CS490 Windows Internals

Course Summary

This course emphasizes on a discussion of operating systems concepts, which is closely linked to one particular implementation - the Windows OS family. Given the ease-of-use of today's commercial, off-the-shelf operating systems, students need to be actively motivated not to treat operating systems as black boxes, but to gain in-depth insight in the OS implementation. Using the Windows OS family as primary target of discussion, the course will also provide links and comparison to other operating systems (such as Linux, BSD, Unix System V) where appropriate. The topics covered in this course include Windows architecture, core system mechanisms, Windows APIs, Windows traps, Windows synchronization, Windows processes and threads, scheduling, memory management, I/O, Windows file systems, and (optionally) Windows security.

Latest News

Sep 9, 2012: Course Web Site re-opens.
Sep 14, 2012: Lab 1 released.
Sep 15, 2012: Please note that all assignment assignments are in hard copies only.
Sep 17, 2012: Lab 2 released.
Sep 21, 2012: Lab 3 and Assignment 1 released.
Sep 26, 2012: Lab 4 released.
Sep 28, 2012: Project 1 released. Due Oct 29, 2012.
Oct 12, 2012: Lab 8 and Assignment 3 released.

Administrative Information

Lectures: TTh 8:00-9:40, Dongzhong Yuan Room 4-401

Instructor: Kenny Zhu - SEIEE 03-524 Phone: 3420-7231 Email: kzhu[at]cs[dot]sjtu[dot]edu[dot]cn
Office hours: by appointment via email or ask after class

Teaching Assistant: Zhiyuan Cai - SEIEE 03-513 Phone: 137-744-31889 Email: luckyvega[at]163[dot]com
Office hours: Wednesday 2-4 PM.

Textbooks: Windows Internals (5th ed.) By Mark E. Russinovich, David A. Solomon and Alex Ionescu. (Available at the University Textbook Center).

Lab Setup: Guide (pdf), Sysinternal tools suite, CRK tools suite.

Assessment:

Labs, Assignments and Quizzes: 30% (Labs are for your own exercise and not for submission)
Two Projects: 30%
Final Exam (close book): 40%

Group Projects:

Project 1: Tool to View Process Details. Released: Sept 28, 2012. Due: Oct 29, 2012.
Project 2: A Simple File System. Released; Oct 26, 2012. Due: Dec 20, 2012.

Schedule

Lecture	Date	Topic	Slides	Resources	Homework
1	09/06/2012	Introduction, OS Evolution and Reviews	[pdf]	Textbook pp.1
2	09/08/2012	Windows Concepts and Tools	[pdf]	Textbook pp.2-32	[Lab] [Quiz Soln]
3	09/13/2012	Windows Structuring	[pdf]	Textbook pp.33-83	[Lab]
4	09/15/2012	Core System Mechanisms and Windows API	[pdf]	Textbook pp.133-169, 198-199, 202-206,211-215	[Assignment] [Solution] [Lab]
5	09/20/2012	Concurrency (I) - Windows Traps	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 85 -	[Lab]
6	09/22/2012	Concurrency (II) - Windows Synchronization	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 170-198, 1021-	[Assignment] [Quiz soln] [Lab]
7	09/27/2012	Windows Processes and Threads	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 335 -	[Lab] [Quiz soln]
8	10/8/2012	Thread Scheduling	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 391 -	[Lab]
9	10/12/2012	Memory Management (I)	[pdf]	Textbook pp.699-735, 818-835	[Lab] [Assignment]
10	10/11/2012	Memory Management (II)	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 736-784, 803-818	[Lab]
11	10/13/2012	I/O System (I)	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 537-, 541-, 562-	[Assignment] [Solution] [Lab]
12	10/18/2012	I/O System (II)	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 606-	[Lab] [Quiz soln]
13	10/20/2012	Windows File Systems (I)	[pdf]	Textbook pp.890-, 895-, 918-, 937-	[Assignment] [Lab]
14	12/29/2010	Windows File System (II)	[pdf]	Textbook pp. 890-	[Quiz soln]
15	10/27/2012	Windows Security	[pdf]	Textbook Ch. 6, Wikipedia Kerberos Page	[Quiz soln] [Assignment]

CS490 Windows Internals

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