CSC 213: Operation Systems and Parallel Algorithms

Laboratory Exercise on Deadlock, Memory, and Files

Goals: This laboratory exercise provides some practice with issues related to deadlock, memory management, virtual memory, and file management.

Process: You must work in groups of 2 or 3 for this lab, where the groups are chosen by the instructor. Individual work is not appropriate, since part of the point of the lab is to encourage group discussion.

Exercises for this Lab: The following exercises relate to Chapters 10-13 of Operating Systems, Third Edition by Gary Nutt, Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2004.

Part A:

  1. Nutt, Section 10.7, Exercise 7

  2. Nutt, Section 10.7, Exercise 9

  3. Nutt, Section 10.7, Exercise 11

  4. Nutt, Section 11.7, Exercise 4

  5. Nutt, Section 11.7, Exercise 9

Part B:

  1. Nutt, Section 12.9, Exercise 6

  2. Nutt, Section 12.9, Exercise 11

  3. Nutt, Section 13.9, Exercise 7 or 9 (your choice)

  4. Nutt, Section 13.9, Exercise 10

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