Computer Science 322 Operating Systems Mount Holyoke College Spring 2008

Agenda

• Announcements
• One week from today: the first exam comes out!
• Lab 2 code due now, writeup due Wednesday
• Critical Sections
  • Requirements: mutual exclusion, progress, bounded waiting
  • 2-process algorithms
  • n-process algorithms

Lecture Assignment

Due at the start of class, Wednesday, February 27.

SG&G 6.1

Please turn in a hard copy (typeset or handwritten are OK). We will discuss Dekker's algorithm and how it solves the critical-section problem during class, so no late submissions are accepted.