CIS 520 - Programming Project #1

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A1: Copy here the declaration of each new or changed struct' or struct' member, global or static variable, `typedef', or enumeration. Identify the purpose of each in 25 words or less.

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A2: Briefly describe what happens in a call to your timer_sleep(), including the effects of the timer interrupt handler.

A3: What steps are taken to minimize the amount of time spent in the timer interrupt handler?

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A4: How are race conditions avoided when multiple threads call timer_sleep() simultaneously?

A5: How are race conditions avoided when a timer interrupt occurs during a call to timer_sleep()?

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A6: Why did you choose this design? In what ways is it superior to other designs that you considered?

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B1: Copy here the declaration of each new or changed struct' or struct' member, global or static variable, `typedef', or enumeration. Identify the purpose of each in 25 words or less.

B2: Explain the data structure used to track priority donation.

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B3: How do you ensure that the highest priority thread waiting for a lock, semaphore, or condition variable wakes up first?

B4: Describe the sequence of events when a call to lock_acquire() causes a priority donation. How is nested donation handled?

B5: Describe the sequence of events when lock_release() is called on a lock that a higher-priority thread is waiting for.

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B6: Describe a potential race in thread_set_priority() and explain how your implementation avoids it. Can you use a lock to avoid this race?

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B7: Why did you choose this design? In what ways is it superior to another design you considered?

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C1: Copy here the declaration of each new or changed struct' or struct' member, global or static variable, `typedef', or enumeration. Identify the purpose of each in 25 words or less.

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C2: Suppose threads A, B, and C have nice values 0, 1, and 2. Each has a recent_cpu value of 0. Fill in the table below showing the scheduling decision and the priority and recent_cpu values for each thread after each given number of timer ticks:

timer recent_cpu priority thread ticks A B C A B C to run

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0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36

C3: Did any ambiguities in the scheduler specification make values in the table uncertain? If so, what rule did you use to resolve them? Does this match the behavior of your scheduler?

C4: How is the way you divided the cost of scheduling between code inside and outside interrupt context likely to affect performance?

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C5: Briefly critique your design, pointing out advantages and disadvantages in your design choices. If you were to have extra time to work on this part of the project, how might you choose to refine or improve your design?