- Syllabus with requirements and grading policies
- Handin instructions for MPs and homeworks
Course materials
Getting help
- Staff hours
- Piazza discussion board for all technical and class-related questions. You need the access code to register on Piazza.
- For private questions only, email cs241help-su12@cs.illinois.edu. Please use Piazza if at all possible.
Schedule
| Date | Event | Assignments | Readings and Notes |
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| Mon Jun 11 |
Course introduction
Introduction to C |
Homework 1 Released MP1 Released (zip) |
C Tutorial Textbook: Chapter 1, 2 |
| Tue Jun 12 |
Introduction to C Operating systems Discussion Section: MiniMP (zip) |
Textbook: Chapter 1, 2 | |
| Wed Jun 13 | System calls Processes Discussion Section: Office Hours |
11:59pm: Homework Due | Textbook: Chapter 3 |
| Sun Jun 17 | 11:59pm: MP1 Due | ||
| Mon Jun 18 | Memory intro Memory: heap allocation |
MP2 Released (zip) | Textbook: Chapter 21 |
| Tue Jun 19 | Memory: buddy system / segmentation Memory: paging Annotation: combined file Discussion: MiniMP (zip) |
Textbook: Chapter 22 | |
| Wed Jun 20 | Memory: paging Memory: wrap up Annotation: combined file Discussion: Office Hours |
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| Sun Jun 24 |
MP2 Results Page 11:59pm: MP2 Due |
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| Mon Jun 25 | Processes Processes: System view |
MP3 Released (zip) | Chapter 3, 4 and 7 |
| Tue Jun 26 | Threads: pthreads Threads: systems view Annotation: combined file Discussion: MiniMP (zip) |
Textbook: Chapter 8 | |
| Wed Jun 27 | Threads wrap-up Scheduling Annotation: combined file Discussion: Office Hours |
Textbook: Chapter 14 | |
| Sun Jul 1 | |||
| Mon Jul 2 | Synchronization intro Synchronization |
Practice Midterm MP4 Released (zip) 11:59pm: MP3 Due |
Textbook: Chapter 9 |
| Tue Jul 3 | Topics wrapup Midterm review Discussion: MiniMP (zip) |
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| Wed Jul 4 | No Class -- University Holiday | ||
| Sun Jul 8 | 11:59pm: MP4 Due | ||
| Mon Jul 9 | Midterm Exam 11:00am - 12:50pm (during class, all 110 minutes) 1109 SC (in our usual classroom) Closed books, closed notes Bring only an i-Card, #2 pencil |
MP5 Released ( zip ) | |
| Tue Jul 10 | Code: Race Condition Code: ...fix with mutex Code: ...fix with cond vars Code: ...fix with semaphore Code: Producer-Consumer Discussion: MiniMP (zip) |
Textbook: Chapters 12, 13 Mutual exclusion Semaphore Conditional variables Producer-consumer problem Buffer underflow Buffer overflow |
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| Wed Jul 11 |
Code: Readers-Writers Problem Code: Dining philosophers Discussion: Office Hours |
Textbook: Chapter 10 Dining philosophers problem Readers-writers problem Deadlocks |
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| Sun Jul 15 | 11:59pm: MP5 Due | ||
| Mon Jul 16 | Deadlock solutions Banker's algorithm |
MP6 Released (zip) |
Deadlock Deadlock Detection Deadlock Prevention Deadlock Avoidance Banker's algorithm Good overview of deadlock stuffs from Temple Univ. |
| Tue Jul 17 | Interprocess communication IPC: Pipes, FIFOs Discussion: MiniMP |
Textbook: Chapter 15 | |
| Wed Jul 18 |
No class, yayy! Discussion: Office Hours |
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| Sun Jul 22 | 11:59pm: MP6 Due | ||
| Mon Jul 23 | Select, poll (on whiteboard) Signals |
MP7 Released (zip) | Textbook: Chapter 16 |
| Tue Jul 24 | Networking Network programming Discussion: MiniMP (zip) |
Textbook: Chapter 18 | |
| Wed Jul 26 | Network applications Network applications |
MP8 Released (zip) | |
| Sun Jul 29 | 11:59pm: MP7 Due | ||
| Mon Jul 30 | DNS and more Disks, i-Nodes, and RAID |
Textbook: Chapters 1, 8, 10, 18-20 | |
| Tue Jul 31 | I/O I/O |
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| Wed Aug 1 | Filesystems Wrap up and Beyond CS241 |
11:59pm: MP8 Due (This is a Wednesday!) Extension: MP8 may be submitted until Friday, August 3rd at 11:59pm without late penalty; however, there is no submissions after 11:59pm (not even late submissions). |
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| Saturday, Aug 4 | CS 241 Final Exam Saturday, August 4, 2012 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location 1404 SC Closed books, closed notes Only bring #2 pencil and i-Card |
Study Guide: pdf, docx Practice Exam: pdf, docx |