CP25C03 - ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEM

UNIT 1:

PART-A

 Semaphore & its Limitation / Thread Pool / Thread

 Spinlock / Context Switching / Monitor / Process
 Priority Inversion / Memory Fence / Deadlock
 Dispatcher Latency / Non-Blocking Synchronization
 Per-Core Run Queue / False Sharing
 Preemptive & Non Preemptive Scheduling / Load Balance
 Advantage of Lock-Free Data Structure
 Synchronization / MultiThreading / CPU Affinity

PART-B

 Thread Lifecycle & Management

 CPU Scheduling in Multi-Core Systems
 Thread Synchronization using Semaphores & Monitors
 Context Switching & Issues involved in Multithreading
 Various CPU Scheduling Algorithms
 Various Multithreading Models with Neat Diagrams

UNIT 2:

PART-A

 Demand Paging / Memory Compaction / Swap Space

 Thrashing / NUMA / Page Fault / Huge Pages
 Resource Allocation / Cloud-Native Computing / Paging
 Virtual Memory / Memory Fragmentation
 Differentiate b/w FIFO & LRU Algorithms / Segmentation
 TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) / UMA & NUMA
 Resource Contention / Copy-on-Write / Working Set Model

PART-B

 Demand Paging with Neat Diagram & Page Fault Handling

 Different Page Replacement Algorithms
 Resource Allocation Strategies in Cloud-Native Environments

PART-C

 NUMA-Aware Memory Management

UNIT 3:

PART-A

 QEMU / Virtualization / Purpose of Xen Hypervisor

 Guest & Host OS / Para-Virtualization
 Systemd-nspawn / OS-Level Virtualization
 Containerization / Namespace isolation
 Virtualization Overhead / Docker
 KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
 Linux Namespaces & its types / Namespaces
 Differentiate b/w Type I & Type II hypervisors

PART-B

 Type I & Type II Hypervisors with examples

 Xen & QEMU Architectures
 OS-level Virtualization & Namespaces
 Architecture of Docker Container

UNIT 4:

PART-A

 Lamport's Logical Clock / RPC (Remote Procedure Call)

 Clock Synchronization / Process Migration
 Distributed Operating System / Distributed Computing
 Distributed Scheduling / File Replication / HDFS
 Rollback Recovery / Metadata / Synchronization
 Message Passing / Transparency Issues / NFS
 Fault Tolerance / GFS (Google File System)
 Distributed Lock Manager (DLM)

PART-B

 Transparency & Fault Tolerance in Distributed OS

 Compare GFS & HDFS
 NFS Architecture & Operation

PART-C

 Distributed Process Scheduling & Synchronization Mechanisms

UNIT 5:

PART-A

 Access Control / Rootkit / AppArmor

 DAC (Discretionary Access Control) / OS Hardening
 TPM (Trusted Platform Module) / Secure boot
 RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
 Trusted Execution Environment / SELinux
 Sandboxing / Capability-based Security / Privilege Escalation
 Kernel Hardening / MAC (Mandatory Access Control)

PART-B

 Access Control Models (DAC, MAC & RBAC)

 Trusted Execution Environments (TEE)
 SELinux & AppArmor Mechanisms
 Secure boot Process & Rootkit Detection Techniques

PART-C

 OS Hardening & Sandboxing Techniques with examples

UNIT 6:

PART-A

 Earliest Deadline First (EDF) Algorithm

 Task Priority / Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)
 Scheduling in Real-Time Systems / POSIX RT Extensions
 Rate Monotonic Scheduling
 Task Control Block (TCB) / TinyOS
 Resource Sharing in RTOS / Deterministic Response
 Task Deadline / Task Priority / Task Preemption
 Difference b/w Hard & Soft Real-Time System

PART-B

 EDF & RM Scheduling Algorithms with examples

 TinyOS Architecture & its use in Embedded Systems
 Architecture of RTOS with case study on FreeRTOS
UNIT 7:

PART-A

 Darwin Kernel / Edge Computing / Lightweight OS

 Neuromorphic Computing / OS for Quantum Computers

 Features of Android OS / Microkernel

 Differentiate RTOS & Edge OS
 Difference b/w Unikernel & Microkernel
 Serverless Operating System / Unikernel & its Advantages

PART-B

 Compare Android & iOS Architectures

 OS for Quantum & Neuromorphic Computing
 Android Architecture & its Components
 Lightweight OS design for Edge Computing