BCS303 Operating System
Course Learning Objectives
CLO 1. To Demonstrate the need for OS and different types of OS.
CLO 2. To discuss suitable techniques for management of different resources.
CLO 3. To demonstrate different APIs/Commands related to processor,
memory, storage and file system management.
SYLLABUS COPY
MODULE - 1
Introduction to operating systems, System structures: What operating systems do; 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 debugging, Operating System generation; System boot.
MODULE - 2
Process Management: Process concept; Process scheduling; Operations on processes; Inter process communication
Multi-threaded Programming: Overview; Multithreading models; Thread Libraries; Threading issues.
Process Scheduling: Basic concepts; Scheduling Criteria; Scheduling Algorithms; Thread scheduling; Multiple-processor scheduling,
MODULE - 3
Process Synchronization: The critical section problem; Peterson’s solution; Synchronization hardware; Semaphores; Classical problems of synchronization;
Deadlocks: System model; Deadlock characterization; Methods for handling deadlocks; Deadlock prevention; Deadlock avoidance; Deadlock detection and recovery from deadlock.
MODULE - 4
Memory Management: Memory management strategies: Background; Swapping; Contiguous memory allocation; Paging; Structure of page table; Segmentation.
Virtual Memory Management: Background; Demand paging; Copy-on-write; Page replacement; Allocation of frames; Thrashing.
MODULE - 5
File System, Implementation of File System: File system: File concept; Access methods; Directory and Disk structure; File system mounting; File sharing; Implementing File system: File system structure; File system implementation; Directory implementation; Allocation methods; Free space management.
Secondary Storage Structure, Protection: Mass storage structures; Disk structure; Disk attachment; Disk scheduling; Disk management; Protection: Goals of protection, Principles of protection, Domain of protection, Access matrix.
Course outcome
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
CO 1. Explain the structure and functionality of operating system.
CO 2. Apply appropriate CPU scheduling algorithms for the given problem.
CO 3. Analyse the various techniques for process synchronization and deadlock handling.
CO 4. Apply the various techniques for memory management.
CO 5. Explain file and secondary storage management strategies.
CO6. Describe the need for information protection mechanisms.
Suggested Learning Resources
Text Books
1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, Operating System Principles 8th edition, Wiley-India, 2015
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.