CS1002 UNIX INTERNALS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI: CHENNAI – 600 025
B.E DEGREE PROGRAMME COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(Offered in Colleges affiliated to Anna University)
CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS – REGULATIONS – 2004
B.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
LIST OF ELECTIVES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

CS1002 UNIX INTERNALS 3 0 0 100

AIM
To understand the kernel, I/O & files, process control, scheduling and memory management policies in unix.
OBJECTIVES
• To get thorough understanding of the kernel..
• To understand the file organization and management.
• To know the various system calls.
• To have a knowledge of process architecture, process control & scheduling and memory management.
UNIT I GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM 9
History – System structure – User perspective – Operating system services – Assumptions about hardware. Introduction to the Kernel : Architecture of the UNIX operating system – Introduction to system concepts – Kernel data structures – System administration – Summary and Preview.
UNIT II BUFFER CACHE 9
Buffer headers – Structure of the buffer pool – Advantages and disadvantages of the buffer cache. Internal representation of files : Inodes – Structure of a regular file – Directories – Conversion of a path name to an Inode – Super block – Other file types.
UNIT III SYSTEM CALLS FOR FILE SYSTEM 9
Open – Read – Write – File and record locking – Adjusting the position of file I/O –LSEEK – Close – File creation – Creation of special files – Pipes – Dup – Mounting and unmounting file systems
UNIT IV THE STRUCTURE OF PROCESSES 9
Process states and transitions – Layout of system memory – The context of a process – Saving the context of a process. Process Control: Process creation – Signals – Process termination – Awaiting process termination – Invoking other programs – The shell – System boot and the INIT process.
UNIT V PROCESS SCHEDULING AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT POLICIES 9
Process Scheduling – Memory Management Policies : Swapping – A hybrid system with swapping and demand paging. The I/O Subsystem : Driver Interfaces– Disk Drivers-Terminal Drivers.

TOTAL : 45
TEXT BOOK
1. Maurice J. Bach, “The Design of the Unix Operating System”, Prentice Hall of India, 2004.
REFERENCE
1. Vahalia, “Unix Internals: The New Frontiers”, Pearson Education Inc, 2003.