from
deadlock. Memory Management: Memory management strategies: Background; Swapping;
Contiguous memory allocation; Paging; Structure of page table; Segmentation.
Text book 1: Chapter 7, 8.1 to 8.6
RBT: L1, L2, L3
Module 4
Virtual Memory Management: Background; Demand paging; Copy-on-write; Page 08
replacement; Allocation of frames; Thrashing. File System, Implementation of File
System: File system: File concept; Access methods; Directory structure; File system
mounting; File sharing; Protection: Implementing File system: File system structure; File
system implementation; Directory implementation; Allocation methods; Free space
management.
Text book 1: Chapter 91. To 9.6, 10.1 to 10.5

RBT: L1, L2, L3

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Module 5
Secondary Storage Structures, Protection: Mass storage structures; Disk structure; Disk 08
attachment; Disk scheduling; Disk management; Swap space management. Protection: Goals
of protection, Principles of protection, Domain of protection, Access matrix, Implementation
of access matrix, Access control, Revocation of access rights, Capability- Based systems.
Case Study: The Linux Operating System: Linux history; Design principles; Kernel
modules; Process management; Scheduling; Memory Management; File systems, Input and
output; Inter-process communication.
Text book 1: Chapter 12.1 to 12.6, 21.1 to 21.9
RBT: L1, L2, L3
Course Outcomes: The student will be able to :
• Demonstrate need for OS and different types of OS
• Apply suitable techniques for management of different resources
• Use processor, memory, storage and file system commands
• Realize the different concepts of OS in platform of usage through case studies
Question Paper Pattern:
• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Textbooks:
1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, Operating System Principles 7th edition,
Wiley-India, 2006
Reference Books:
1. Ann McHoes Ida M Fylnn, Understanding Operating System, Cengage Learning, 6th Edition
2. D.M Dhamdhere, Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach 3rd Ed, McGraw- Hill, 2013.
3. P.C.P. Bhatt, An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice 4th Edition,
PHI(EEE), 2014.
4. William Stallings Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 6th Edition, Pearson.

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