Courses/Computer Science/CPSC 457.F2013/Assignments

= A Note to Instructors =

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= Submission Instructions =

http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~locasto/teaching/2013/CPSC457/SUBMIT-HOWTO

= Assignment 1: Userland Puzzles =

Released: Sept 18

Due: Oct 7 at 11:59pm MDT

Link: http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~locasto/teaching/2013/CPSC457-Fall/hw/hw1-cpsc457-f2013.txt


 * easy strace: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~locasto/teaching/2013/CPSC457-Fall/hw/strace-easy.txt
 * medium strace http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~locasto/teaching/2013/CPSC457-Fall/hw/strace-medium.txt
 * hard strace http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~locasto/teaching/2013/CPSC457-Fall/hw/strace-hard.txt

= Assignment 2: Messing with Memory Areas and PODs =

Released: Oct 6

Due: 3 Nov at 11:59pm MST

Link: http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~locasto/teaching/2013/CPSC457-Fall/hw/hw2-cpsc457-f2013.txt

NB: Before you start work on HW2, you may wish to read these chapters in Love's Linux Kernel Development book:
 * Chapter 2 ("Getting Started With The Kernel")
 * Chapter 6 ("Kernel Data Structures")
 * http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/LinkedLists
 * Chapter 18 ("Debugging")
 * http://lxr.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/lxr/#linux/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING#L146

Producing and applying patches:
 * http://lxr.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/lxr/linux+*/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
 * http://lxr.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/lxr/#linux/Documentation/applying-patches.txt

= Assignment 3: Memory Simulation, File system Performance, and Concurrency =

Released: 2 November 2013

Due: Various dates (see assignment)

Link: http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~locasto/teaching/2013/CPSC457-Fall/hw/hw3-cpsc457-f2013.txt