CS170 -- Operating Systems

Rich Wolski --- Fall, 2026

Syllabus

The Labs

• Lab0: MyMalloc
• Lab1: KOS
• Lab2: Multi-programmable KOS
• Lab3: KOS Pipes

General Class Topics

• Threads
• Introduction to operating systems
• Computer system structures
• Operating system structures
• Process management
• CPU scheduling
• Process synchronization
• Deadlocks
• Memory management
• Virtual memory
• File systems
• Secondary storage structures
• Protection
• Security
• Advanced topics