1. Introduction : Computer system overview, Architecture, Goals & Structures of O.S, Basic functions, Interaction of O.S. & hardware architecture, System calls, Batch, multiprogramming. Multitasking, time sharing, parallel, distributed & real-time O.S. (Chapter - 1) 2. Process and Threads Management : Process Concept, Process states, Process control, Threads, Uni-processor Scheduling : Types of scheduling : Preemptive, Non preemptive, Scheduling algorithms : FCFS, SJF, RR, Priority, Thread Scheduling, Real Time Scheduling. System calls like ps, fork, join, exec family, wait. (Chapter - 2) 3. Concurrency : Principles of Concurrency, Mutual Exclusion : S/W approaches, H/W Support, Semaphores, Pipes, Message Passing, Signals and Monitors. (Chapter - 3) 4. Inter Process Communication : Race Conditions, Critical Section, Mutual Exclusion, Hardware Solution, Strict Alternation, Peterson’s Solution, The Producer Consumer Problem, Semaphores, Event Counters, Monitors, Message Passing, Classical IPC Problems : Reader’s & Writer Problem, Dinning Philosopher Problem etc., Scheduling, Scheduling Algorithms. (Chapter - 4) 5. Deadlock : Principles of Deadlock, Starvation, Deadlock Prevention, Deadlock Avoidance, Deadlock Detection, System calls. (Chapter - 5) 6. Memory Management : Memory Management requirements, Memory partitioning : Fixed and Variable Partitioning, Memory Allocation : Allocation Strategies (First Fit, Best Fit, and Worst Fit), Swapping, Paging and Fragmentation. Demand Paging, Security Issues. Virtual Memory : Concepts, VM management, Page Replacement Policies (FIFO, LRU, Optimal, Other Strategies), Thrashing. (Chapter - 6) 7. I/O Management & Disk Scheduling : I/O Devices, Organization of I/O functions, Operating System Design issues, I/O Buffering, Disk Scheduling (FCFS, SCAN, C-SCAN, SSTF), RAID, Disk Cache. (Chapter - 7) 8. Unix/Linux Operating System : 9. Virtualization Concepts : 10. Approaches to Virtualization :
