Schedule

The schedule will remain tentative all term.

Recommended readings are generally from the textbook, CS:APP3e. Problem set deadlines are for college; DCE students’ deadlines are 1 day later.

Unit 1: Data representation
- We 9/4: Introduction (datarep1)
- Mo 9/9: Sizes and layout (datarep2)
- We 9/11: Layout and allocators (datarep3)
- Mo 9/16: Pointer and integer arithmetic (datarep4)
- We 9/18: Undefined behavior and bits (datarep5); code representation (datarep6)
- Th 9/19: Problem set: memory allocator
- Exercises
Unit 2: Assembly & machine programming
- Mo 9/23: Data movement and arithmetic (asm1)
- We 9/25: Calling convention and control flow (asm2)
- Mo 9/30: Branches and save/restore (asm3); Sanitizers and buffer overflows (asm4)
- Th 10/3: Problem set: binary bomb
- Exercises
Th 10/10-Fri 10/11: Test 1
Unit 3: Kernel programming
- We 10/2: Processes, isolation, robustness (kernel1)
- Mo 10/7: Kernel isolation, protected control transfer (kernel2)
- We 10/9: Virtual memory (kernel3)
- Mo 10/14: holiday (no class)
- We 10/16: (kernel4)
- Th 10/17: Problem set: WeensyOS
- Exercises
Mo 10/21: EthiCS lecture (preread, ethics slides, UTF-8 slides)
Unit 4: Storage & caching
- We 10/23: Caches, memory hierarchy, system calls (storage1)
- Mo 10/28: (storage2)
- We 10/30: Multi-slot caches and mmap (storage3); Processor caches (storage4)
- Th 10/31: Problem set: Stdio
- Exercises
Th 11/7-Fri 11/8: Test 2
Unit 5: Process management
- Mo 11/4: Basics (process1)
- We 11/6: Inter-process communication (process2)
- Mo 11/11: Signals and race conditions (process3)
- We 11/13: (process4)
- Th 11/14: Problem set: Shell
- Exercises
Unit 6: Synchronization
- Mo 11/18: Threads, atomic operations, mutual exclusion (synch1)
- We 11/20: Condition variables, lost wakeups (synch2)
- Mo 11/25: (synch3)
- We 11/27: holiday (no class)
- Mo 12/2: (synch4)
- We 12/4: (synch5)
- Reading week: Problem set (by extension)
We 12/18-Th 12/19: Final Exam