Operating Systems Course - Fall 2024

This repository contains assignments and the final project for the Operating Systems course, Fall 2024. Each assignment explores key concepts and practical implementations in operating systems.

Assignments

HW1: Basic Preprocessor in xv6

• Description: Implement a simple preprocessor to process text files, replacing variables with their values.
• Topics Covered: Text processing, file handling in xv6.

HW2: Pipes and Redirections in xv6

• Description: Extend xv6 shell functionality to handle pipes and redirections.
• Topics Covered: Interprocess communication, file I/O.

HW3: Round Robin Priority Scheduler in xv6

• Description: Implement a round robin scheduler with 5 priority levels and demonstrate the effect of priorities on process scheduling.
• Topics Covered: Scheduling algorithms, priority handling.

HW4: Mutexes and Spinlocks in Linux

• Description: Research and analyze the usage of mutexes and spinlocks for synchronization in Linux.
• Topics Covered: Thread synchronization, concurrency.

HW5: Tail Functionality in xv6

• Description: Implement the tail command in xv6 to display the last n lines of a file.
• Topics Covered: Command-line utilities, file handling.

Final Project: strace Utility in xv6

• Description: Implement the strace utility to trace system calls made by a process, with support for filtering, child process tracing, and output suppression.
• Topics Covered: System call tracing, process monitoring, filtering options.