Operating Systems

Overview

Syllabus 1

1. module 1
   • Introductio to UNIX System Calls Part - 1
   • Introductio to UNIX System Calls Part - 2
   • Threads, Address Spaces, Filesystem Devices
   • PC Architecture
   • x86 Instruction Set, GCC Calling Conventions
   • Physical Memory Map, I/O, Segmentation
   • Segmentation, Trap Handling
   • Traps, Trap Handlers
   • Kernel Data Structures, Memory Management
   • Segmentation Review, Introduction to Paging
   • Paging
   • Process Address Spaces Using Paging
   • Translation Lookaside Buffer, Large Pages, Boot Sector
   • Loading the kernel, Initializing the Page table
   • Setting up page tables for user processes
   • Processes in action
   • Process structure, Context Switching
   • Process Kernel stack, Scheduler, Fork,Context-Switch, Process Control Block, Trap Entry and Return
   • Creating the first process
   • Handling User Pointers, Concurrency

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Taught by

• Prof. Sorav BansalIIT Delhi