ITFN 3601 Operating Systems Computer Hardware Review OS Concepts Overview

Agenda OS Introduction Flavors of OS Hardware Review OS Concepts Overview System Calls Various OS Approaches

So What is an OS? And Ya’ Can’t Say “Operating System”

OS Placement Applications (Word, IE, Games, etc.)‏ Low-level apps (compilers, interpreters, editors)‏ Operating System Machine Language (Binary)‏ Microarchitecture (processor-level)‏ Physical Devices (Hardware)‏ User Machine

OS Defined Abstract Interface Service provider for hardware Abstracts the details of the machine Provides an API (system calls) to user Resource Manager Multiple users, multiple resources Orderly, controlled allocation of resources Fairness, protection, space-time, etc.

History of Operating Systems Machine-centric  Human-centric Vacuum Tubes ( )‏ All programming done in machine language No OS, Usage done by the same people who built the machine

History of OS (cont)‏ Transistors & Batch ( )‏ University, government, & big-business Mainframes & operators in dedicated rooms Punch cards Deck readers Input/Output bins Batch processing onto tape

History of OS (cont)‏ Integrated Circuits ( )‏ Software-compatible product lines Birth of the modern notion of the OS Multi-purpose machine w/ software (OS) intermediary Multiprogramming (multiple programs/jobs sharing resources)‏ UNIX

History of OS (cont)‏ Personal Computing (1980-present)‏ LSI chips Cheap memory, disk space, processing, etc. DOS, Windows, Mac OS, X Distributed computing PDA/embedded-devices

Flavors of OS Mainframe Server Multiprocessor Personal Computer Real-Time Embedded Smart Card

Mainframe OS High-end I/O capacity disks Gigabytes of data High-end web servers B2B (business to business) E-commerce High-speed VR/FMV Rendering Many small, simultaneous jobs

Server OS Large personal computers (kahuna, zidane, etc.)‏ Print, file servers for small businesses Web servers Can load balance these to increase performance UNIX, Linux, Win2000 Server OS

Multiprocessor OS Connect multiple computers together Share/distribute jobs among multiple machines/processors Specialized protocols for managing communication Win2000 Advanced Server

Personal Computer OS Focus on single user, multiple jobs What you’re running on your machine Windows XP/Vista, Win2003/2008 Pro, Linux

Real-Time OS Time dominates these machines’ specs Data collection from production lines, factory machinery Hard real-time: time critical in all instances Soft real-time: OK to drop occasionally

Embedded OS Personal Digital Assistants TVs, microwaves, mobile phones Very small OS, embedded on chip PalmOS, WinCE

Smart Card OS Credit card sized devices Specialized OS for specialized purposes E-payment cards (e-cash cards)‏ Some JVM coming into play

Hardware Review CPU Memory Display Controller Keyboard Controller Floppy Controller Hard Disk Controller Display Keyboard Floppy Hard Disk Bus

Hardware Review Processors Memory I/O Devices Bus

Processors Brain of the computer Fetch, decode, execute cycle Registers Program Counter (PC)‏ Stack Pointer (SP)‏ Pipelining improves performance, but complexities of “rolling back” appear Kernel vs. User Mode (enables establishing limitations of instruction set available)‏

Memory Trade off of speed vs. cost/size Registers (on processor)‏ Cache (processor)‏ Cache (mainboard)‏ Main Memory Disk Other Network Cache/Machines Tape Speed decreases Cost increases

Memory Allocation We need a protective and fair way of allocating and resizing memory blocks for processes/jobs Two sections of memory Code (typically static)‏ Data (volatile)‏ OS Program Code User 1 Data User 2 Data Limit Base Limit Base Limit Base

I/O Devices Typically consist of two parts: Controller Device Controller manages & presents the API of the device to the OS The software that “talks” to the controller is called a device driver

Invoking Device Actions Busy wait – execute a kernel-level system call and wait (ties up the processor  )‏ Ask the device to generate an interrupt (signal that it’s done or failed)‏ Doesn’t tie up the processor Adds complexity DMA – Direct Memory Access Bypasses the use of the processor Allows the device to write directly to memory once the “rules of the road” are established

Bus Communication “highway” for all data to travel upon Multiple buses exist in modern machines Cache (fastest)‏ Local (on mainboard –other busses connect to it)‏ Memory PCI (successor of ISA - high-speed I/O)‏ SCSI (high-speed scanners & disks)‏ USB (slow peripherals)‏ IDE (disks, etc.)‏ ISA (slowest – legacy)‏

OS Concepts Processes Deadlock Memory Management I/O Files Security

Processes Defined as a “program in execution” AKA a “job” Contain Instructions (code segment)‏ SP, PC, registers, file handles Data segment Processes can spawn subprocesses & threads The OS must ensure fairness & protection, timeslicing & managing multiple processes at a time

Deadlock Two or more processes “stalemated” because they can’t make progress Process A Has resource 1 Waiting on resource 2 Process B Has resource 2 Waiting on resource 1

Memory Management Providing protection of one process’ memory section from another process (security)‏ Providing a fair allocation of memory to multiple processes Swapping memory to disk as needed

Input/Output All OS must manage I/O devices Two categories: Device independent Device dependant (device drivers)‏

Files System calls Create, remove, read, write, etc. Directories & subdirectories Create, remove, rename, move, etc.

Security Allocate permissions Directories Files Example UNIX policies to consider: Read, Write, Execute User, Group, World

System Calls Services that the OS provides to the user Set of API that user-level programs may invoke Flavors of System Calls UNIX Win32

UNIX System Calls pid = fork()creates child process exit()terminates process fd = open(file, …)opens file s = mkdir(name, mode)creates directory s = chmod(name, mode)sets file/dir permissions s = kill(pid, signal)sends signal to process

Win32 System Calls CreateProcess(…)creates new process ExitProcess(…)terminates process CreateFile(…)opens file CreateDirectory(…)creates directory

Approaches to OS Monolithic Virtual Machines Client-Server (microkernel)‏

Monolithic OS Architecture OS written as a set of procedures Each procedure has well-defined interface (parameters)‏ Very little structure or information hiding

Virtual Machine OS Architecture Replicate the hardware within software Trap OS calls and translate/handle them Breaks down if you make direct I/O calls Slow Other approach: JVM (define an alternate instruction set and translate to various OS)‏

Client-Server OS Architecture Implement as much as possible in user-level modules The OS is as small as possible It only serves to translate and message pass OS-level calls to service processes

Summary Various levels of OS complexities/sizes exist (mainframe to smart cards)‏ Important to know your hardware Processors, memory, I/O, buses Important topics in OS forthcoming Processes, deadlock, mem mgmt, files, etc. System calls provide an API to user-level programs Varied OS architecture approaches Monolithic, VM, client-server

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