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Systems Programming
CS 241, Spring 2014
Course materials
Getting help
- Staff hours
- Piazza discussion board for all technical and class-related questions. You will receive an invitation email from Piazza to join the sp14.cs241 discussion board
- For private questions only, email cs241help-sp14@cs.illinois.edu. Please use Piazza if at all possible.
Schedule
| Wk | Date | Event | Assignments | Readings and Notes |
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| 1 | Mon Jan 20 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No classes, no office/lab hours) |
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| Wed Jan 22 | Course Introduction | MP0 Released (MP0 files) | How to study: a brief guide | |
| Thu Jan 23 | Discussion Section | ds0 | ||
| Fri Jan 24 | Introduction to C | appendix_L02 | ||
| 2 | Mon Jan 27 | C No Evil | ||
| Wed Jan 29 | Operating Systems |
MP0 Due MP1 Released |
appendix_L04 | |
| Thu Jan 30 | Discussion Section | |||
| Fri Jan 31 | System Calls | appendix_05 | ||
| 3 | Mon Feb 3 | Heap Memory | What is a kernel? | |
| Wed Feb 5 | Heap Memory II |
MP1 Due MP2 Released |
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| Thu Feb 6 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri Feb 7 | Heap Memory Wrap-Up and Paging | appendix_08 | ||
| 4 | Mon Feb 10 | Memory: Paging II | ||
| Wed Feb 12 | Memory: Paging III | MP2 Part I Due | appendix_10 | |
| Thu Feb 13 | Discussion Section | |||
| Fri Feb 14 | Memory Wrap Up | |||
| 5 | Mon Feb 17 | Processes | appendix_12 | |
| Wed Feb 19 | Processes |
MP2 Part 2 Due MP3 Released |
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| Thu Feb 20 | Discussion Section | |||
| Fri Feb 21 | Processes | |||
| 6 | Mon Feb 24 | POSIX Threads | appendix_14 | |
| Wed Feb 26 | POSIX Threads II |
MP3 due |
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| Thu Feb 27 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri Feb 28 | Synchronization | |||
| 7 | Mon Mar 3 | Synchronization | P_V_counter.c MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE | |
| Wed Mar 5 | Preemptive Scheduling | quantum.c | ||
| Thu Mar 6 | Discussion section | SAMPLE MID-TERM EXAM | ||
| Fri Mar 7 | Synchronization | MP4 Due | ||
| Sat Mar 8 |
Midterm Review Session I 12PM-2PM 0216SC |
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| 8 | Mon Mar 10 |
Lecture: Midterm Review Session II Midterm Exam 7:00pm - 9:00pm Exam Room Assignments Last Name: A - M: SIEBEL 1404, map N - V: EVRT 269, map W - Z: EVRT 165, map Unregistered Students: EVRT 165 |
SAMPLE MID-TERM EXAM MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE |
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| Wed Mar 12 | Using Semaphores | rw1.c poll | ||
| Thu Mar 13 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri Mar 14 | Condition variables | questions, pc.c, rw2.c, rw3.c | ||
| 9 | Mon Mar 17 | Condition variables | condition.c | |
| Wed Mar 19 | Deadlock | MP5 Released | question | |
| Thu Mar 20 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri Mar 21 | Introduction to signals | |||
| 10 | Mon Mar 23 | Spring Break | ||
| Wed Mar 25 | ||||
| Fri Mar 27 | ||||
| 11 | Mon Mar 31 | Deadlock prevention | question | |
| Wed Apr 2 | Deadlock wrapup; IPC: shared mem | shm.c | ||
| Thu Apr 3 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri Apr 4 | IPC: mmap and pipes | mmap.c, pipe.c | ||
| 12 | Mon Apr 7 | IPC: pipes and FIFOs | ls_wc.c | |
| Wed Apr 9 | I/O Multiplexing |
MP5 Due MP6 Released |
questions, fifostdin.c, epoll.c | |
| Thu Apr 10 | Discussion Section | |||
| Fri Apr 11 | I/O Multiplexing, Signals | epoll.c, signal_handler.c | ||
| 13 | Mon Apr 14 | Signals | signal-v1.c, signal-v2.c | |
| Wed Apr 16 | Networking | |||
| Thu Apr 17 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri Apr 18 | Networking 2 | |||
| 14 | Mon Apr 21 | Sockets | socket_simple_client.c, socket_simple_server.c | |
| Wed Apr 23 | HTTP |
MP6 Due MP7 Released |
questions | |
| Thu Apr 24 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri Apr 25 | DNS | |||
| 15 | Mon Apr 28 | Networking wrap-up | server.c | |
| Wed Apr 30 | I/O | question, copy.c | ||
| Thu May 1 | Discussion section | |||
| Fri May 2 | Filesystems | |||
| 16 | Mon May 5 | Security | MP7 Due | |
| Wed May 7 | Wrap-up and beyond CS 241 | |||
| Fri May 16 |
Final Exam, 8-11 am Last name A - Le: in 1404 Siebel Last name Li-Z: in 151 Loomis |
Study guide Practice exam |
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