COMP3891 - Extended Operating Systems

Operating Systems Overview

• Role and Structure of Operating System

Processes, Threads and Concurrency

• Processes and Threads
• Processes and Threads Implementation
• Concurrency and Synchronisation
• Deadlock

File Systems

• Memory Hierarchy
• Unix Storage Stack
• File Allocation Strategies
• Virtual File System
• File Descriptors and Open File Table
• EXT2
• EXT3 (Journalling)

Memory Management

• Virtual Memory

Multiprocessors

• Buffer Optimisation

Scheduler

• Priority-Based and Multiprocessor Scheduling

Input / Output

• Interrupt Handling and Buffering